1997 COSAFA Cup

1997 COSAFA CupTournament details

Teams| 9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up|  Namibia
Third place|  Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 14
Goals scored| 45 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Adelino (4)

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This page provides summaries of the 1997 COSAFA Cup, the first edition of the tournament.

Participating nations in 1997 COSAFA Cup

Final round

Qualifying round

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## Qualifying round

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March 1, 1997

Botswana | 1 – 4|  Malawi

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Aaron Lesupi 3' (pen.) |  | Felix Nyirongo 27'
John Maduka 51'
Jones Nkhwazi 73'
Meck Mwase 88'

Gaborone

Attendance: 8,000

March 2, 1997

Lesotho | 0 – 2|  Zambia

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|  | Edward Kangwa 10'
Mwape Miti 15'

Maseru

Attendance: 20,000

March 2, 1997

Swaziland | 0 – 4|  Mozambique

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|  | Adelino  36', 42', 70'
Eurico  83'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Attendance: 15,000

March 16, 1997

Namibia | 2 – 1 (aet)|  Zimbabwe

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Johannes Hindjou 87' (pen.), 119' (pen.) |  | Gilbert Mushangazhike 76' (pen.)

Gaborone

Attendance: 8,000

## Final round

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA

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Zambia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4
Namibia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3
Mozambique | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5
Tanzania | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7
Malawi | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12

April 12, 1997

Malawi | 2 – 2|  Mozambique

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Jones Nkhwazi 57'
Albert Mpinganjira 70' |  | Tico-Tico 31'
Nuro Tualibudane 79'

Lilongwe

April 19, 1997

Zambia | 4 – 0|  Malawi

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Paul Chella 26'
Edward Kangwa 44'
Mwape Miti 85'
Nelson Banda 88' |  |

Lusaka

May 31, 1997

Tanzania | 0 – 0|  Namibia

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Mwanza

Attendance: 15,000

June 15, 1997

Mozambique | 3 – 0|  Tanzania

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Tico-Tico 50', 69'
Adelino  76' |  |

Maputo

Attendance: 50,000

June 28, 1997

Namibia | 4 – 1|  Malawi

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Gervatius Uri Khob 35'
Sandro de Gouveia 57'
Johannes Hindjou 69'
Eliphas Shivute 75' |  | Lovemore Fazili 77'

Windhoek

Attendance: 8,000

July 5, 1997

Tanzania | 2 – 2|  Zambia

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Edibilly Lunyamila 56'
Hussein Marsha 75' (pen.) |  | Masauso Tembo 71'
Alex Namazaba 83'

Arusha

Attendance: 22,000

July 20, 1997

Mozambique | 1 – 1|  Namibia

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Pinto Barros 15' |  | Silvester Goraseb 44'

Maputo

Attendance: 15,000

August 2, 1997

Zambia | 2 – 1|  Mozambique

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Frazer Kamwandi 50', 81' |  | Sergio Faife 51'

Lusaka

August 9, 1997

Malawi | 2 – 2|  Tanzania

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Lovemore Fazili 19'
Jones Nkhwazi 72' |  | Idelphonce Amlima 7'
Victor Bambo 43'

Lilongwe

Attendance: 9,000

August 31, 1997

Namibia | 1 – 1|  Zambia

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Mohammed Ouseb 47' (pen.) |  | David Siame 32'

Windhoek

Attendance: 12,000

## Individual scorers

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* 4 goals
* Adelino
* 3 goals
* Johannes Hindjou
* Tico-Tico
* Jones Nkhwazi
* 2 goals
* Edward Kangwa
* Mwape Miti
* Frazer Kamwandi
* Lovemore Fazili

## External links

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* Details of the 1997 COSAFA Cup at RSSSF

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