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2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	1–11 August 2019
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Tanzania (1st title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	52 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maylan Mulenga
Best player(s)	Enekia Lunyamila
Best goalkeeper	Cynthia Shonga
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The 2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship was the first edition of the COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship, an international football tournament, for national women's under-20 teams organized by COSAFA. The tournament was played between 1-11 August in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa. Invited from CECAFA, Tanzania became champions after winning 2-1 over Zambia in the final.

Participants

Seven of the 14 nations in COSAFA was represented in this tournament, along with the invited CECAFA nation Tanzania. There was a late change in the line-up when Mozambique took Malawi's spot.

•  Botswana
•  Eswatini
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia
•  South Africa (host)
•  Tanzania (guest)
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Group stage

The 8 teams were on 3 July, drawn into 2 groups and, played against each other once in a round-robin. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Namibia	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Mozambique	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advance to semi-finals
2	Tanzania	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6
3	Botswana	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Eswatini	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Knockout stage

Playoff-bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Zambia	1
	Zimbabwe	0
					Zambia	1
					Tanzania	2
	South Africa	0
	Tanzania	2
					Third place
					Zimbabwe	1 (3)
					South Africa	1 (4)

Semi-finals

Zambia	1–0	Zimbabwe
	Report

South Africa	0–2	Tanzania
	Report

Bronze medal game

Zimbabwe	(3)1–1(4)	South Africa
	Report

Final

Zambia	1-2	Tanzania
Loveness Malunga 56´	Report	Opah Clement 24´, Protasia Mbunda 86´

Top scorers

Representing	Player	Goals
Zambia	Maylan Mulenga	5
South Africa	Shakeerah Jacobs	4
Tanzania	Enekia Lunyamila	4

Source COSAFA.com

References

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3. "Zimbabwe claim bronze medal at COSAFA Women's Championship". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
4. "Zambia name young squad for COSAFA Women's Under-20 Championship". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
5. "What does recent history say about COSAFA Under-20 football?". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
6. "Joyous Banyana Banyana retain regional crown". FIFA. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
7. "Tanzania opt for youth ahead of COSAFA Championships". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
8. "Late change to COSAFA Women's Under-20 Championship line-up". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
9. "Ellis praises introduction of COSAFA Women's Under-20 Championship". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
10. "2019 COSAFA WOMEN'S U20". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

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