Tournament details | |
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Host country | Eswatini |
Dates | 7–16 October 2022 |
Teams | 12 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 73 (3.32 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (5 goals) |
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The 2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 28th 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 7 and 16 October 2022 in Eswatini. [1] [2]
Mozambique was the defending champion having defeated Namibia by 1–0 goal in the final on 13 December 2020 of previous season. [3]
The following twelve teams are contesting in the tournament.
Team | Appearances | Previous best performance |
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![]() | 28th | Runner-up (2000, 2001, 2002, 2011) |
![]() | 21st | 3rd Place (2009, 2011) |
![]() | 4th | Group stage (2013, 2016, 2019, 2020) |
![]() | 28th | Champion (2020) |
![]() | 28th | Runner-up (1990, 2005, 2017) |
![]() | 19th | 4th Place (1986, 2000, 2006, 2011) |
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![]() | 28th | Champion (2020) |
![]() | 28th | Champion (2020) |
![]() | 8th | Group stages (2009, 2010, 2011, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019) |
![]() | 28th | Champion (2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018) |
![]() | 28th | Champion (1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019) |
Cities | Venues | Capacity |
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Lobamba | Somhlolo National Stadium | 20,000 |
Manzini | Mavuso Sports Centre | 5,000 |
The draw was made in ....... on the.......... 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. [4]
Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Note: Within brackets 2020 year's performance.
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Eswatini ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Botswana ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Zambia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Angola ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Mozambique ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Seychelles ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Mozambique ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Mozambique ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 [a] | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 [a] | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 [a] | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 |
South Africa ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Namibia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Namibia ![]() | 2–5 | ![]() |
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South Africa ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | B | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | A | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | C | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
14 October – Somhlolo Stadium | ||||||
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16 October – Somhlolo Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
14 October – Somhlolo Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
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Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
Mozambique ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Mozambique ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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There were 73 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.32 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
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