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2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mauritius
Dates	19–29 July 2018
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (1st title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Namibia
Fourth place	Mauritius
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Prins Tjiueza (6)
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The 2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 7th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, an association football tournament organised by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below.

COSAFA announced that the COSAFA U-17 Championship hosted by Mauritius between 19–29 July 2018 would be the region's qualifying tournament for the 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania.

Participating teams

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Lesotho
•  Mauritius
•  Malawi
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia
•  South Africa
•  Seychelles
•  Swaziland
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Officials

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 May 2018.

Venues

The tournament will be played at Port Louis (St. François Xavier Stadium) and Belle Vue Maurel (Anjalay Stadium).

Group stage

All times are local, MUT (UTC+4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Namibia	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6	Semi-finals
2	Mauritius (H)	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Botswana	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
4	Seychelles	3	0	0	3	5	16	−11	0

1. ^ Head-to-head results: Mauritius 0–1 Botswana, Mauritius 1–0 Namibia, Namibia 2–0 Botswana. Head-to-head standings:
   • Namibia: 3 pts, +1 GD
   • Mauritius: 3 pts, 0 GD
   • Botswana: 3 pts, −1 GD

Namibia	8–3	Seychelles
George 3', 16', 55' Kamatuka 18' Tjiueza 38', 68', 72', 84' (pen.)	Report	Aboudou 7' Suzette 14' Pauline 19'

Mauritius	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Maphorisa 83' (pen.)

Botswana	2–1	Seychelles
Maphorisa 13' (pen.) Kopelang 38'	Report	Pauline 65'

Mauritius	1–0	Namibia
Kawoa 69'	Report

Namibia	2–0	Botswana
Tjiueza 39' Tsuseb 59'	Report

Seychelles	1–6	Mauritius
Suzette 53'	Report	Gentil 58' Aristide 59', 87' Philibert 69' Genave 78' Hoareau 90' (o.g.)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Zambia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Mozambique	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Lesotho	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Zambia	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

Lesotho	0–0	South Africa
	Report

Mozambique	1–4	South Africa
Pablo 63'	Report	Siyasi 7' Nare 48' Buthelezi 75' Balakasi 86'

Zambia	1–0	Lesotho
Kalinda 89'	Report

Lesotho	1–2	Mozambique
Rapuleng 81'	Report	Pablo 2' José 13'

South Africa	2–1	Zambia
Buthelezi 12' Radiopane 81'	Report	Kalinda 7'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Malawi	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
3	Swaziland	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Angola	1–0	Malawi
Netinho 20'	Report

Swaziland	3–2	Zimbabwe
Shabangu 20', 86' L. Dlamini 26'	Report	Ngwenya 60' Bonomali 65'

Malawi	5–0	Zimbabwe
Mwaungulu 8', 77' Mbalaka 24' Mtoso 56' Mitole 79'	Report

Angola	4–0	Swaziland
Zito 3', 69' Domingos 63' Gege 90+1'	Report

Swaziland	0–1	Malawi
	Report	Mbeta 28'

Zimbabwe	1–2	Angola
Mandinyenya 62'	Report	Nzanza 45' Barri 45+1'

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Mauritius	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Semi-finals
2	C	Malawi	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
3	B	Zambia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July – Port Louis
	South Africa	2
					29 July – Port Louis
	Mauritius	0
					South Africa	0
	27 July – Port Louis
					Angola	1
	Namibia	0
	Angola	7
					Third place
					29 July – Port Louis
					Mauritius	1
					Namibia	2

Semi-finals

South Africa	2–0	Mauritius
Nare 27' Dupre 88' (o.g.)	Report

Namibia	0–7	Angola
	Report	Capita 46', 67', 69' (pen.) Cisco 71', 87' Zito 78' Barri 84'

Third place match

Mauritius	1–2	Namibia
Kawoa 38'	Report	Tjiueza 7' Kandjii 44'

Final

Winner qualifies for 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

South Africa	0–1	Angola
	Report	Capita 5'

2018 COSAFA Under 17 Champions
Angola

References

1. "Five tournaments to be staged in COSAFA region in 2018!". COSAFA. 27 February 2018.
2. "FIFA Referees News: 2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship - Selected Officials". refereesfifa.blogspot.com. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
3. "Holders Zambia get tough COSAFA Under-17 Championship draw". COSAFA. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
4. "COSAFA U17: Maurice connaît ses adversaires". lexpress.mu. 31 May 2018.
5. "2018 COSAFA UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES". COSAFA.
6. "FIFA Referees News: 2018 COSAFA U17 Championship - Final". 29 July 2018.

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