2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 5th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, an association football tournament organised by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below. It took place in Mauritius from 22 to 31 July 2016.

2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mauritius
Dates	22–31 July 2016
Teams	8 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Namibia (1st title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Malawi
Fourth place	Kenya
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Peter Banda (5 goals)
← 2002 2017 → All statistics correct as of 31 July 2016.

All times shown in this article are in Mauritius Time (UTC+4).

Participating teams

•  Kenya^{[nb 1]}
•  Madagascar
•  Mauritius
•  Malawi
•  Namibia
•  South Africa
•  Seychelles
•  Zambia

Venues

Belle Vue Maurel	Curepipe	Port Louis
Stade Anjalay	Stade George V	Stade St Francois Xavier

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to semi-finals
2	Namibia	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Mauritius	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Seychelles	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2016. Source: COSAFA

Mauritius	1–3	Namibia
Hurdoyal 67'	Report	Morgan 5' Laksman 80' Tjahikika 85'

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)

13:00

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Seychelles	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Ntuli 36'

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)

16:00

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Tshepo Gobagoba (Botswana)

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Namibia	0–4	South Africa
	Report	Le Roux 9' (pen.) J. Monyane 28' Ntuli 52' Mchilizeli 90'

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)

13:00

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Keren Treddy Yocette (Seychelles)

Mauritius	1–0	Seychelles
Monple 77'	Report

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)

16:00

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

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South Africa	2–0	Mauritius
Mavuso 44' Pillay 74'	Report

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)

15:00

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Tshepo Gobagoba (Botswana)

Seychelles	1–4	Namibia
Mathiot 57'	Report	Tjahikika 30', 47', 76' Morgan 90'

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)

15:00

Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Disqualified[lower-alpha 1]
2	Malawi	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Advance to semi-finals
3	Kenya	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Madagascar	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2016. Source: COSAFA
Notes:

1. Zambia was disqualified from the competition for fielding two over-age players during the tournament.^[2]

Zambia	4–0	Kenya
Mulilo 4', 13' Kola 37' Nkandu 43'	Report

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)

12:00

Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

Malawi	2–1	Madagascar
R. Banda 50' Chizuze 89'	Report	Mosa 32'

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)

15:00

Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Keren Treddy Yocette (Seychelles)

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Kenya	2–1	Madagascar
Mukuria 25', 41' (pen.)	Report	Mosa 20' (pen.)

24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)

12:00

Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Zambia	3–0	Malawi
Kola 6' Phiri 14' Mulilo 74'	Report

24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)

15:00

Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Stevie Baillache (Mauritius)

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Madagascar	0–3	Zambia
	Report	Mwiza 19' Nyimbili 39', 88'

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)

15:00

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Malawi	5–0	Kenya
Chizuze 19' P. Banda 52', 59', 89' Madinga 64'	Report

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)

15:00

Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 July
	South Africa	4
					29 July
	Kenya	0
					South Africa	1 (1)
	29 July
					Namibia	1 (3)
	Malawi	1 (5)
	Namibia	1 (6)
					Third place
					29 July
					Kenya	0
					Malawi	2

Semi-finals

South Africa	4–0	Kenya
Mkhize 10' Le Roux 29' Mchilizeli 36' Dladla 73'	Report

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29)

13:00

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Malawi	1–1	Namibia
P. Banda 51'	Report	Morgan 88'
Penalties
	5–6

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29)

16:00

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

Third place playoff

Kenya	0–2	Malawi
	report	P. Banda 58' Madinga 87'

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)

13:00

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Keren Treddy Yocette (Seychelles)

Final

South Africa	1–1	Namibia
T. Monyane 70'	report	Awaseb 64'
Penalties
	1–3

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)

16:00

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

2016 COSAFA U-17 champions
Namibia 1st title

Notes

1. Kenya was invited to participate in the competition after Mozambique withdrew from the competition.^[1]

References

1. "Kenya replace Mozambique at COSAFA Under-17 Championships". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
2. "Zambia disqualified from the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championships". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.