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2018 COSAFA Under-20 Championship

Tournament details
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
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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.

The competition was open to players born on or after 1 January 1999.

Participants

The 12 participating teams were announced on 25 October.

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Lesotho
•  Malawi
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  DR Congo (replaced Réunion)
•  South Africa
•  Eswatini
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

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.

Namibia withdrew on 30 November, leaving no time to find a replacement.

Match officials

Venues

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Draw

The draw took place on 31 October 2018.

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Zambia	2–0	Malawi

DR Congo	0–1	Mozambique

Malawi	1–1	Mozambique

Zambia	2–0	DR Congo

Zambia	1–1	Mozambique

Malawi	1–3	DR Congo

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
Francois 2' (o.g.) Foster 13', 25' Ngcobo 23' Monyane 38'

Mauritius	4–0	Eswatini
Aristide 5' (pen.) Francois 18' Milazar 40' Roussety 49'

South Africa	4–0	Eswatini

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Lesotho	1–1	Angola

Zimbabwe	2–1	Botswana
Murimba 2', 72'		Thatanyane 43'

Zimbabwe	4–0	Lesotho
Murimba 45' Tumba 49' Nyamuziwa 60', 90+2'

Angola	0–0	Botswana

Lesotho	0–1	Botswana

Zimbabwe	1–4	Angola

Knockout stage

Semifinals

South Africa	1–0	Angola
Foster 28'

Zambia	1–2	Zimbabwe
Mwape 37'		Mbeba 39' Murimba 70'

Third-Place

Zambia	1–2	Angola

Final

South Africa	1–1	Zimbabwe
Penalties
	4-3

References

1. "COSAFA | COSAFA Under-20 Championship returns to Zambia In 2018". www.cosafa.com. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
2. ^ "Line-up complete for 2018 MOPANI Copper Mines COSAFA Under-20 Championships". www.cosafa.com. 25 October 2018.
3. "Reunion out, DR Congo in for Under-20 Championships". www.cosafa.com. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
4. "COSAFA | Namibia withdraw as COSAFA Under-20 Championships set for lift-off!". www.cosafa.com. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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