2021 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The 2021 COSAFA Under-17 Championship was the 10th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, a football tournament organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below. Lesotho hosted the tournament for the first time as an integrated part of the 2020 African Union Sports Council Games.^[1] Angola were the eventual winners for the second time.^[2]

2021 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Lesotho
Dates	1–8 December 2021
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (2nd title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	Malawi
Fourth place	Eswatini
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	29 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joseph Banda Masambiro Kalua (5)
Best player(s)	Joseph Banda
Best goalkeeper	Domingos Da Silva
Fair play award	Eswatini
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Participating teams

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Eswatini
•  Lesotho
•  Malawi
•  Zambia

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Eswatini	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Lesotho	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December. Source: COSAFA.com

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)

Lesotho	0–2	Zambia
	Report	J. Banda 29', 71'

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04)

Eswatini	0–1	Zambia
	Report	J. Banda 87'

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)

Lesotho	1–1	Eswatini
Seabata 78'	Report	Majara 24' (o.g.)

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Semi-finals
2	Malawi	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1
3	Botswana	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December. Source: COSAFA.com

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)

Botswana	1–1	Malawi
Kaku 77' (pen.)	Report	Mwachumu 6'

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04)

Angola	2–0	Botswana
Antonio 8' Mkokissa 90' (pen.)	Report

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

Angola	4–2	Malawi
Antonio 6' Mkokissa 24' Brito 38' Pedro 67'	Report	Kalua 11', 20'

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 December – Setsotso Stadium
	Zambia	3
					8 December – Setsotso Stadium
	Malawi	1
					Zambia	1
	7 December – Setsotso Stadium
					Angola	2
	Angola	3
	Eswatini	0
					Third place
					7 December – Setsotso Stadium
					Malawi	4
					Eswatini	0

Semi-finals

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)

Zambia	3–1	Malawi
J. Banda 50', 89' M. Banda 58'	Report	Kanowa 70'

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)

Angola	3–0	Eswatini
Antonio 40' Mkokissa 48' Hekele 54'	Report

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

Third place

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)

Malawi	4–0	Eswatini
Kalua 13', 40', 58' Chuzu 90'	Report

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

Final

8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)

Zambia	1–2	Angola
Zimba 13'	Report	Eusebio 11', 89'

Setsotso Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Joseph Banda
• Top Scorer: Joseph Banda and Masambiro Kalua (5 each)
• Top Goalkeeper: Domingos Da Silva
• Fair Play:  Eswatini

Source:^[2]