The 2021 COSAFA Cup was the 20th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA).

[2] Zambia is the defending champion, having defeated Botswana, 1–0, in the previous edition's final on 8 June 2019.

[3] Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021.

[6] South Africa Eswatini Zambia Botswana Lesotho Senegal Mozambique Namibia Malawi Zimbabwe Referees Assistant Referees