2013 COSAFA Cup
The COSAFA Senior Challenge 2013 was held from 6 to 20 July 2013 Zambia instead. There is a senior after the cancellation of the COSAFA Challenge 2010 and due to financial problems not conducted tournaments in 2011 and 2012, the first alignment since 2009.
13 teams from South Africa ( as well as others with guest right ) played for the title of " Master of the Southern Africa" .
The tournament was worth one million South African rand.
- 3.3.1 losers bracket
Preliminary / Qualifying
The national teams of the Comoros and Madagascar have not signed up for the tournament. Instead, the Kenyan national football team and the Tanzanian national football team were invited as guest teams.
On May 17, 2013, Tanzania has canceled the participation. On May 20 it was announced that the Equatorial Guinean national football team will replace the team from Tanzania. On 24 June 2013 Equatorial Guinea to participate due to financial problems also canceled.
Participant
The six teams with the highest position in the FIFA world rankings had automatically qualified for the quarter-final stage. The other participants had to compete in a group stage.
Finals
Venues
Group stage
Group A
The games in Group A took place between the 6th and 10th of July in Lusaka, with the exception of a game in Kitwe, instead.
Group B
The matches of Group B took place between 7th and 11th of July in Kitwe, with the exception of a game instead.
Final round
In the games of the final round was played in the knockout system. Stand it after the regular time of 90 minutes in a draw, it was the extension of two periods of 15 minutes and if after the end of the extension still firmly there is no winner, the penalty shootout ( penalty turned in parentheses). Were also held games between the losers of the quarter-finals.
Losers bracket
Winner Game: