2019 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The 2019 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 26th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 4 December and 14 December in Zambia.

2019 COSAFA Under-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Zambia
Dates	4-14 December 2019
Teams	12 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (11th title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	81 (3.68 per match)
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The competition was open to players born on or before 1 January 2000.

Participants

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Comoros
•  Lesotho
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  South Africa
•  Seychelles
•  Eswatini
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Match officials

Referees[1] Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros) Patrice Milazar (Mauritius) (Ms) Rosaly Rosalie (Madagascar) Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho) Gift Chicco (Malawi) Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia) Yvon Havelock (Seychelles) Njabulo Thembinkosi Dlamini (Swaziland) Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

Assistant Referees Evanildo Gaspar Martins (Angola) Zacarias Baloi (Mozambique) (Ms) Stellah Ruvinga (Zimbabwe) Brighton Nyika (Zimbabwe) Elphas Sitole South Africa) Chiwoyu Sinyangwe (Zambia) Alex Muzibwane Lumponjani (Namibia) Dimbiniaina Andriatianarivelo (Madagascar) (Ms) Harilalaina Razafitsalama (Madagascar)

Venues

Lusaka
Nkoloma Stadium	Sunset Stadium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,100

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia (H, A)	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Malawi	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
3	Botswana	3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	4
4	Comoros	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

First match(es) will be played: 4 December 2019. Source: COSAFA
(A) Advance to a further round; (H) Hosts

Malawi	4–0	Comoros
Mwaungulu 28', 66', 90+1' Madinga 58'	Report

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)

12:45

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Yvon Havelock (Seychelles)

Zambia	5–0	Botswana
Mwepu 6' Mwaba 36' Mukeya 65', 80' Banda 86'	Report

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)

15:30

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)

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Malawi	2–2	Botswana
	Report

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)

12:45

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

Zambia	2–0	Comoros
Mwepu 56' Kampukesa 81'	Report

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)

15:30

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

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Zambia	2–1	Malawi
	Report

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09)

15:30

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)

Botswana	2–1	Comoros
	Report

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09)

15:30

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: (Ms) Rosaly Rosalie (Madagascar)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Madagascar	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Mauritius	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
4	Lesotho	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Source: COSAFA

Madagascar	3–0	Lesotho
	Report

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)

12:45

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

South Africa	5–0	Mauritius
	Report

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)

15:30

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: (Ms) Rosaly Rosalie (Madagascar)

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Lesotho	2–2	Mauritius
	Report

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)

10:30

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

South Africa	1–1	Madagascar
	Report

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)

15:30

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Yvon Havelock (Seychelles)

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South Africa	4–0	Lesotho
Mkiva 20' Milazi 22' Human 41' Sifama 51'

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)

15:30

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

Madagascar	2–1	Mauritius
Randrianantenaina 6' Harison 35'		Moutou 70'

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)

15:30

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola (A)	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Eswatini	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Mozambique	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Seychelles	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2019. Source: COSAFA
(A) Advance to a further round

Angola	8–0	Seychelles
F. dos Santos 7' Salvador 10', 55' Afonso 18', 45+2' Kiako 38' Gastao 82' C. dos Santos 84'

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)

10:00

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Gift Chicco (Malawi)

Eswatini	2–0	Mozambique
	Report

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)

15:30

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

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Angola	1–0	Mozambique
Zlni 53'

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)

10:00

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia)

Eswatini	2–0	Seychelles
Lushaba 20' (pen.) Ndlovu 45' (pen.)

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)

12:45

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)

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Angola	4–1	Eswatini
Salvador 2' (pen.) Gastao 14', 74' Dala 53'		Ndzinisa 55'

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09)

12:45

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Mozambique	3–2	Seychelles
Joao , Manjate	Report	Brutus Fanchette

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09)

12:45

Sunset Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Gift Chicco (Malawi)

Knockout stage

Semifinals

South Africa	2–2	Madagascar
Appollis 66', 90+1'	Report	Harison 12' Randrianantenaina 29'
Penalties
	5–4

12 December 2019 (2019-12-12)

12:00

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Mathews M. Hamalila (Zambia)

Zambia	3–0	Angola
Gondwe 31', 76' Mwepu 80'	Report

12 December 2019 (2019-12-12)

15:30

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Third-Place

Madagascar	1–5	Angola

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)

11:30

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Gift Chicco (Malawi)

Final

Zambia	3–0	South Africa
	Report

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)

15:00

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)

Winners

COSAFA Under-20 Championship
Zambia 11th title

References

1. "Pictures of the officials during 2019 Cosafa U20 Championship in Zambia". 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.