2020 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

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2020 COSAFA Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth AfricaSouth Africa
Dates19–29 November 2020
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (3rd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Third placeFile:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored32 (4 per match)
Top scorerZambia Joseph Banda[1]
Best playerSouth Africa Mduduzi Shabalala[1]
Best goalkeeperZambia Eric Makungu[1]
Fair play awardFile:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia[1]
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The 2020 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 9th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, a football tournament organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below. The tournament is also the qualifier for the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations,[2] which in turn is the qualifier for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup and will be played on November 19–29[3] in Nelson Mandela Bay and the two finalists of the tournament will be representing COSAFA in the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.[2][3] Initially, it was planned to be played in Malawi in July[4][5] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the first four games, (2 in each group), the tournament was re-started as four teams (Comoros, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini) were disqualified for using over-aged players.[6]

Participating teams

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Last year's runners-up Mozambique were meant to be the 9th nation to participate,[7] but in the end 8 of the 14 COSAFA teams entered to compete for this year's trophy. After the first round of games four teams were expelled due to cheating, namely:

So the tournament restarted with the following genuine combatants:

Match Officials

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (H) 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 3 1 0 2 9 5 +4 3
4 File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 3 0 1 2 5 15 −10 1
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg1–2File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
 Report
Referee: Tshepo Gobagoba (Botswana)
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg2–2File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
 Report
Referee: Thanks Nyahuye (Zimbabwe)
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg2–1File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
 Report
Referee: Lawrence Zimondi (Zimbabwe)
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg6–2File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
 Report
Referee: Artur Alfinar (Mozambique)
Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg1–7File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
 Report
Westbourne Oval Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay
Referee: Luxolo Badi (South Africa)
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg1–0File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
 Report
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

Third place match

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Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg2–1File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
 Report

Final

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Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg1–1File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Referee: Artur Alfinar (Mozambique)

Qualification for CAF Cup of Nations

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The two finalists of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. Qualified nations:

Nation Previous participation Best result
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 2015 Group Stage
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2005, 2007, 2015 Silver medalists

Champion

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 2020 COSAFA Under-17 champion 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Third title

Top Scorers

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Representing Player Goals
Zambia Joseph Banda 5
Angola Custódio Hequele 4

COSAFA-La Liga partnership

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South Africa's Mduduzi Shabalala and Zambia's Joseph Banda was selected by the Technical Study Group to be traveling to Spain for a LaLiga development experience, where they will get the opportunity to observe the football life in Spain and train with a local team. The duo become the first players along with their two counterparts from 2020 COSAFA Women's U17 Championship to get this opportunity on account of the new formalization of the partnership between COSAFA and La Liga to boost Southern African football[1][8]

Disqualification

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Prior the tournament, CAF scanned all players with MRI, to make sure that everyone was eligible for the age-category. In the tournament regulations there is stated that the scanning will take place and a team that have players that do not pass the eligibility test will be disqualified and sent home as soon as possible. The test that is used world wide to measure eligibility for U17 tournaments focus on bone fusions in the wrist that are unlikely (with 99% accuracy rate) to appear before the age of 17.

Comoros, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, were all found to have one or more players too old to participate in the tournament whereby the teams were disqualified. Because of this, it was decided to re-start the tournament with the other four teams and regard the already played games as warm-up for the tournament without any result value. The tournament were decided to be played as a round-robin where the top two qualify for the final (as well as the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations) and the bottom two qualify for the bronze medal game.[9][10]

Original draw

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The teams were on 2 November drawn from 2 different pots, as the top-seeded teams were placed in one group each. After drawing the first two teams from pot 1 the last team were put together with the teams from pot 2 to draw the last two teams to each group.[11]

Top seeded Pot 1 Pot 2
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (2019 Champions)

File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (Hosts)

File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola

File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi

File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini

File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe

Abandoned Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (H) 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (D) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini (D) 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on November 19. Source: COSAFA.com
(D) Disqualified; (H) Hosts
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe1–1File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
 Report
Referee: Vistoria Nuusiku Shangula (Namibia)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa2–0File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini
 Report
Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana (D) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
3 File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 Semi-finals
4 File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros (D) 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on November 20. Source: COSAFA.com
(D) Disqualified
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi2–2File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
 Report
Referee: Luxolo Badi (South Africa)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia2–0File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
 Report
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

Abandoned Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 November – Gelvandale Stadium
 
 
Group B winner
 
29 November – Gelvandale Stadium
 
Group A runners-up
 
 
 
27 November – Gelvandale Stadium
 
 
 
Group A winner
 
 
Group B runners-up
 
Third place
 
 
29 November – Gelvandale Stadium
 
 
 
 
 
 

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