2024 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | South Africa |
| Dates | 19 – 24 November |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
← 2019 TBD → | |
The 2024 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship will be the second edition of the COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 women's national teams of the member associations of COSAFA. The tournament will hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa from 19 to 24 November 2024.[1]
East African guest nation Tanzania were the inaugural Champions when they lifted a maiden title in 2019 with a 2–1 victory over Zambia in the final.[2] As the Twiga Stars did not return for this edition the tournament will for the first time see a COSAFA member claim the title.[3]
Format
[edit]Unlike the previous edition, which featured a group stage followed by semifinals and a final, this year's competition will follow a round-robin format due to the lower number of participants. Each of the five teams will face the others once, earning three points for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. The team with the most points will be crowned the 2024 champions.[4]
Participation
[edit]Participating teams
[edit]Initially, only 4 out of 14 COSAFA members entered the second edition. However, Zambia was added to the lineup on 11 November 2024, bringing the total to 5 teams.[5] Lesotho will make their debut in the competition after missing the inaugural edition in 2019.
| Team | App | Last | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Botswana
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2nd | 2019 | Group stage (2019) |
 Lesotho
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1st | — | Debut |
 Mozambique
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2nd | 2019 | Group stage (2019) |
 South Africa
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2nd | 2019 | Third place (2019) |
 Zambia
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2nd | 2019 | Runners-up (2019) |
- Did not enter
Draw
[edit]The tournament draw took place at COSAFA House in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 13 October 2024 at 17:00 SAST (UTC+2).[6]
the pre-set schedule:
| MD | Date | Matches |
|---|---|---|
1
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19 November 2024 | A2 v A3, A1 v A4
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2
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20 November 2024 | A5 v A4, A1 v A3
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3
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22 November 2024 | A5 v A3, A1 v A2
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4
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23 November 2024 | A3 v A4, A2 v A4
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5
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24 November 2024 | A4 v A2, A1 v A5
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The draw resulted in the following positions:
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| A1 | South Africa
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| A2 | Lesotho
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| A3 | Zambia
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| A4 | Mozambique
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| A5 | Botswana
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Venue
[edit]All the matches will be held on the University of Johannesburg's Soweto campus in Johannesburg.
| Johannesburg | |
|---|---|
| UJ Stadium | |
| Capacity: 8,000 | |
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Main tournament
[edit]All times are local, SAST (UTC+2). The match schedule was confirmed by COSAFA on 13 November 2024.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa (H)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Lesotho
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Zambia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mozambique
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Botswana
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts
References
[edit]- ^ "COSAFA: Women's U20 Championship set to make a comeback this year". africatopsports.com. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Tanzania win inaugural COSAFA Women's U-20 tourney". safa.net. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "2024 COSAFA Under-20 Women's Championship in numbers". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "COSAFA U20 Women's Tournament gets new format after adjustments". africatopsports.com. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Zambia U20 Women added… COSAFA U20 Championship expanded to five teams". zambianfootball.co.zm. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Draw complete for COSAFA Under-20 Women's Championship". cosafa.com. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.