2019 COSAFA U-20 Cup

2019 COSAFA Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryZambia
Dates4-14 December 2019
Teams12 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Zambia (11th title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Angola
Fourth place Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored81 (3.68 per match)
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The 2019 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 26th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 4 December and 14 December in Zambia.

The competition was open to players born on or before 1 January 2000.

Participants

Match officials

Venues

Lusaka
Nkoloma Stadium Sunset Stadium
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 5,100

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia (H, A) 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Malawi 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
3  Botswana 3 1 1 1 2 6 −4 4
4  Comoros 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
First match(es) will be played: 4 December 2019. Source: COSAFA
(A) Advance to a further round; (H) Hosts
Malawi 4–0Comoros 
 Report
Referee: Yvon Havelock (Seychelles)
Zambia 5–0 Botswana
 Report
Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)
Malawi 2–2 Botswana
Report
Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)
Zambia 2–0 Comoros
Mwepu 56'
Kampukesa 81'		 Report
Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)
Zambia 2–1 Malawi
Report
Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)
Botswana 2–1 Comoros
Report
Referee: (Ms) Rosaly Rosalie (Madagascar)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Madagascar 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3  Mauritius 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
4  Lesotho 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source: COSAFA
Madagascar 3–0Lesotho 
Report
Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)
South Africa 5–0 Mauritius
Report
Referee: (Ms) Rosaly Rosalie (Madagascar)
Lesotho 2–2 Mauritius
Report
South Africa 1–1 Madagascar
Report
Referee: Yvon Havelock (Seychelles)
South Africa 4–0 Lesotho
Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)
Madagascar 2–1 Mauritius
Referee: Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Angola (A) 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Eswatini 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Mozambique 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Seychelles 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2019. Source: COSAFA
(A) Advance to a further round
Angola 8–0Seychelles 
Referee: Gift Chicco (Malawi)
Eswatini 2–0 Mozambique
Report
Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)
Angola 1–0 Mozambique
Referee: Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia)
Eswatini 2–0 Seychelles
Lushaba 20' (pen.)
Ndlovu 45' (pen.)
Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)
Angola 4–1 Eswatini
Salvador 2' (pen.)
Gastao 14', 74'
Dala 53'		 Ndzinisa 55'
Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)
Mozambique 3–2 Seychelles
 Report
Referee: Gift Chicco (Malawi)

Knockout stage

Semifinals

South Africa 2–2 Madagascar
 Report
Penalties
5–4
Referee: Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia)
Zambia 3–0 Angola
 Report
Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Third-Place

Madagascar 1–5 Angola
Referee: Gift Chicco (Malawi)

Final

Zambia 3–0 South Africa
Report
Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)

Winners

 COSAFA Under-20 Championship 

Zambia
11th title

References

  1. ^ "Pictures of the officials during 2019 Cosafa U20 Championship in Zambia". 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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