COSAFA abbreviates Confederation (or Council) of Southern African Football Associations. The COSAFA Castle Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa, inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been staged there in 1996. The competition is currently sponsored by Castle (a brewery). Teams that can technically enter are: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, mainly countries in Southern Africa. Categories: Africa geography stubs | Southern Africa ...

Winners

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1997 Details			Zambia	Group Stage	Namibia		Mozambique	Group Stage	Tanzania
1998 Details			Zambia	Group Stage	Zimbabwe		Angola	Group Stage	Namibia
1999 Details			Angola	1 - 0 1 - 1	Namibia		Swaziland		Zambia
2000 Details			Zimbabwe	3 - 0 3 - 0	Lesotho		South Africa		Angola
2001 Details			Angola	0 - 0 1 - 0	Zimbabwe		Malawi	2 - 1	Zambia
2002 Details			South Africa	3 - 1 1 - 0	Malawi		Swaziland		Zambia
2003 Details			Zimbabwe	2 - 1 2 - 0	Malawi		Zambia		Swaziland
2004 Details			Angola	0 - 0 (5 - 4) pk	Zambia		Mozambique		Zimbabwe
2005 Details			Zimbabwe	1 - 0	Zambia		South Africa		Angola
2006 Details

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Most COSAFA Cup Wins

Wins	Nation	Year(s)
3 times	Zimbabwe	2000, 2003, 2005
3 times	Angola	1999, 2001, 2004
2 times	Zambia	1997, 1998
1 time	South Africa	2002

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External links

• COSAFA Cup at RSSSF

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