Tournament details | |
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Host country | Zambia |
Dates | 2–13 December 2018 |
Teams | 11 (from 1 association) |
Final positions | |
Champions | South Africa (8th title) |
Runners-up | Zimbabwe |
Third place | Angola |
Fourth place | Zambia |
The 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 25th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 30 November and 13 December in Zambia. [1]
The competition was open to players born on or after 1 January 1999.
The 12 participating teams were announced on 25 October. [2]
Réunion were initially set to take part but withdrew after Réunionese Football League were unable to organise flights to Zambia. They were replaced on 2 November with Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3]
Namibia withdrew on 30 November, leaving no time to find a replacement. [4]
Referees | Assistant Referees
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Kitwe | Mufulira |
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Nkana Stadium | Shinde Stadium |
12°50′49″S28°12′40″E / 12.8470278°S 28.2112143°E | 12°32′33″S28°14′03″E / 12.5426122°S 28.2341274°E |
Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 9,000 |
The draw took place on 31 October 2018. [2]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
DR Congo | 0–1 | Mozambique |
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Malawi | 1–1 | Mozambique |
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Zambia | 1–1 | Mozambique |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mauritius | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | Eswatini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
South Africa | 5–0 | Mauritius |
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Francois 2' (o.g.) Foster 13', 25' Ngcobo 23' Monyane 38' |
Mauritius | 4–0 | Eswatini |
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Aristide 5' (pen.) Francois 18' Milazar 40' Roussety 49' |
South Africa | 4–0 | Eswatini |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
3 | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Lesotho | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 2–1 | Botswana |
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Murimba 2', 72' | Thatanyane 43' |
South Africa | 1–0 | Angola |
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Foster 28' |
South Africa | 1–1 | Zimbabwe |
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Penalties | ||
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