The 2018 COSAFA Cup was the 18th edition of the

COSAFA Cup The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been ...

, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (french: Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe; pt, Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the footbal ...

(COSAFA). In July 2017, it was reported that it would be hosted by

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

in July 2018. However, in February 2018, COSAFA announced that South Africa would host the competition.

Venues

Draw

The draw took place at the

South African Football Association The South African Football Association (colloquially known as SAFA) is the national administrative governing body that controls the sport of football in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and is a member of the Confederation of African Football ...

headquarters in

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on 18 April.

Officials

Referees * Thando Ndzandzeka (South Africa) * Nomore Musundire (Zimbabwe) * Hélder Martins De Carvalho (Angola) *

Bernard Camille Bernard Camille (born 6 October 1975) is a Seychellois association football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2011. He was one of the referees for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nation ...

(Seychelles) * Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius) * Jackson Pavaza (Namibia) *

Hamada Nampiandraza Hamada Nampiandraza (born 8 July 1984) is a Malagasy association football referee. He was one of the referees for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, 2017 Africa Cup of Nations The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2 ...

(Madagascar) * Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana) * Celso Alvação (Mozambique) Assistant Referees * James Emile (Seychelles) * Souru Phatsoane (Lesotho) * Athenkosi Ndongeni (South Africa) * Mervyn Van Wyk (South Africa) * Sifiso Nxumalo (Swaziland) * Matheus Kanyanga (Namibia) * Romeo Kasengele (Zambia) * Fabien Cauvelet (Mauritius) * Clemence Kanduku (Malawi)

Group stage

Tiebreakers

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows: #Greatest number of points obtained in group matches #Goal difference in all group matches #Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third-placed playoff

Final

Plate

Semi-finals

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Final

References

External links

Official site
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