Host country South Africa Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities) | Dates 19 July - 3 August Runners-up Mozambique | |
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Teams 13 (from 1 confederation) Champions South Africa (3rd title) | ||
The 2008 COSAFA Cup is the 12th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa.
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Due to their internal competitions calendar, Angola decided to send their under-20 national team to play in this tournament and South Africa will play with a "Development XI"; therefore matches involving Angola and South Africa will not count towards FIFA ranking according to FIFA.
South Africa won the tournament defeating Mozambique 2-1 in the final
Qualifying
Took place between 19–24 July, group winners qualified for the final tournament.
Group A
Final tournament
Angola, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana were seeded directly for the quarter finals according to FIFA World Rankings of April 2008. This decision was made May 21, 2008 and confirmed on July 7, 2008.. The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter finals according to these seeds was held on June 10, 2008.