2017 COSAFA Cup

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]

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
•  Swaziland
•  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.

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

Los equipos que pierdan en cuartos de final se clasificarán para esta ronda.

Se han marcado 53 goles en 23 partidos, lo que supone una media de 2,3 goles por partido.

6 goles

• Ovidy Karuru

5 goles

• Knox Mutizwa

4 goles

• Musgo del océano

3 goles

2 goles

1 gol

Jugador del torneo

•  Knox Mutizwa ( ZIM ) 

Bota de Oro

•  Ovidy Karuru ( ZIM ) (6 goles) 

Mejor portero

•  Said Mohamed Said ( TAN ) 

• Sitio oficial