2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 25th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 30 November and 13 December in Zambia.^[1]

2018 COSAFA Under-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Zambia
Dates	2–13 December 2018
Teams	11 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (8th title)
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Zambia
← 2017 2019 →

The competition was open to players born on or after 1 January 1999.

Participants

The 12 participating teams were announced on 25 October.^[2]

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Lesotho
•  Malawi
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  DR Congo (replaced Réunion)
•  South Africa
•  Eswatini
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Réunion were initially set to take part but withdrew after Réunionese Football League were unable to organise flights to Zambia. They were replaced on 2 November with Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

Namibia withdrew on 30 November, leaving no time to find a replacement.^[4]

Match officials

Referees Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia) Audrick Nkole (Zambia) António Dungula (Angola) Osiase Koto (Lesotho) Alfred Chilinda (Malawi) Derrick Kafuli (Zambia) Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe) Thulani Sibandze (Swaziland)

Assistant Referees Shailesh Gobin (Mauritius) Pierre Jean Eric Andrivoavonjy (Madagascar) Venestancio Cossa (Mozambique) Edgar Rumeck (Zimbabwe) Petros Mbingo (Swaziland) Edward Kambatuwa (Malawi) Mogomotsi Morakile (Botswana) Thomas Kaela (Zambia) Oliver Mweene (Zambia)

Venues

Kitwe	Mufulira
Nkana Stadium	Shinde Stadium
12.8470278°S 28.2112143°E / -12.8470278; 28.2112143 (Nkana Stadium)	12.5426122°S 28.2341274°E / -12.5426122; 28.2341274 (Shinde Stadium)
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 9,000

Draw

The draw took place on 31 October 2018.^[2]

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mozambique	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	DR Congo	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Malawi	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: COSAFA

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)

15:00

Malawi	0–2	Zambia
	Report	Mumba 63', 86'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: António Dungula (Angola)

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05)

12:00

DR Congo	0–1	Mozambique
	Report	Catamo 48'

Shinde Stadium, Mufulira

Referee: Alfred Chilinda (Malawi)

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6 December 2018 (2018-12-06)

15:30

Malawi	1–1	Mozambique
Banda 21'	Report	Alifa 60'

Shinde Stadium, Mufulira

Referee: António Dungula (Angola)

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06)

15:30

Zambia	2–0	DR Congo
Kolala 18' Mumba 24'	Report

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia)

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8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

15:30

Malawi	1–3	DR Congo
Batison 2'	Report	Fasika 8' Nsingi 45' Muleka 81'

Shinde Stadium, Mufulira

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Swaziland)

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

15:30

Zambia	1–1	Mozambique
Chilufya 13'	Report	Cumbane 78'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Alfred Chilinda (Malawi)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mauritius	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Eswatini	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2018. Source: COSAFA

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)

15:30

South Africa	5–0	Mauritius
Francois 2' (o.g.) Foster 13', 25' Ngcobo 23' Monyane 38'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06)

12:00

Mauritius	4–0	Eswatini
Aristide 5' (pen.) Francois 18' Milazar 40' Roussety 49'

Shinde Stadium, Mufulira

Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe)

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

13:00

South Africa	4–0	Eswatini

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Angola	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Botswana	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Lesotho	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: COSAFA

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)

11:00

Lesotho	1–1	Angola
Botsane 9'	Report	Liberal 64'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia)

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)

12:00

Zimbabwe	2–1	Botswana
Murimba 2', 72'	Report	Thatanyane 44'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Derrick Kafuli (Zambia)

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5 December 2018 (2018-12-05)

15:30

Zimbabwe	4–0	Lesotho
Murimba 45' Tumba 48' Nyamuziwa 64', 90'	Report

Shinde Stadium, Mufulira

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06)

13:00

Angola	0–0	Botswana
	Report

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Swaziland)

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9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)

15:30

Lesotho	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Mokherane 87' (o.g.)

Shinde Stadium, Mufulira

Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe)

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)

15:30

Zimbabwe	1–4	Angola
Sarupinda 49'	Report	Liberal 6', 48' Jelson 39' (pen.) Fernando 63'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Knockout stage

Semifinals

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11)

13:00

South Africa	1–0	Angola
Foster 28'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Alfred Chilinda (Malawi)

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11)

15:30

Zambia	1–2	Zimbabwe
Mwape 37'		Mbeba 39' Murimba 70'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia)

Third-Place

13 December 2018 (2018-12-13)

12:00

Zambia	1–2	Angola

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Swaziland)

Final

13 December 2018 (2018-12-13)

15:30

South Africa	1–1	Zimbabwe
Penalties
	4-3

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)