COSAFA clears the Zebras

The COSAFA office has put to rest reports that Botswana's slump in soccer rankings has resulted in Malawi taking its place in the seedings for the annual regional competition.

This means that the Zebras remain seeded and will play in the quarterfinals and not the preliminary stages. On Monday, there were media reports in Botswana and Malawi that the Zebras lost their seeding and will now play in the preliminary stages of the COSAFA Cup against Namibia, Madagascar, Lesotho, Seychelles, Mauritius and Comoros. This was because Malawi are ahead of the Zebras in the latest FIFA rankings. But the organisers of the tournament reinstated the Zebras among the seeded sides based on the FIFA rankings at the time when the invitations were extended to participating countries.