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2019 COSAFA Women's U17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mauritius
Dates	20–29 September 2019
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda (1st title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	158 (9.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juliet Nalukenge
Best player(s)	Jessica Wade
Best goalkeeper	Daphine Nyayenga
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2019 COSAFA Women's U17 Championship was the first edition of COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship and took place on September 20–29, 2019, in Mauritius. Guest nation Uganda become champions after winning 2-1 in the final to South Africa.

Participants

All the 14 COSAFA nations U17 teams along with Réunion were eligible for the tournament, and 7 took part. For this tournament CECAFA member Uganda was also invited.

•  Botswana
•  Comoros
•  Madagascar
•  Mauritius (host)
•  Seychelles
•  South Africa
•  Uganda (guest)
•  Zambia

Venues

Groups A, B, Semifinals and Final	Groups A and B	Port LouisBelle Vue Harelclass=notpageimage| Host locations in Mauritius.
Port Louis	Belle Vue Harel
St. François Xavier Stadium	Anjalay Stadium
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 16,000
14 games	2 games

Group stage

The teams were drawn into two groups of four out of which two advanced to the semi-finals from each group.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	3	2	1	0	32	1	+31	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zambia	3	2	1	0	24	1	+23	7
3	Mauritius (H)	3	1	0	2	5	20	−15	3
4	Comoros	3	0	0	3	1	40	−39	0

Uganda	1–1	Zambia
Nalukenge 62' (pen.)	Report	Masumo 84'

Mauritius	5–1	Comoros
Pierrot 3' Ramasawmy 14', 65' Verloppe 84' Quirin 87'	Report	M. Ali 10'

Comoros	0–15	Zambia
	Report	Masumo 3', 8' (pen.), 66' Kasonde 17', 18', 28', 52' Maenfou 27' (o.g.) C. Banda 29', 45', 55' Chilenga 32' T. Lungu 34', 75' E. Banda 62'

Uganda	11–0	Mauritius
Kunihira 1' Nalukenge 5', 35', 49', 51', 61', 74' Musibika 14' Najjemba 28', 66' Nyayenga 54' (pen.)	Report

Comoros	0–20	Uganda
	Report	Kunihira 2', 3', 22', 25', 61' Nalukenge 10' (pen.), 19', 26', 31', 34', 54', 90' (pen.) Nyinagahirwa 31', 38', 44' Akadinda 45' Najjemba 45', 77', 79', 84'

Zambia	8–0	Mauritius
Kasonde 7', 64', 81' (pen.) T. Lungu 25' Chilenga 41' C. Banda 44' Selemani 85', 86'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	36	2	+34	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Botswana	3	2	0	1	21	6	+15	6
3	Madagascar	3	1	0	2	17	9	+8	3
4	Seychelles	3	0	0	3	1	58	−57	0

Botswana	6–0	Madagascar
Modisenyane 19' Modise 28', 79' Monyatsi 58', 89' Rantsho 88'	Report

Seychelles	0–28	South Africa
	Report	Marhasi 2', 21', 22', 27', 39', 43' Wade 5' (pen.), 12', 18' Gamede 19' Carollissen 30', 40' Mzingeli 31', 44', 64' Galant 45+1', 46', 74' Kortjie 47', 60', 66', 71', 72', 77' O'Malley 55' Noble 75' Philisani 85' Ndluli 89'

Madagascar	16–0	Seychelles
Razanajohary 6', 24', 47' Raveloarisoa 9', 37' Lalasoa 12', 42', 55', 63', 81', 87' Randriamialimanantsoa 33', 90' Rondromalala 60' Raheriarisoa 70' Aniera 86'	Report

South Africa	5–1	Botswana
Marhasi 2', 59' Wade 29' Carollissen 48' Noble 90'	Report	Sikwane 38'

Seychelles	1–14	Botswana
Chan-Tak-Hue 18'	Report	Sikwane 1', 45', 65', 75', 84' Motlogelwa 10', 90' Mbongwe 17' Rantsho 20', 28', 37' (pen.), 55', 61' Gabana 85'

Madagascar	1–3	South Africa
Raveloarisoa 79' (pen.)	Report	Gamede 22', 30' (pen.) Marhasi 66'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 September — Port Louis
	Uganda	12
					29 September — Port Louis
	Botswana	0
					Uganda	2
	27 September — Port Louis
					South Africa	1
	South Africa	2
	Zambia	1
					Third Place match
					29 September — Port Louis
					Botswana	0
					Zambia	3

Semi-finals

Uganda	12–0	Botswana
Kunihira 6', 35', 58' Nalukenge 14', 25', 47' Najjemba 38', 45', 46', 62', 65', 82'	Report

South Africa	2–1	Zambia
Marhasi 17' Wade 49'	Report	Chilenga 28'

Bronze medal game

Botswana	0–3	Zambia
	Report	Nsama 27' Masumo 63' Chilenga 86'

Final

Uganda	2–1	South Africa
Najjemba 56' Nalukenge 86'	Report	Kortjie 74'

Goalscorers

There were 158 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 9.88 goals per match.

18 goals

• Juliet Nalukenge

13 goals

• Fauzia Najjemba

10 goals

• Oyisa Marhasi

9 goals

• Margret Kunihira

7 goals

• Tiffany Kortjie
• Florence Kasonde

6 goals

• Bofelo Rantsho
• Alinah Lalasoa

5 goals

• Pearl Sikwane
• Jessica Wade
• Shelly Masumo

4 goals

• Cindy Banda
• Maweta Chilenga

3 goals

• Lydia Razanajohary
• Marie Raveloarisoa
• Tiyana Carollissen
• Nabeelah Galant
• Sonika Mzingeli
• Nelly Gamede
• Shakira Nyinagahirwa
• Tisilile Lungu

2 goals

• Yaone Modise
• Christinah Monyatsi
• Lorato Motlogelwa
• Jenny Randriamialimanantsoa
• Jerusha Ramasawmy
• Sonika Mzingeli
• Christy Noble
• Comfort Selemani

1 goal

• Tlhompho Gabana
• Kaone Mbongwe
• Serati Modisenyane
• Moinahedji Ali
• Iloala Aniera
• Laurencia Raheriarisoa
• Charline Rondromalala
• Marie Quirin
• Marie Verloppe
• Kimbelly Chan-Tak-Hue
• Yolanda Ndluli
• Shakira O'Malley
• Hlela Philisani
• Stella Musibika
• Daphine Nyayenga
• Gillian Akadinda
• Esther Banda
• Precious Nsama

1 own goal

• Soukaina Maenfou (Against Zambia)

References

1. ^ "Recap of the 2019 COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship!". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
2. ^ "Uganda lift Cosafa Women's U-17 trophy with 2-1 victory over South Africa in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
3. "Fixtures released for COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
4. "Uganda pip South Africa to clinch maiden Cosafa U17 Women's Cup title". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
5. "2019 COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championships in Numbers". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
6. "Uganda get experienced coach for COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
7. "2019 COSAFA WOMEN'S U17". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

External links

Official website

• COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship
• 2019 in African football