2025 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship

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COSAFA U-20
Women's Championship 2025
2025 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship Logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryNamibia
Dates4 – 13 July
Teams8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Third placeFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Fourth placeFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored61 (3.81 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Zambia.svg Bwalya Chileshe
Flag of Zambia.svg Ruth Mukoma
(6 goals each)
Best player Flag of Zambia.svg Saliya Mwanza
Best goalkeeper Flag of Zambia.svg Margaret Phiri
Fair play awardFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
← 2024
TBD→

The 2025 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship was the third 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 doubled as the women'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] This is Namibia's sixth time hosting a COSAFA tournament, and the fifth time it's in a different competition category. [3]

Contents

Zambia were the title-holders, having won their first title in last year's edition. [4] and they successfully defended their crown, completing the tournament unbeaten and without conceding a single goal. [5]

Participation

Participating teams

Eight of the 14 COSAFA Member Associations entered teams for the competition, with Angola and Malawi making their tournament debuts.

TeamAppLastPrevious best performanceRef.
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1stDebut
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 3rd 2024 Group stage (2019) [6]
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 2nd 2019 Group stage (2019) [7]
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1stDebut [8]
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2nd 2019 Group stage (2019) [9]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3rd 2024 Runners-up (2024) [10]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3rd 2024 Champions (2024) [11]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2nd 2019 Fourth place (2019) [12]
Did not enter

Draw

The tournament draw took place on 27 April 2025. [13]

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
PosTeam
A1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
A2Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique [a]
A3Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
A4Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Group B
PosTeam
B1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
B2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
B3Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini
B4Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
  1. ↑ Mozambique, who were initially set to participate and were included in the original draw, later withdrew from the tournament. They were subsequently replaced by Malawi, who took their spot in the group.

Venues

The women's competition will mainly be held at the University of Namibia Sports Stadium, although the final and a few group stage matches will take place in the stadium designated for men's competition. [14]

Windhoek
UNAM Sports Stadium Hage Geingob Stadium
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 10,000
Blank.svg Hage-geingob-stadium inside2018.jpg

Group stage

All times are local, CAT (UTC+2). The match schedule was confirmed by COSAFA on 13 June 2025. [15]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia (H)321031+27Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 320143+16
3Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 310276+13
4Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 301237−41
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg2–1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Elizabeth Haufiku (Namibia)
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg0–0Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Jabulile Mgabhi (Eswatini)
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg0–1Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Report Lesotlo Soccerball shade.svg61'
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Linnet Moyo (Zimbabwe)
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg1–0Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Tokwane Soccerball shade.svg68' Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Jabulile Mgabhi (Eswatini)
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg2–1Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Report
Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Linnet Moyo (Zimbabwe)
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg3–6Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Hertha Angala (Namibia)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3300190+199Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 320185+36
3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 3102615−93
4Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 3003215−130
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Eswatini  Flag of Eswatini.svg2–4Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Hertha Angala (Namibia)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg3–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Rose Zimba (Malawi)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–0Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini
Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Rose Zimba (Malawi)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg8–0Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Elizabeth Haufiku (Namibia)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg8–0Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini
Report
Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Elizabeth Haufiku (Namibia)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg5–2Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Report
UNAM Sports Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Rose Zimba (Malawi)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 July
 
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 5
 
13 July
 
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 0
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2
 
11 July
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0
 
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1
 
Third place
 
 
12 July
 
 
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1
 
 
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0

Semi-finals

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg5–0Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Report
Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Jabulile Mgabhi (Eswatini)
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg0–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Linnet Moyo (Zimbabwe)

Third place

Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg1–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Tokonyane Soccerball shade.svg88' Report
UNAM Sport Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Linnet Moyo (Zimbabwe)

Final

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
UNAM Sport Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Rose Zimba (Malawi)

Goalscorers

There were 61 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.81 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mupetami, Limba (3 July 2025). "Namibia in gear to host Region 5 Games". neweralive.na. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Under-20 Men's and Women's competitions set for Region 5 Games". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Namibia a worthy host for Region 5 Games football competition". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Mubanga, Aaron (2 July 2025). "Young Copper Queens eye COSAFA Championship defense". zambianfootball.co.zm. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Mubanga, Aaron (13 July 2025). "Young Copper Queens successfully defend COSAFA U20 Championship crown". zambianfootball.co.zm. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Botswana seek to turn silver into gold". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Eswatini U20 women hope to show improvement at Region 5 Games". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Malawi women return to COSAFA U20 stage in Windhoek". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Namibia hope to turn promise into success on home soil". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "South Africa among the favourites for Region 5 Games title". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Zambia to defend COSAFA Women's U20 crown at Region 5 Games". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Zimbabwe make a return to COSAFA Under-20 women's football". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Munango, Brian (29 April 2025). "Draws Set the stage for thrilling battles at Region 5 Youth Games in Namibia". aitsafrika.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Kambukwe, Maurice (4 July 2025). "Stage set: Inside the venues hosting the AUSC Region 5 Youth Games". neweralive.na. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Fixtures released for Region 5 Games u20 football competitions". cosafa.com. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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