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2024 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship

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COSAFA U-17 Girls'
Championship 2024
Campeonato Feminino Sub-17 COSAFA
Moçambique 2024
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates4–13 December
Teams12 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Zambia (2nd title)
Runners-up Lesotho
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored110 (5.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zambia Mercy Chipasula
(13 goals)
Best player(s)Zambia Mercy Chipasula
Best goalkeeperZambia Loveness Chingwele
Fair play award Lesotho
← 2022
TBD →

The 2024 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship (Portuguese: Campeonato Feminino Sub-17 COSAFA Moçambique 2024) is the fifth edition of the COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of COSAFA. It was initially scheduled to be hosted by Mozambique but has since been moved to South Africa.[1][2]

South Africa were the defending champions having clinched their first title in the previous edition.[3] however, they failed to defend their title after being eliminated in the group stage following a loss to Madagascar.[4]

Participating teams

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A record 12 out of 14 COSAFA member associations entered the tournament, with hosts Mozambique, along with Eswatini and Lesotho, set to make their debut.

Team App Last Previous best performance
 Botswana 4th 2022 Runners-up (2021)
 Comoros 4th 2022 Group Stage (2019, 2020, 2022)
 Eswatini 1st — Debut
 Lesotho 1st — Debut
 Madagascar[5] 2nd 2019 Group Stage (2019)
 Malawi 2nd 2022 Third place (2022)
 Mauritius 2nd 2019 Group Stage (2019)
 Mozambique 1st — Debut
 Namibia 3rd 2022 Group Stage (2021, 2022)
 South Africa 4th 2022 Champions (2022)
 Zambia 5th 2022 Champions (2021)
 Zimbabwe 2nd 2020 Group Stage (2020)
Did not enter

Draw

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The tournament draw took place on 6 September 2024.[6][7]

Group stage

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All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mozambique 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Lesotho 3 2 0 1 16 2 +14 6
3  Eswatini 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
4  Comoros 3 0 1 2 0 15 −15 1
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
Eswatini 0–6 Lesotho
Report
UJ Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Kwandile Somtsai (South Africa)
Mozambique 5–0 Comoros
 Report
UJ Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: 'Malehlohonolo Foloko (Lesotho)
Comoros 0–10 Lesotho
Report
UJ Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Jabulile Mgabhi (Eswatini)
Mozambique 2–1 Eswatini
 Report Maseko 23'
UJ AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Luvhengo Maduvha (South Africa)
Comoros 0–0 Eswatini
Report
UJ B Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Anna Banda (Zambia)
Mozambique 2–0 Lesotho
 Report
UJ B Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Watson Mustafa (Malawi)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Madagascar 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  South Africa (H) 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Malawi 3 1 0 2 10 9 +1 3
4  Namibia 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts
South Africa 4–2 Malawi
 Report
UJ AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Lipontsa Lebuka (Lesotho)
Namibia 0–5 Madagascar
Report
UJ B Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Hloniphile Msezane (South Africa)
Malawi 2–4 Madagascar
Umali 10', 74' Report
UJ B Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Kwandile Somtsai (South Africa)
South Africa 5–0 Namibia
 Report
UJ B Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Jabulile Mgabhi (Eswatini)
South Africa 0–1 Madagascar
Report Rasoamanantena 18'
UJ Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: 'Malehlohonolo Foloko (Lesotho)
Malawi 6–1 Namibia
 Report Lebang 76'
UJ B Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Jabulile Mgabhi (Eswatini)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 3 0 0 20 2 +18 9 Knockout stage
2  Botswana 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
3  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
4  Mauritius 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
Zimbabwe 2–1 Mauritius
 Report
UJ B Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Anna Banda (Zambia)
Zambia 3–0 Botswana
 Report
UJ Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Watson Mustafa (Malawi)
Botswana 6–0 Mauritius
 Report
UJ Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Lipontsa Lebuka (Lesotho)
Zambia 7–2 Zimbabwe
 Report
UJ AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Hloniphile Msezane (South Africa)
Botswana 3–1 Zimbabwe
 Report Chinyoka 24'
UJ AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Kwandile Somtsai (South Africa)
Zambia 10–0 Mauritius
 Report
UJ B Soweto Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Luvhengo Maduvha (South Africa)

Ranking of second-placed teams

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The best second-placed team from all groups qualifies for the semi-finals.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A  Lesotho 3 2 0 1 16 2 +14 6 Semi-finals
2 B  South Africa 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3 C  Botswana 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December – Johannesburg
 
 
 Madagascar0
 
13 December – Johannesburg
 
 Zambia3
 
 Zambia15
 
11 December – Johannesburg
 
 Lesotho0
 
 Mozambique0
 
 
 Lesotho1
 

Semi-finals

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Madagascar 0–3 Zambia
Report
Referee: Watson Mustafa (Malawi)
Mozambique 0–1 Lesotho
Report Sooane 90+4'
Referee: Anna Banda (Zambia)

Final

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Zambia 15–0 Lesotho
 Report
Referee: Hloniphile Msezane (South Africa)

Goalscorers

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There were 110 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.24 goals per match.

13 goals

9 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship back on the calendar". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Due to Mozambique Protests, COSAFA Under-17 Boys and Girls Tournaments Moved to Johannesburg". eswatinipositivenews.online. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  3. ^ "COSAFA U17 Girls' Championship in Numbers". cosafa.com. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Bantwana Suffer U17 COSAFA Cup Elimination". idiskitimes.co.za. Sinethemba Makonco. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. ^ "MADAGASCAR : Cap sur le COSAFA U-17 Girl's Championship 2024". fmf.mg (in French). 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Realizados sorteios das competições juvenis da COSAFA em Maputo". fmf.co.mz (in Portuguese). Mozambican Football Federation. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Draws for U17 COSAFA Boys and Girls confirmed". zambianfootball.co.zm. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.


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