2020 COSAFA Women's U17 Championship

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.[2][3][4][5]

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[1]
Best player(s)Zambia Tisilile Lungu[1]
Best goalkeeperZambia Chitete Munsaka[1]
Fair play award Zambia[1]

Participants

All 14 COSAFA nation's U17 teams as well as Reunion were allowed to enter the tournament,[6] out of which four finally participated. Tanzania was invited as a guest team for this tournament.[7][8]

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.[2]

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
 Comoros1-5 Tanzania
Report
The Oval
 South Africa1-2 Zambia
Report
The Oval
 Zambia2-1 Tanzania
Report
The Oval
 Zimbabwe0-7 South Africa
Report
The Oval
 Zimbabwe3-2 Comoros
Report
The Oval
 Tanzania6-1 South Africa
Report
The Oval
 Zambia3-0 Comoros
Report
The Oval
 Tanzania10-1 Zimbabwe
Report
The Oval
 South Africa9-0 Comoros
Report
The Oval
 Zambia5-2 Zimbabwe
Report
The Oval

Final
 Zambia(3)1-1(4) Tanzania
Report

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

[1]

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[1] 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.[9][10]

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.[11] 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.[12] After Botswana's withdrawal, as many of their players had lost time in school and were set to write exams,[13][8] 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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