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2017 Mopani Copper Mines COSAFA Under-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Zambia
Dates	6–16 December 2017
Teams	12 (from 1 association)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Luvuyo Mkatshana Lyle Foster A. Amir (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Luvuyo Mkatshana
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The Mopani Copper Mines COSAFA Under-20 Championship will be the 24th edition of the COSAFA U20 Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region.

The competition is open to players born on or before 1 January 1998.

Participants

The following teams are expected to participate:

•  Angola
•  Egypt (Invitee)
•  Lesotho
•  Malawi
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia
•  South Africa
•  Swaziland
•  Uganda (Invitee)
•  Zambia (Host)
•  Zimbabwe

Draw

The group stage draw was held on 9 November 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Venues

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda (G)	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Malawi	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Zambia (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Swaziland	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Swaziland	2–3	Malawi
Tsabedze 58' Gamedze Saviola 64' (pen.)	Report	Peter Banda 14' Patrick Phiri 58', 68'

Zambia	0–2	Uganda
	Report	Muhammad Shaban 52', 56'

Uganda	2–2	Swaziland
M. Shaban 30' A. Okello 52'	Report	Tsabedze 24' O. Mamba 90'

Malawi	0–0	Zambia
	Report

Zambia	2–0	Swaziland
F. Mwepu 50', 90'

Malawi	1–1	Uganda
F. Madinga 70'		S. Mukwala 81'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt (G)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Mozambique	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
4	Mauritius	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Mozambique	0–1	Egypt
		H. Feasal 86'

South Africa	2–0	Mauritius
Lyle Foster 73', 90+4'	Report

Egypt	2–0	Mauritius
A. Amr 17', 88'

Mozambique	0–1	South Africa
		Mkatshana 45+1'

South Africa	2–1	Egypt
Ngcobo 59' L. Mkatshana. 72'		M. Karem 18'

Mauritius	0–2	Mozambique
		21' 50'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lesotho	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Namibia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Angola	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Lesotho	0–0	Zimbabwe
	Report

Angola	0–1	Namibia
	Report	E. Mungendje 14'

Namibia	1–2	Lesotho
R. Hawiseb 64'		K. Roboama 70', 76'

Zimbabwe	1–0	Angola
K. Nasama 90+2'

Lesotho	0–0	Angola

Namibia	0–0	Zimbabwe

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

South Africa	1–0	Egypt
L. Mkatshana 36'	Report

Uganda	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Lesotho
Penalties
G. Wasswa K. Kagimu J. Poloto P. Obuya A. Okello M. Ogama	5–6	R. Mokokoane R. Mobane L. Nkune S. Tanki B. Mokhele R. Monaheng

Notes

1. ^ Both matches were originally scheduled to take place at Nkana Stadium. The venue was changed due to a "sodden pitch".

Bronze medal match

Egypt	3–1	Uganda
R. Ashraf 19', 59' A. Amir 90+1'		M. Shaban 44'

Final

South Africa	2–1	Lesotho
Lyle Foster 5' S. Sambo 40'		R. Mokokoane 59'

References

1. "COSAFA | Mouth-watering ties after COSAFA Under-20 Championships draw". www.cosafa.com. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
2. "COSAFA | 2017 COSAFA Under-20 Championships – The Venues". www.cosafa.com. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
3. "Council of Southern Africa Football Associations - Cosafa". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
4. "FIFA Referees News: 2017 COSAFA U20 Championship - Final". 16 December 2017.

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