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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Namibia |
Dates | 4 – 13 July |
Teams | 8 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 44 (2.75 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
← 2024 TBD→ |
The 2025 COSAFA U-20 Championship was the 30th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Youth Championship, the international youth football championship organised by COSAFA for the men's under-20 national teams of Southern Africa. The tournament doubled as the men's football competition for the AUSC Region 5 Youth Games Namibia 2025 and was hosted in Windhoek from 4 to 13 July 2025. [1] [2] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.
South Africa were the defending champions, having won their ninth title in last year's edition. [3] They successfully defended their title, finishing the tournament unbeaten. [4]
Note: All appearance statistics are counted starting from the 1999 edition, as limited information is available for the earlier years.
Team | App | Last | Previous best performance |
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![]() | 21st | 2024 | Runners-up (2000, 2001, 2002) |
![]() | 21st | 2024 | Third place (2009, 2013) |
![]() | 22nd | 2024 | Third place (1985, 1986, 1988, 1990) |
![]() | 19th | 2024 | Runners-up (2003) |
![]() | 19th | 2024 | Runners-up (2010, 2020) |
![]() | 22nd | 2024 | Champions (2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2024) |
![]() | 22nd | 2024 | Champions (1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019 , 2022) |
![]() | 20th | 2024 | Champions (1985, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2007) |
The tournament final draw took place on 27 April 2025. [12]
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Pos | Team |
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A1 | ![]() |
A2 | ![]() |
A3 | ![]() |
A4 | ![]() |
Pos | Team |
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B1 | ![]() |
B2 | ![]() |
B3 | ![]() |
B4 | ![]() |
A total of 6 Referees, 6 Assistants were selected for the tournament.
All times are local, CAT (UTC+2). The match schedule was confirmed by COSAFA on 13 June 2025. [13]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Malawi ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Report |
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Namibia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Cundula ![]() |
Angola ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Marcelo ![]() | Report | Mhango ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
South Africa ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Report |
Zambia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
South Africa ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
South Africa ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
11 July | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
13 July | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
11 July | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
12 July | ||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||
![]() | 1 (5) |
South Africa ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
There were 44 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal