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MADAGASCAR

Year of formation: 1961 Affiliation FIFA: 1962 Affiliation CAF: 1963 National Stadium: Mahamsina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo (30 000) National Colours: Red / White / Green

Madagascar made their debut in the Cosafa Castle Cup in 2002 and had an immediate impact on the region with two successive quarter-final appearances. But over the next four years the ‘Barea’, as they are now known, lost in the opening match of the competition. They hit a high in 2008 with a first ever semi-final appearance, but lost to Mozambique in the last four and then Zambia in the third-fourth place play-off. The Indian Ocean islanders won their first match away from home against Mauritius and then only lost on post-match penalties to South Africa in their quarter-final game in Port Elizabeth in 2002. In 2003 they again beat Mauritius, this time at home in Antananarivo, but then lost their first-ever match in the Cosafa Castle Cup when Swaziland beat them 2-0 in the last eight. In 2004 Madagascar had a disappointing game in Maputo where they lost 2-0 to Mozambique. But the Malagasy have high hopes for the future after their under-20 side won the annual Cosafa Youth Championship in Durban in 2005 and the senior national side is starting to bear the fruits of that win.

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