COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship

COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship is a football tournament for under-20 women's teams from southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The first edition of the tournament was held in South Africa in 2019 with guest nation Tanzania coming out as champions.^[1][2] The 2020 tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

COSAFA U-20
Women's Championship

Organising body	COSAFA
Founded	2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Region	Southern Africa
Number of teams	5 (as of 2024)
Current champions	Zambia (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Tanzania  Zambia (1 title each)
Website	Official website
2025 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship

Results

Ed.	Year	Host	Final			Third place game			Num. teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2019	Port Elizabeth	Tanzania[4][G]	2–1	Zambia	South Africa	1–1 (4–3 p)	Zimbabwe	8
2	2024	Johannesburg	Zambia	Round-robin	South Africa	Mozambique	Round-robin	Lesotho	5
3	2025	Windhoek	Zambia	2–0	South Africa	Botswana	1–0	Namibia	8

Guest team (G): An invited guest team, not a member of COSAFA.

Awards

Tournament	Player of the Tournament	Golden Boot	Goals	Golden Glove	Fair Play
South Africa 2019	Enekia Lunyamila	Maylan Mulenga	5	Cynthia Shonga	—
South Africa 2024	Saliya Mwanza	Adrielle Mibe Ruth Muwowo	4	Mwila Mufunte	Lesotho
Namibia 2025		Bwalya Chileshe Ruth Mukoma	6	Margaret Phiri	Namibia