2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The 2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 27th 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 3 December and 13 December in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.[1] Initially planned to be hosted by Mauritius, the competition was later shifted to South Africa after Mauritius withdrew as hosts due to the COVID-19 regulations. The matches were played at Port Elizabeth (Wolfson Stadium and Gelvandale Stadium).

2020 COSAFA Under-20 Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
Dates3–13 December 2020
Teams11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mozambique (1st title)
Runners-up Namibia
Third place Angola
Fourth place Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored40 (2.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)
  • Sinenjongo Mkiva (South Africa)
  • Ambrosini Salvador (Angola)

The tournament was also the first qualifying round for the U-20 World Cup in Indonesia in 2021 as the finalists were qualified for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, played in Mauritania where the semi-finalists will see themselves qualify for the World Cup.[2][3]



Participants

[4]

Match officials

Draw

The draw was made in Nelson Mandela Bay on the 2nd of November. Last year's top nations were seeded into one group each and the rest of the teams were placed in 2 pots depending on last year's performance. From the first pot, teams were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C. The last team from pot 1 was then placed among the pot 2 teams to make them 5. Now the teams from the second pot were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C resulting that group C ended up with one less team.[5]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2
  •  Eswatini (6 points in group)
  •  Botswana (4 points in group)
  •  Malawi (4 points in group)
  •  Mozambique (3 points in group)
  •  Lesotho (1 points in group)
  •  Comoros (0 points in group)
  •  Namibia (Did not enter)
  •  Zimbabwe (Did not enter)

Note: Within brackets 2019 year's performance.

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.[6][7]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mozambique 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to Semi-finals
2  South Africa (H) 3 1 2 0 9 2 +7 5
3  Zimbabwe 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4  Lesotho 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: COSAFA.com
(H) Host.
Mozambique 1–0 Lesotho
Cipriano  9' Report
Referee: (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
South Africa 2–2 Zimbabwe
  • Appollis  46'
  • Makola  90'
 Report
  • Mutimbanyoka  9'
  • Mujokoro  75'
Referee: (Ms) Letticia Viana (Eswatini)
Mozambique 2–0 Zimbabwe
  • Cipriano  57' (pen.)
  • Pinho  85'
Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)
South Africa 7–0 Lesotho
  • Mohale  6' (og)
  • Human  17'
  • Mvika  43'  62'  86'
  • Appollis  46'
  • Myeni 90+2'
Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)
South Africa 0–0 Mozambique
Report
Referee: Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho)
Zimbabwe 4–1 Lesotho
  • Monyaka  19' (o.g.)
  • Mandinyenya  22'
  • Mangiza  32'
  • Antonio  66'
 Report
  • Lebina  45+2'
Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to Semi-finals
2  Namibia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  Malawi 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Comoros 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Source: COSAFA.com
Malawi 1–0 Comoros
  • Monogeni  90+4'
Referee: Mathews Hamalila (Zambia)
Zambia 1–0 Namibia
  • Mashata  62'
Referee: Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho)
Zambia 2–0 Comoros
  • Chishimba  3'
  • Bulaya  45+4'
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Malawi 1–2 Namibia
  • Nkhoma  10'
  • Jantze  14'
  • Canavaro  45+3'
Referee: (Ms) Letticia Viana (Eswatini)
Zambia 2–0 Malawi
  • Mukeya  21', 68'
 Report
Referee: (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Namibia 1–0 Comoros
  • Damaseb  77'
 Report
Referee: (Ms) Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Angola 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3 Advance to Semi-finals
2  Eswatini 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3  Botswana 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
Source: COSAFA.com
Angola 0–1 Eswatini
  • Ndlovu  77'
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Botswana 0–4 Angola
  • Salvador  43' (pen.)  90+2'
  • Gastão  66'  90+4'
Referee: (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Botswana 1–0 Eswatini
  • Molefe  42'
 Report
Referee: Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December – Wolfson Stadium
 
 
 Angola0
 
13 December – Wolfson Stadium
 
 Namibia1
 
 Namibia0
 
11 December – Wolfson Stadium
 
 Mozambique1
 
 Mozambique0 (5)
 
 
 Zambia0 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
13 December – Wolfson Stadium
 
 
 Angola2
 
 
 Zambia1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Angola 0–1 Namibia
Report
  • Damaseb  63'
Referee: (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Mozambique 0–0 (5-4) Zambia
Report
Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

Third place match
Angola 2–1 Zambia
  • Afonso  21'
  • Salvador  37'
Referee: (Ms) Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

Final
Namibia 0–1 Mozambique
Report
  • Augusto  31'
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

Champions
 2020 COSAFA U-20 Championship Champion 

Mozambique
First title

Qualification for CAF U20 Cup of Nations

The two finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Qualified nations:

References
  1. "Southern Africa: South Africa Begin Preps for Cosafa Men's Under-20 Championship". allAfrica. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. "COSAFA Men's Under-20 Champs starts journey to World Cup". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. "Draw looms for COSAFA Men's Under-17 and Under-20 zonal qualifiers". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. "The 2020 COSAFA Men's Under-20 Championships in Numbers". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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