2024 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship

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COSAFA U-20
Women's Championship 2024
COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship 2024.svg
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates19 – 24 November
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Third placeFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored42 (4.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of South Africa.svg Adrielle Mibe
Flag of Zambia.svg Ruth Muwowo
(4 goals each)
Best player(s) Flag of Zambia.svg Saliya Mwanza
Best goalkeeper Flag of Zambia.svg Mwila Mufunte
Fair play awardFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
← 2019
TBD→

The 2024 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship was the second edition of the COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 women's national teams of the member associations of COSAFA. The tournament was hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa from 19 to 24 November 2024. [1]

Contents

East African guest nation Tanzania were the inaugural Champions when they lifted a maiden title in 2019 with a 2–1 victory over Zambia in the final. [2] [3] As the Twiga Stars did not return for this edition the tournament saw a COSAFA member claim the title for the first time, with Zambia clinching the championship undefeated and without conceding a goal, while host South Africa finished second. [4] [5]

Format

Unlike the previous edition, which featured a group stage followed by semifinals and a final, This year's competition followed a round-robin format due to the lower number of participants. Each of the five teams faced the others once, earning three points for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. The team with the most points was crowned the 2024 champions. [6]

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, only 4 out of 14 COSAFA members entered the second edition. However, Zambia was added to the lineup on 11 November 2024, bringing the total to 5 teams. [7] Lesotho made their debut in the competition after missing the inaugural edition in 2019. [8]

TeamAppLastPrevious best performance
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 2nd 2019 Group stage (2019)
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1st—Debut
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2nd 2019 Group stage (2019)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2nd 2019 Third place (2019)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2nd 2019 Runners-up (2019)
Did not enter

Draw

The tournament draw took place at COSAFA House in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 13 October 2024 at 17:00 SAST (UTC+2). [9]

the pre-determined fixtures:

MDDateMatches
1
19 November 2024
A2 v A3, A1 v A4
2
20 November 2024
A5 v A4, A1 v A3
3
22 November 2024
A5 v A3, A1 v A2
4
23 November 2024
A3 v A4, A2 v A4
5
24 November 2024
A4 v A2, A1 v A5

The draw resulted in the following positions:

PosTeam
A1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
A2Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
A3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
A4Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
A5Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana

Squads

Each of the five participating national teams was required to register a squad of up to 20 players. with Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Venue

All the matches will be held on the University of Johannesburg's Soweto campus in Johannesburg.

Johannesburg
UJ Stadium
Capacity: 8,000
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Main tournament

All times are local, SAST (UTC+2). The match schedule was confirmed by COSAFA on 13 November 2024.


PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 4400190+1912Champions
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (H)4301103+79Runners-up
3Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 4112610−44Third place
4Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 4022416−122
5Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 4013313−101
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg0–9Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Nonjabulo Ndlela (South Africa)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg4–0Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Itumeleng Methikga (Botswana)
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg2–3Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Annesta Chishimba Bwalya (Zambia)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg0–3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Itumeleng Methikga (Botswana)
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg0–6Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Cacilda Fernando (Mozambique)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–0Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Rosalie (Madagascar)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–0Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Z. Zulu Soccerball shade.svg30' Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Mathapelo Morake (Lesotho)
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg1–1Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Sepiriti Soccerball shade.svg32' Report Modise Soccerball shade.svg1'
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Nonjabulo Ndlela (South Africa)
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg3–3Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Itumeleng Methikga (Botswana)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–0Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Goncalves Soccerball shade.svg45', 75', 80' (pen.) Report
UJ Soweto Campus, Johannesburg
Referee: Rosalie (Madagascar)

Goalscorers

There were 42 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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