2022_COSAFA_U-20_Cup

2022 COSAFA Under-20 Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Eswatini
Dates	7–16 October 2022
Teams	12 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (12th title)
Runners-up	Mozambique
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	73 (3.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Danilson Makokisa ; (5 goals)
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2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup

International football competition

The 2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 28th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth football tournament open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 7 and 16 October 2022 in Eswatini.^[1]^[2]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

Mozambique was the defending champion having defeated Namibia by 1–0 goal in the final on 13 December 2020 of previous season.^[3]

Group stage

The group stage will be played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the group winners and the best runner up will advance to the semi-finals.

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[table_hth_RSA0.040059487354038-5] Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: South Africa +2, Malawi 0, Comoros -2.

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Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Angola	28th	Runner-up (2000, 2001, 2002, 2011)
Botswana	21st	3rd Place (2009, 2011)
Comoros	4th	Group stage (2013, 2016, 2019, 2020)
Eswatini	28th	Champion (2020)
Lesotho	28th	Runner-up (1990, 2005, 2017)
Malawi	19th	4th Place (1986, 2000, 2006, 2011)
Mauritius
Mozambique	28th	Champion (2020)
Namibia	28th	Champion (2020)
Seychelles	8th	Group stages (2009, 2010, 2011, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019)
South Africa	28th	Champion (2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018)
Zambia	28th	Champion (1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Lobamba	Somhlolo National Stadium	20,000
Manzini	Mavuso Sports Centre	5,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Eswatini (H)	3	2	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Botswana	3	1	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Mauritius	3	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mozambique	3	3	0	8	2	+6	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Angola	3	2	1	13	2	+11	6	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Lesotho	3	1	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Seychelles	3	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Malawi	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Comoros	3	2	1	3	4	−1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Namibia	3	0	3	4	11	−7	0

2022_COSAFA_U-20_Cup

2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup

Participating teams

Venues

Match officials

Draw

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

References

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Semi-finals		Final

14 October – Somhlolo Stadium

Mozambique	2
		16 October – Somhlolo Stadium
South Africa	1
		Mozambique	0
14 October – Somhlolo Stadium
		Zambia	1
Zambia (p)	1 (3)

Angola	1 (2)
		Third place

		16 October – Somhlolo Stadium

		South Africa (p)	1 (4)

		Angola	1 (2)

Zambia	1–1	Angola
Chipyoka 41'	Report	Kali 31'
Penalties
Mphande Nsiku Ng'ambi Tembo	3–2	Lopes Eusébio Ary Kaipira Kipanda

South Africa	1–1	Angola
Nkota 11'	Report	Makokisa 15'
Penalties
Mbutho McCarthy Ratomo Shabalala	4–2	Lopes Makokisa Paxe Jota