COSAFA Cup

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The COSAFA Cup is a regional football tournament for national teams from Southern Africa, organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
COSAFA Cup canonical	4
1997 COSAFA Cup	1
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations Cup	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2713311 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: COSAFA Cup
Context triple: [South Africa national football team, playsInCompetition, COSAFA Cup]

A. Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international men's football championship in Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by national teams from across the continent.
B. WAFU Nations Cup
The WAFU Nations Cup is a regional football tournament for West African national teams organized by the West African Football Union.
C. CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
The CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations is the premier African international youth football tournament for under-20 national teams, serving as a key pathway to the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
D. African Beach Soccer Championship
The African Beach Soccer Championship is the premier continental beach soccer tournament in Africa, featuring national teams competing for the regional title and World Cup qualification.
E. African Nations Championship
The African Nations Championship is an international football tournament featuring national teams composed exclusively of players active in their domestic African leagues.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: COSAFA Cup
Target entity description: The COSAFA Cup is a regional football tournament for national teams from Southern Africa, organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations.

A. Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international men's football championship in Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by national teams from across the continent.
B. WAFU Nations Cup
The WAFU Nations Cup is a regional football tournament for West African national teams organized by the West African Football Union.
C. CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
The CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations is the premier African international youth football tournament for under-20 national teams, serving as a key pathway to the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
D. African Beach Soccer Championship
The African Beach Soccer Championship is the premier continental beach soccer tournament in Africa, featuring national teams competing for the regional title and World Cup qualification.
E. African Nations Championship
The African Nations Championship is an international football tournament featuring national teams composed exclusively of players active in their domestic African leagues.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football tournament ⓘ international football competition ⓘ regional football competition ⓘ
abbreviation	COSAFA Cup ⓘ
category	African football competitions for national teams ⓘ International association football competitions in Africa ⓘ Recurring sporting events established in 1997 ⓘ
competitionFormat	group stage ⓘ knockout stage ⓘ
confederation	CAF ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
eligibleTeamsRegion	COSAFA member associations ⓘ
firstEdition	1997 COSAFA Cup ⓘ linked to: COSAFA Cup
founded	1997 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
fullName	Council of Southern Africa Football Associations Cup ⓘ linked to: COSAFA Cup
gender	men ⓘ
geographicScope	Southern African countries ⓘ
governingBody	COSAFA ⓘ
governingConfederation	Confederation of African Football ⓘ
inception	1997 ⓘ
memberCountriesIncluded	Angola ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Eswatini ⓘ Lesotho ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ Malawi ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Namibia ⓘ Seychelles ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
organizer	COSAFA ⓘ Council of Southern Africa Football Associations ⓘ linked to: COSAFA
parentOrganization	Confederation of African Football ⓘ
participants	men's national football teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedCompetition	COSAFA Under-17 Championship ⓘ COSAFA Under-20 Championship ⓘ COSAFA Women's Championship ⓘ linked to: COSAFA Women’s Championship
sponsor	various commercial sponsors ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
sportingLevel	international ⓘ
subConfederation	COSAFA ⓘ
teamType	FIFA-affiliated national teams ⓘ
tournamentType	national team tournament ⓘ
typeOfTeams	senior national teams ⓘ
website	https://www.cosafa.com ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Africa national football team → playsInCompetition → COSAFA Cup ⓘ

Zimbabwe national football team → secondaryRegionalTournament → COSAFA Cup ⓘ

COSAFA → competitionOrganized → COSAFA Cup ⓘ

COSAFA Cup → abbreviation → COSAFA Cup ⓘ

COSAFA Cup → fullName → Council of Southern Africa Football Associations Cup ⓘ

linked to: COSAFA Cup

COSAFA Cup → firstEdition → 1997 COSAFA Cup ⓘ