2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship
The 2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship was the first edition of the COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship, an international football tournament, for national women's under-20 teams organized by COSAFA. The tournament was played between August 1-11 in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.[5] Invited from CECAFA, Tanzania became champions after winning 2-1 over Zambia in the final.[6]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
Dates | 1–11 August 2019 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Tanzania (1st title) |
Runners-up | Zambia |
Third place | South Africa |
Fourth place | Zimbabwe |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 52 (3.25 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Maylan Mulenga[1] |
Best player(s) | Enekia Lunyamila[1] |
Best goalkeeper | Cynthia Shonga[1][2][3][4] |
Participants
Seven of the 14 nations in COSAFA was represented in this tournament, along with the invited CECAFA nation Tanzania.[7] There was a late change in the line-up when Mozambique took Malawi's spot.[8]
- Botswana
- Eswatini
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- South Africa (host)
- Tanzania (guest)
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Group stage
The 8 teams were on the 3rd of July, drawn[9] into 2 groups and, played against each other once in a round-robin. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals.[10]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | Tanzania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | |
3 | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Eswatini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Playoff-bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Zambia | 1 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||
Zambia | 1 | |||||
Tanzania | 2 | |||||
South Africa | 0 | |||||
Tanzania | 2 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Zimbabwe | 1 (3) | |||||
South Africa | 1 (4) |
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Zimbabwe | (3)1–1(4) | South Africa |
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Report |
Top scorers
Representing | Player | Goals |
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Zambia | Maylan Mulenga | 5 |
South Africa | Shakeerah Jacobs | 4 |
Tanzania | Enekia Lunyamila | 4 |
Source COSAFA.com
References
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