Africa-Press – Angola. The Palancas Negras, Coelacanths of the Comoros Islands, Crocodiles of Lesotho and Flames of Malawi are the seeds of the first stage of the XXI edition of the Cosafa Cup, whose draw will take place next Tuesday, at 10:00 am, at the Moses Stadium Mabhida, in the city of Durban.
The information was confirmed yesterday, on Cosafa’s website.
The National Team last competed in the tournament in June 2018, and occupied the second position of Group B, with four points, behind Botswana’s Zebras, with seven.
Zebras, Sihlangu Semnikati from e-Swatini, Dodos from Mauritius and Pirates from Seychelles will be drawn one by one to Groups A and B of the tournament.
The competition will be held from the 5th to the 17th of July, on the South African coast, in the city of Durban, and will also feature the Lions of Senegal’s Teranga (invited by the organization), finalists defeated in the last edition, held in Bahia by Nelson Mandela (South Africa).
The competition, which has been held since 1997, this edition will feature 13 of the 14 countries in the region. The Zimbabwe Warriors will be absent due to the suspension imposed by FIFA.
The draw will be divided into two phases, the first with eight teams with the lowest rankings in the FIFA Ranking (they will compete in the group phase in the first round of the competition, distributed in two series).
The winners of Group A and B qualify for the quarter-finals, where they join the Lions of Teranga, Bafana Bafana, Chipolopolo, Scorpions of Madagascar, Brave Warriors of Namibia and Mambas of Mozambique.
This competition will also serve to prepare the teams for the qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations (CHAN) and the African Cup of Nations (CAN) which will be played at the end of July and September.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has scheduled the CHAN finals to be played from 8 to 30 January 2023, in Algeria.
The 34th edition of the CAN will be held from June 23 to July 23, in Côte d’Ivoire.
The Warriors of Zimabue lead the list of trophies, with six, followed by Chipolopolo of Zambia and Bafana Bafana of South Africa, both with, Palancas Negras boast three titles and Namibia (one).
Mambas from Mozambique, Chamas from Malawi and Zebras from Botswana were finalists on two occasions, but lost both times.
This is the second time the tournament has been played in Durban. In the first, in 2019, Botswana’s Zebras were defeated in the final by Chipolopolo, 0-1, at Moises Mabhida Stadium.
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