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2020 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates4–14 November 2020
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Tanzania (1stth title)
Runners-up Zambia
Third place South Africa
Fourth place Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored63 (5.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)Tanzania Aisha Masaka
Best player(s)Zambia Tisilile Lungu
Best goalkeeperZambia Chitete Munsaka
Fair play award Zambia
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International football competition

The 2020 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship was the second edition of the COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship. The tournament took place in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa on November 4–14.

Participants

All 14 COSAFA nation's U17 teams as well as Reunion were allowed to enter the tournament, out of which four finally participated. Tanzania was invited as a guest team for this tournament.

Group stage

The group stage is played in a round-robin where all 5 teams play once against each other and where the top two teams advance to the final.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 4 4 0 0 12 4 +8 12 Advance to the final
2  Tanzania (G) 4 3 0 1 22 5 +17 9
3  South Africa (H) 4 2 0 2 18 8 +10 6
4  Zimbabwe 4 1 0 3 6 24 −18 3
5  Comoros 4 0 0 4 3 20 −17 0
Source: COSAFA.com
(G) Guests; (H) Hosts
Comoros 1–5 Tanzania
Mistoihi 26' (pen.) Report
The Oval
South Africa 1–2 Zambia
Galant 62' Report
The Oval
Zambia 2–1 Tanzania
  • C. Banda 17'
  • Lungu 47'
 Report Masaka 85'
The Oval
Zimbabwe 0–7 South Africa
Report
  • Wade 32', 79', 90'
  • Leask 63'
  • Galant 75'
  • Marhasi 87'
  • Scott 90'
The Oval
Zimbabwe 3–2 Comoros
  • Nyagumbo 78'
  • Maferefa 82'
  • Ndarowa 90'
 Report
  • Mistoihi 4'
  • Dalila 43'
The Oval
Tanzania 6–1 South Africa
  • Haruna 18'
  • Masaka 22', 30', 39', 45', 90'
 Report Mohamedi 69'
The Oval
Zambia 3–0 Comoros
  • Selemani 17'
  • Lungu 44'
  • B. Banda 61'
 Report
The Oval
Tanzania 10–1 Zimbabwe
  • Mbunda 1'
  • Kipanga 8'
  • Kisisa 13'
  • Mohamedi 19', 89'
  • Gindulya 31'
  • Athuman 55'
  • Shibara 71', 87'
  • Masaka 83'
 Report Machadu 78'
The Oval
South Africa 9–0 Comoros
  • Wade 24' (pen.), 37'
  • Mpehle 38'
  • Galant 44', 50'
  • Taiwe 54' (pen.), 83'
  • Leask 56', 90'
 Report
The Oval
Zambia 5–2 Zimbabwe
  • Lungu 12', 78', 85'
  • Chulu 13'
  • Sambo 45'
 Report
  • Machadu 58'
  • Maferefa 59'
The Oval

Final

Zambia 1–1 Tanzania
Selemani 18' Report Masaka 90' (pen.)
Penalties
3–4
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Top Scorers

Representing Player Goals
 Tanzania Aisha Masaka 10
 South Africa Jessica Wade 5
 Zambia Tisilile Lungu 5

COSAFA-La Liga partnership

South Africa's Jessica Wade (also awarded best player of last years tournament) and Zambia's Tisilile Lungu(also scored 3 goals at last years tournament) was selected by the Technical Study Group to be traveling to Spain for a LaLiga development experience, where they will get the opportunity to observe the football life in Spain and train with a local team. The duo become the first players to get this opportunity on account of the new formalization of the partnership between COSAFA and La Liga to boost Southern African football.

Changes due to COVID-19

The tournament was originally planned to be played in Mauritius on April 17–26, with 8 participating nations, but in March COSAFA decided to postpone. Other than the four COSAFA nations finally participating, Mauritius, Botswana, Eswatini, and Malawi was set to play the tournament. When the new plan was set for the tournament to be played in South Africa in November, Tanzania had been invited and six teams should be divided into two groups where the winners and runners-up should advance to the semi-finals. After Botswana's withdrawal, as many of their players had lost time in school and were set to write exams, the five-team group was finally employed.

References

  1. ^ "South Africa win COSAFA Women's Championship, Tanzania take Under-17 title". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 COSAFA WOMEN'S CUP TOURNAMENT GUIDE". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. "Dludlu announces U/17 squad for COSAFA Cup". SAFA. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. "Dludlu unveils Bantwana final squad for Cosafa U17 Women's Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. "Dludlu happy with Cosafa U17 Championship squad". Farpost.co.za. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. "2020 COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championships in numbers". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  7. "Tanzania set to light up COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship!". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Bantwana enter selection camp ahead of COSAFA Cup". SAFA. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  9. "LaLiga and Cosafa team up again". Supersport.com. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. "COSAFA and LaLiga formalise partnership to boost Southern African football". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  11. "Postponement of the 2020 COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. "2020 COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championships in numbers". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  13. "Botswana pull out of COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

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