20 years of the COSAFA Castle Cup!

This year we celebrate 20 years of the COSAFA Castle Cup with the first tournament having been staged in 1997. Here is a brief trip down memory lane as we look at how the tournament has evolved. 1997 COSAFA CASTLE CUP Zambia were crowned inaugural champions of the COSAFA Castle Cup after they claimed the

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Tasty ties in 2017 COSAFA Castle Cup draw!

The draw for the 2017 COSAFA Castle Cup has set up some tasty ties for the regional showpiece tournament that will be staged in South Africa’s North West province from June 25-July 9. Defending champions South Africa must wait to learn their quarterfinal opponents having been drawn against the winner of Group A at the

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Madagascar, Mauritius advance in CHAN qualifying

Madagascar and Mauritius have booked their place in the second round of qualifying from the Southern Zone for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN). Madagascar claimed an excellent 1-0 away win in Malawi to claim that tie 2-0 on aggregate and set up a second round meeting with Mozambique. Njiva Rakotoharimalala scored the only goal

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COSAFA teams gear for CHAN qualifiers

The first round of qualifiers for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) will take place later this month with four sides from the COSAFA region in action. Madagascar will host Malawi in Antananarivo on April 23 in the first leg of their tie, with the return set for Lilongwe six days later. Malawi have lined

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COSAFA clubs in CAF action this weekend!

A number of teams from the COSAFA region will be involved in the play-off round for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup this weekend, with a place in the group stages up for grabs. The extended format of the pool phase for this year, which has seen the number of groups jump from two to four,

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Madagascar through in Nations Cup qualifiers!

COSAFA side Madagascar won through to the pool phase of the 2019 African Nations Cup qualifiers after a 3-2 defeat of Sao Tome e Principe on Sunday. The Malagasy claimed their preliminary round tie 4-2 on aggregate after a 1-0 victory away from home earlier in the month. They now go into Group A of

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