1997 COSAFA Cup

1997 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up Namibia
Third place Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored45 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mozambique 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

Qualifying round

Botswana 1 – 4 Malawi
Aaron Lesupi 3' (pen.) Felix Nyirongo 27'
John Maduka 51'
Jones Nkhwazi 73'
Meck Mwase 88'
Attendance: 8,000
Lesotho 0 – 2 Zambia
Edward Kangwa 10'
Mwape Miti 15'
Attendance: 20,000
Swaziland 0 – 4 Mozambique
Adelino 36', 42', 70'
Eurico 83'
Attendance: 15,000
Namibia 2 – 1 (aet) Zimbabwe
Johannes Hindjou 87' (pen.), 119' (pen.) Gilbert Mushangazhike 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000

Final round

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 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
Malawi 2 – 2 Mozambique
Jones Nkhwazi 57'
Albert Mpinganjira 70'		 Tico-Tico 31'
Nuro Tualibudane 79'
Zambia 4 – 0 Malawi
Paul Chella 26'
Edward Kangwa 44'
Mwape Miti 85'
Nelson Banda 88'
Tanzania 0 – 0 Namibia
Attendance: 15,000
Mozambique 3 – 0 Tanzania
Tico-Tico 50', 69'
Adelino 76'
Attendance: 50,000
Namibia 4 – 1 Malawi
Gervatius Uri Khob 35'
Sandro de Gouveia 57'
Johannes Hindjou 69'
Eliphas Shivute 75'		 Lovemore Fazili 77'
Attendance: 8,000
Tanzania 2 – 2 Zambia
Edibilly Lunyamila 56'
Hussein Marsha 75' (pen.)		 Masauso Tembo 71'
Alex Namazaba 83'
Attendance: 22,000
Mozambique 1 – 1 Namibia
Pinto Barros 15' Silvester Goraseb 44'
Attendance: 15,000
Zambia 2 – 1 Mozambique
Frazer Kamwandi 50', 81' Sergio Faife 51'
Malawi 2 – 2 Tanzania
Lovemore Fazili 19'
Jones Nkhwazi 72'		 Idelphonce Amlima 7'
Victor Bambo 43'
Attendance: 9,000
Namibia 1 – 1 Zambia
Mohammed Ouseb 47' (pen.) David Siame 32'
Attendance: 12,000

Individual scorers