2015 COSAFA Cup
The 2015 COSAFA Cup was the 15th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. It was hosted by South Africa in May 2015. All matches took place in the North West province.
Participating nations
| National team | FIFA Ranking | Entry round |
| 185 | Group stage | |
| 187 | Group stage | |
| 165 | Group stage | |
| 148 | Group stage | |
| 119 | Group stage | |
| 111 | Group stage | |
| 125 | Group stage | |
| 107 | Group stage | |
| 105 | Quarter final | |
| 93 | Quarter final | |
| 90 | Quarter final | |
| 60 | Quarter final | |
| 56 | Quarter final | |
| 25 | Quarter final |
;Did not enter
Venues
| Moruleng | Phokeng | |
| Moruleng Stadium | Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | |
Draw procedure
COSAFA described the procedure thus:- Draw commences for GROUP ROUND with 4 seeded teams being placed in 1 bowl and the remaining 4 teams in the second bowl
- First ball out of seeded bowl becomes the seed for Group A and second ball is seeded in Group B, similarly with the remaining 2 balls in the seeded bowl
- We continue by drawing balls out to populate positions A3, A4 & B3, B4
- Fixtures are populated electronically as each ball is drawn
- MC talks through the Group Round results whilst the Draw Master prepares the balls for the Quarter-Final Draw
- We now have 6 new teams plus 2 teams which read “Winner Group A” and “Winner Group B”
- The 4 seeded QF teams go into bowl 1 and the unseeded teams incl the Group round winners go into bowl 2
- The fixtures for QF are established by drawing from bowl 1 followed by bowl 2 until all 4 fixtures are populated
Group stage
| Seeded | Unseeded |
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana all received a bye to this stage.Quarter-finals
| Seeded | Unseeded |
- The winning quarter finalists proceed to the [|semi-finals].
- The losing quarter finalists proceed to the [|plate semi-finals].
Plate competition
Plate semi-final
Plate final
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
Awards
; Top scorer;Player of the Tournament
;Goalkeeper of the Tournament
;Fair Player award