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2017 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	25 June–9 July 2017
Teams	14 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	; Zimbabwe (5th title);
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	Tanzania
Fourth place	Lesotho
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	53 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; Ovidy Karuru (6 goals)
	; ← 2016 ; ; 2018 → ;

The 2017 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup South Africa 2017 for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). It was held in South Africa from 25 June to 9 July.^[1]

Format

Globe with the COSAFA nations shaded. Tanzania also competed as an invitee.

14 teams compete.

8 teams compete in the group stage:

Angola

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Mozambique

Seychelles

Tanzania (invitee)^[2]

Zimbabwe

The teams are drawn into 2 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners advance to the quarter-finals.

6 teams receive a bye to the quarter-finals:

Botswana

Lesotho

Namibia

South Africa

Eswatini

Zambia

The remainder of the tournament is straight knockout, with quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third place playoff and a final to decide the winners of the COSAFA Cup.

The four losing quarter-finalists compete for the Plate.

Venues

Moruleng	Moruleng Stadium Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace	Phokeng
Moruleng Stadium		Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
25°09′24″S 27°10′32″E / 25.1566°S 27.1755°E / -25.1566; 27.1755 (Moruleng Stadium)		25°34′43″S 27°09′39″E / 25.5786°S 27.1607°E / -25.5786; 27.1607 (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 44,300

Draw

The draw was announced on 18 May 2017.^[3]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Angola	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Mauritius	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Malawi	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2017. Source: COSAFA

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