2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup explained

Tourney Name:COSAFA Under-20 Cup
Year:2022
Country:Eswatini
Dates:7–16 October 2022
Num Teams:12
Sub-Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:1
Count:12
Matches:22
Goals:73
Top Scorer: Danilson Makokisa
(5 goals)
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2024

The 2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 28th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth football tournament open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 7 and 16 October 2022 in Eswatini.[1] [2]

Mozambique was the defending champion having defeated Namibia by 1–0 goal in the final on 13 December 2020 of previous season.[3]

Participating teams

The following twelve teams are contesting in the tournament.

TeamAppearances Previous best performance
Runner-up
(2000, 2001, 2002, 2011)
3rd Place
(2009, 2011)
Group stage
(2013, 2016, 2019, 2020)
Champion
(2020)
Runner-up
(1990, 2005, 2017)
19th 4th Place (1986, 2000, 2006, 2011)
Champion
(2020)
Champion
(2020)
8thGroup stages (2009, 2010, 2011, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019)
Champion
(2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018)
Champion
(1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
LobambaSomhlolo National Stadium20,000
ManziniMavuso Sports Centre5,000

Match officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

Draw

The draw was made in ....... on the.......... Last year's top nations were seeded into one group each and the rest of the teams were placed in 2 pots depending on last year's performance. From the first pot, teams were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C. The last team from pot 1 was then placed among the pot 2 teams to make them 5. Now the teams from the second pot were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C resulting that group C ended up with one less team.[4]

Note: Within brackets 2020 year's performance.

Group stage

The group stage will be played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the group winners and the best runner up will advance to the semi-finals.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Final

Notes and References

  1. News: New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar. 21 April 2022. cafonline.com. 26 May 2022.
  2. News: COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments. 12 April 2022. www.cosofa.com. 26 May 2022.
  3. News: Mozambique win historic first COSAFA regional under-20 title. 13 December 2020. www.cosafa.com. 26 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Men’s U20 teams to learn their COSAFA Championships . Council of Southern Africa Football Associations . 15 November 2020.