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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) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 61 (3.81 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (6 goals each) |
← 2024 TBD→ All statistics correct as of 13 July 2025. |
The 2025 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship is 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 is doubling as the women's football competition for the AUSC Region 5 Youth Games Namibia 2025 and is being 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]
Zambia are the title-holders, having won their first title in last year's edition. [4]
Eight of the 14 COSAFA Member Associations entered teams for the competition, with Angola and Malawi making their tournament debuts.
Team | App | Last | Previous best performance | Ref. |
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![]() | 1st | Debut | ||
![]() | 3rd | 2024 | Group stage (2019) | [5] |
![]() | 2nd | 2019 | Group stage (2019) | [6] |
![]() | 1st | Debut | [7] | |
![]() | 2nd | 2019 | Group stage (2019) | [8] |
![]() | 3rd | 2024 | Runners-up (2024) | [9] |
![]() | 3rd | 2024 | Champions (2024) | [10] |
![]() | 2nd | 2019 | Fourth place (2019) | [11] |
The tournament 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 | ![]() |
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. [13]
Windhoek | ||
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UNAM Sports Stadium | Hage Geingob Stadium | |
Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
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All times are local, CAT (UTC+2). The match schedule was confirmed by COSAFA on 13 June 2025. [14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
Namibia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Tokwane ![]() | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
Zambia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
South Africa ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Zambia ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
11 July | ||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
13 July | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
11 July | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
12 July | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 |
Namibia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report |
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Zambia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
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