| Year: | 1997 |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Finalists: | 5 |
| Champion: | Zambia |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Namibia |
| Third: | Mozambique |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Goals: | 45 |
| Top Scorer: | Adelino (4) |
This page provides summaries of the 1997 COSAFA Cup, the first edition of the tournament.
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||
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| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 |