2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

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2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMalawi
Dates2–11 December 2022
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (3rd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Third placeFile:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored50 (3.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Siyabonga Mabena
(9 goals)
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The 2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship was the 11th 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. Malawi was the host of tournament from 2–11 December 2022.[1][2]

Angola was the defending champion, by defeating Zambia 2–1 in the final on 7 December 2021.[3]

Participating nations

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The following seven teams are contesting in the tournament.

Teams Appearance Best Performance
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 8 Third place (2002)
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 10 Champions (2001)
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 5 Runners-up (1994, 2019)
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 6 Champions (2016)
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles 3 Group stage (2016, 2018)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 10 Champions (1994, 2002, 2020)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 10 Champions (2017, 2019)

Venue

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All matches were played at these ground in Malawi.

Lilongwe
2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship (Malawi)
Bingu National Stadium
Capacity: 41,100

Draw

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The draw for the tournament was held on 4 November 2022 at Lilongwe, Malawi. The seven teams were divided into two groups; the top two teams from each group entered the Semi-finals.[4]

Group summary

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Group A Group B

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

File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia

Group stages

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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 Malawi.svg Malawi (H) 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg2–2File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
 Report
Referee: Njaka Raharimanantsoa (Madagascar)
Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg2–1File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
 Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)
Namibia File:Flag of Namibia.svg0–1File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Darrio Landry (Seychelles)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Semi-finals
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 2 0 1 12 1 +11 6
3 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
4 File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles 3 0 1 2 1 18 −17 1
Source: GSA
Seychelles File:Flag of Seychelles.svg0–11File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Thokozani Dlamini (Eswatini)
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg1–0File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
 Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)
Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg0–1File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Thembinkosi Dlamini (Eswatini)
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg7–1File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
 Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Eness Gumbo (Malawi)
Seychelles File:Flag of Seychelles.svg0–0File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Samuel Nghipandulwa (Namibia)
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg0–1File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 December – Bingu National
 
 
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia4
 
11 December – Bingu National
 
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana2
 
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia1
 
9 December – Bingu National
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa0
 
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi1
 
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa5
 
Third place
 
 
11 December – Bingu National
 
 
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana2
 
 
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi5

Semi-finals

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Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg4–2File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
 Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)
Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg1–5File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
 Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

Third place match

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Botswana File:Flag of Botswana.svg2–5File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
 Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Wilson Muianga (Mozambique)

Final

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Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg1–0File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
 Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

Awards

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11th COSAFA Under-17 Championship 2022
Winners
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Third Title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 50 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 3.85 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: COSOFA

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