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 country	Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
Dates	3–13 December 2020
Teams	11 (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 played	19
Goals scored	40 (2.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sinenjongo Mkiva (South Africa) Ambrosini Salvador (Angola)
← 2019 2022 →

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

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Comoros
•  Eswatini
•  Lesotho
•  Malawi
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia
•  South Africa (Host)
•  Zambia (Defending champions)
•  Zimbabwe

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Match officials

Referees (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa) Abongile Tom (South Africa) Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia) (Ms) Letticia Viana (Eswatini) Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana) Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho) Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi) Reserve Referees (Ms) Patience Mumba (Zambia) (Ms) Vistoria Nuusiku Shangula (Namibia)

Assistant Referees Venestancio Cossa (Mozambique) Tilolo Gaselame Molefe (Botswana) Edgar Rumeck (Zimbabwe) (Ms) Claris Simango (Zimbabwe) (Ms) Diana Chikotesha (Zambia) Shaun Siza Dlangamandla (Lesotho) Shaun Olive (South Africa) Clemence Kanduku (Malawi) Petros Mzi Mbingo (Eswatini)

Draw

The draw was made in Nelson Mandela Bay on 2 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
Zambia (defending champions)  South Africa (silver medalists)  Angola (bronze medalists)	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) Hosts

3 December 2020 (2020-12-03)

12:30

Mozambique	1–0	Lesotho
Cipriano 9'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

3 December 2020 (2020-12-03)

15:30

South Africa	2–2	Zimbabwe
Appollis 46' Makola 90'	Report	Mutimbanyoka 9' Mujokoro 75'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: (Ms) Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

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6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

12:30

Mozambique	2–0	Zimbabwe
Cipriano 57' (pen.) Pinho 85'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

15:30

South Africa	7–0	Lesotho
Mohale 6' (o.g.) Human 17' Mvika 43' 62' 86' Appollis 46' Myeni 90+2'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

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8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

15:30

South Africa	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho)

8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

15:30

Zimbabwe	4–1	Lesotho
Monyaka 19' (o.g.) Mandinyenya 22' Mangiza 32' Antonio 66'	Report	Lebina 45+2'

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

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

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)

12:30

Malawi	1–0	Comoros
Monogeni 90+4'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Mathews Hamalila (Zambia)

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)

15:30

Zambia	1–0	Namibia
Mashata 62'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho)

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7 December 2020 (2020-12-07)

12:30

Zambia	2–0	Comoros
Chishimba 3' Bulaya 45+4'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

7 December 2020 (2020-12-07)

15:30

Malawi	1–2	Namibia
Nkhoma 10'		Jantze 14' Canavaro 45+3'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: (Ms) Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

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9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)

15:30

Zambia	2–0	Malawi
Mukeya 21', 68'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)

15:30

Namibia	1–0	Comoros
Damaseb 77'	Report

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

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

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)

15:30

Angola	0–1	Eswatini
		Ndlovu 77'

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

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6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

15:30

Botswana	0–4	Angola
		Salvador 43' (pen.) 90+2' Gastão 66' 90+4'

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

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8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

12:30

Botswana	1–0	Eswatini
Molefe 42'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 December – Wolfson Stadium
	Angola	0
					13 December – Wolfson Stadium
	Namibia	1
					Namibia	0
	11 December – Wolfson Stadium
					Mozambique	1
	Mozambique	0 (5)
	Zambia	0 (4)
					Third place
					13 December – Wolfson Stadium
					Angola	2
					Zambia	1

Semi-finals

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

11 December 2020 (2020-12-11)

12:00

Angola	0–1	Namibia
	Report	Damaseb 63'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: (Ms) Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

11 December 2020 (2020-12-11)

15:30

Mozambique	0–0 (5–4 pen.)	Zambia
	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

Third-place match

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13)

12:00

Angola	2–1	Zambia
Afonso 21' Salvador 37'		Mumba 57' (pen.)

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: (Ms) Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

Final

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13)

15:00

Namibia	0–1	Mozambique
	Report	Augusto 31'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

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:

•  Mozambique
•  Namibia