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2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Malawi
Dates	2–11 December 2022
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (3rd title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Malawi
Fourth place	Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	50 (3.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Siyabonga Mabena (9 goals)
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The 2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship was the 11th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, a football tournament organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below. Malawi was the host of tournament from 2–11 December 2022.

Angola was the defending champion, by defeating Zambia 2–1 in the final on 7 December 2021.

Participating nations

The following seven teams are contesting in the tournament.

Teams	Appearance	Best Performance
Botswana	8	Third place (2002)
Malawi	10	Champions (2001)
Mozambique	5	Runners-up (1994, 2019)
Namibia	6	Champions (2016)
Seychelles	3	Group stage (2016, 2018)
South Africa	10	Champions (1994, 2002, 2020)
Zambia	10	Champions (2017, 2019)

Venue

All matches were played at these ground in Malawi.

Lilongwe	Lilongwe2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship (Malawi)
Bingu National Stadium
Capacity: 41,100

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 4 November 2022 at Lilongwe, Malawi. The seven teams were divided into two groups; the top two teams from each group entered the Semi-finals.

Group summary

Group stages

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malawi (H)	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Semi-finals
2	Botswana	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Namibia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Malawi	2–2	Botswana
Harrison 32' Mhango 64'	Report	Ratshukudu 11' Banda 47' (o.g.)

Malawi	2–1	Namibia
Kanowa 37' (pen.) Mzunda 83'	Report	Nanuseb 27'

Namibia	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Ratshukudu 72'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Semi-finals
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	12	1	+11	6
3	Mozambique	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
4	Seychelles	3	0	1	2	1	18	−17	1

Seychelles	0–11	South Africa
	Report	Mabena 4', 9', 26', 45+2', 74' Lee 10' Mokoena 25' Wallis 48', 52', 90+2' (pen.) Manyana 57'

Zambia	1–0	Mozambique
Zimba 55'	Report

Mozambique	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Mabena 62'

Zambia	7–1	Seychelles
Mwanza 33', 42', 74', 86', 90' Kapowa 37' Phiri 64'	Report	Hoareau 77'

Seychelles	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

South Africa	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Zimba 49'

Knockout stage

• In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 December – Bingu National
	Zambia	4
					11 December – Bingu National
	Botswana	2
					Zambia	1
	9 December – Bingu National
					South Africa	0
	Malawi	1
	South Africa	5
					Third place
					11 December – Bingu National
					Botswana	2
					Malawi	5

Semi-finals

Zambia	4–2	Botswana
Malaya 31' Kapowa 45', 86' Zimba 70'	Report	Manapolo 51' (pen.) Ratshukudu 58'

Malawi	1–5	South Africa
Mkandawire 52'	Report	Sibiya 31' Mabena 46', 86' (pen.), 90' Lee 74'

Third place match

Botswana	2–5	Malawi
Ratshukudu 58' Matakula 79'	Report	Mkandawire 4' Mzunda 20', 66', 90' Harrison 42'

Final

Zambia	1–0	South Africa
Phiri 60'	Report

Awards

11th COSAFA Under-17 Championship 2022 Winners
Zambia Third Title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 3.85 goals per match.

9 goals

• Siyabonga Mabena

5 goals

• Emmanuel Mwanza

4 goals

• Losika Ratshukudu
• Webster Mzunda

3 goals

• Benjamin Wallis
• Lutetekelo Kapowa
• Marcel Zimba

2 goals

• Vincent Harrison
• Lucky Mkandawire
• Dhakier Lee
• Kelvin Phiri

1 goal

• Boniface Manapolo
• Boikobo Matakula
• Blessings Kanowa
• Mwisho Mhango
• Dorian Nanuseb
• Lorenzo Hoareau
• Xhosa Manyana
• Bennet Mokoena
• Thato Sibiya
• Samson Malaya

1 own goal

• Julius Banda (against Botswana)

Source: COSOFA

References

1. "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". www.cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football (CAF). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
2. "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". www.cosafa.com. Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
3. "Eusebio brace seals Region 5 Games gold for Angola". www.cosafa.com. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
4. "Draw completed for TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup Of Nations COSAFA Qualifier". www.cosafa.com. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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