2019 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The 2019 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 8th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, an association football tournament organised by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below.

2019 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Malawi
Dates	11-21 October 2019
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Mozambique
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Eswatini
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	50 (3.13 per match)
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Participating teams

•  Angola
•  Comoros
•  Lesotho
•  Malawi
•  Mozambique
•  South Africa
•  Eswatini
•  Zambia

Officials

Referees Darrio Landry (Seychelles) Patience Fidele Rulisa (Rwanda) Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi) Kennedy Chimense (Zambia) Thabo Nkhahle (Lesotho) Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique) Masixole Bambiso (South Africa)

Assistant Referees Joseph Nyauti (Malawi) Rosario Calembela (Angola) Aswet Teeluck (Mauritius) Lucky Kegakologetswe (Botswana) Thwala Banele (Eswatini) Mlungisi Mathuthu (Zimbabwe) Matheus Nevonga (Namibia)

Venues

The tournament was played in Blantyre : Mpira Stadium and Kamuzu Stadium

Group stage

All times are local, MUT (UTC+2).^[1]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	9	Semi-finals
2	Eswatini	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5	4
3	Malawi (H)	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	1	11	−10	1

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Zambia	6–0	Eswatini
	Report

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

11:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)

Malawi	3–0	South Africa
	Report

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

14:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Patience Fidele Rulisa (Rwanda)

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Zambia	7–0	South Africa
	Report

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

11:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)

Malawi	1–2	Eswatini
	Report

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

14:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Kennedy Chimense (Zambia)

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Malawi	2–3	Zambia
	Report

16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)

14:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Patience Fidele Rulisa (Rwanda)

South Africa	1–1	Eswatini
	Report

16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)

14:00

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Thabo Nkhahle (Lesotho)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mozambique	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Angola	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Comoros	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
4	Lesotho	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Comoros	1–0	Lesotho
	Report

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

11:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

Angola	0–1	Mozambique
	Report

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

14:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Masixole Bambiso (South Africa)

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Angola	3–1	Lesotho
	Report

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

11:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Darrio Landry (Seychelles)

Mozambique	0–0	Comoros
	Report

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

14:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Thabo Nkhahle (Lesotho)

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Lesotho	1–4	Mozambique
	Report

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

14:00

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Angola	3–0	Comoros
	Report

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

14:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Kennedy Chimense (Zambia)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 October – Mpira Stadium
	Mozambique	1
					20 October – Mpira Stadium
	Eswatini	0
					Zambia	2
	18 October – Mpira Stadium
					Mozambique	0
	Zambia	2
	Angola	0
					Third place
					20 October – Mpira Stadium
					Angola	5
					Eswatini	0

Semi-finals

Mozambique	1–0	Eswatini

18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)

11:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Patience Fidele Rulisa (Rwanda)

Zambia	2–0	Angola

18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)

14:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Masixole Bambiso (South Africa)

Third place match

Angola	5–0	Eswatini

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

11:00

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)

Final

Zambia	2–0	Mozambique

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

14:30

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

Champion

2019 COSAFA Under-17 champion
Zambia Second title