COSAFA

The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern
Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the
ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been
staged there in 1996.

The following teams have participated in the tournament in the past: Angola, Botswana, Comoros,
Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles,
South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Additionally, six non-COSAFA members have competed:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Zimbabwe has won the most titles with six wins, followed by Zambia and South Africa with five wins.
The first editions of the competition were a knockout tournament staged over several months. As
the competition grew, it transformed into a series of mini-tournaments.