The 2022

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 ...

was the 21st edition of the annual

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competition organized by

COSAFA 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 ...

. It was held in

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for the 5th straight year, this time in

Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...

, from 5 to 17 July 2022.

was the defending champion, having defeated

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

, 5–4 in a penalty shoot out in the previous edition's final on 17 July 2021.

Participating nations

Venues

Draw

The draw for the group stage 2022 COSAFA Cup was held on 14 June 2022 in the host city

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Plate Semi-finals

Semi-finals

Plate Final

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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