2000 COSAFA Cup

This page provides summaries to the 2000 COSAFA Cup.

2000 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Zimbabwe (1st title)
Runners-up Lesotho
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored29 (2.42 per match)

First round

Seychelles and Madagascar registered for the tournament following their admission to COSAFA (like Mauritius) but were excluded from participation due to 'budgetary constraints'.

Winners of the first round advanced to the quarter-finals.

Zimbabwe 2–1 Lesotho
Joel Lupahla  69'
Mpitsa Marai  89' (o.g.)		 Masupha Majara  9'
Zambia 3–0 Botswana
Mark Sinyangwe  7'
Harry Milanzi  32'
Chaswe Nsofwa  89'
Malawi 2–1 Mozambique
Daniel Chitsulo  5'
Mike Kumanga  9'		 Amide  59'
Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre
South Africa 3–0 Mauritius
Patrick Mayo  13' (pen.)
Godfrey Sapula  69'
Siyabonga Nomvete  78'

Quarter-Finals
  • Angola (holders), Namibia, Swaziland received byes to the quarter-finals.
  • Lesotho also entered as the best losers from the first round (on better disciplinary record compared to Mozambique).
Zimbabwe 3–2 Namibia
Luke Petros  67', 76'
William Mugeyi  68'		 Collin Benjamin  79'
Robert Nauseb  89'
Malawi 0–0
(4–5 pen.) 		 Angola
Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre
Lesotho 0–0
(3–1 pen.) 		 Zambia
South Africa 2–0 Swaziland
Delron Buckley  11', 18'
Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank

Semi-Finals
Lesotho 2–1 Angola
Motlatsi Maseela  84'
Teele Ntsonyana  89'		 Akwá  30'
South Africa 0–1 Zimbabwe
Kaitano Tembo  11'
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Final
Lesotho 0–3 Zimbabwe
Thabang Mahlakajoe  9' (o.g.)
William Mugeyi  41'
Luke Petros  52'
Attendance: 15,000
Zimbabwe 3–0 Lesotho
Luke Petros  15' (pen.)
Robson Chisango  75'
Benjamin Mwaruwara  78'
Attendance: 35,000


 2000 COSAFA Cup 

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