2019 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

2019 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Malawi
Dates	11-21 October 2019
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Mozambique
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Eswatini
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	50 (3.13 per match)

The 2019 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 8th 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.

Participating teams

• Angola
• Comoros
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• South Africa
• Eswatini
• Zambia

Officials

Referees

• Darrio Landry (Seychelles)
• Patience Fidele Rulisa (Rwanda)
• Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)
• Kennedy Chimense (Zambia)
• Thabo Nkhahle (Lesotho)
• Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)
• Masixole Bambiso (South Africa)

Assistant Referees

• Joseph Nyauti (Malawi)
• Rosario Calembela (Angola)
• Aswet Teeluck (Mauritius)
• Lucky Kegakologetswe (Botswana)
• Thwala Banele (Eswatini)
• Mlungisi Mathuthu (Zimbabwe)
• Matheus Nevonga (Namibia)

Venues

The tournament was played in Blantyre : Mpira Stadium and Kamuzu Stadium

Group stage

All times are local, MUT (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	9	Semi-finals
2	Eswatini	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5	4
3	Malawi (H)	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	1	11	−10	1

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

11:00

Zambia	6–0	Eswatini
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

14:00

Malawi	3–0	South Africa
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Patience Fidele Rulisa (Rwanda)

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14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

11:00

Zambia	7–0	South Africa
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

14:00

Malawi	1–2	Eswatini
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Kennedy Chimense (Zambia)

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16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)

14:00

Malawi	2–3	Zambia
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Patience Fidele Rulisa (Rwanda)

16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)

14:00

South Africa	1–1	Eswatini
	Report

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Thabo Nkhahle (Lesotho)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mozambique	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Angola	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Comoros	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
4	Lesotho	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

11:00

Comoros	1–0	Lesotho
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

14:00

Angola	0–1	Mozambique
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Masixole Bambiso (South Africa)

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13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

11:00

Angola	3–1	Lesotho
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Darrio Landry (Seychelles)

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

14:00

Mozambique	0–0	Comoros
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Thabo Nkhahle (Lesotho)

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15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

14:00

Lesotho	1–4	Mozambique
	Report

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

14:00

Angola	3–0	Comoros
	Report

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Kennedy Chimense (Zambia)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 October – Mpira Stadium
	Mozambique	1
					20 October – Mpira Stadium
	Eswatini	0
					Zambia	2
	18 October – Mpira Stadium
					Mozambique	0
	Zambia	2
	Angola	0
					Third place
					20 October – Mpira Stadium
					Angola	5
					Eswatini	0

Semi-finals

18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)

11:00

Mozambique	1–0	Eswatini

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Patience Fidele Rulisa (Rwanda)

18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)

14:00

Zambia	2–0	Angola

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Masixole Bambiso (South Africa)

Third place match

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

11:00

Angola	5–0	Eswatini

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)

Final

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

14:30

Zambia	2–0	Mozambique

Mpira Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

Champion

2019 COSAFA Under-17 champion
Zambia Second title