2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The 2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 28th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth football tournament open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 7 and 16 October 2022 in Eswatini.

Mozambique was the defending champion having defeated Namibia by 1–0 goal in the final on 13 December 2020 of previous season.

Participating teams
The following twelve teams are contesting in the tournament.

Match officials
Referees

Assistant Referees
 * António Dungula
 * Osiase Koto
 * Akhona Makalima
 * 🇰🇲 Attoumani El Fachad
 * Keren Yocette
 * Keabetswe Dintwa
 * Estanislau Guedes
 * 🇰🇲 Mohamed Ibrahim
 * Khamusi Razwimisani
 * Danison Ravelomandimby

Draw
The draw was made in ....... on the.......... Last year's top nations were seeded into one group each and the rest of the teams were placed in 2 pots depending on last year's performance. From the first pot, teams were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C. The last team from pot 1 was then placed among the pot 2 teams to make them 5. Now the teams from the second pot were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C resulting that group C ended up with one less team.

Note: Within brackets 2020 year's performance.

Group stage
The group stage will be played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the group winners and the best runner up will advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.