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. ^{[1] [2]}

Angola was the defending champion, by defeating Zambia 2–1 in the final on 7 December 2021. ^[3]

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	Lilongwe 2022 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. ^[4]

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

2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)

20:00

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

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Njaka Raharimanantsoa ( Madagascar)

4 December 2022 (2022-12-04)

15:30

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

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wilson Muianga ( Mozambique)

6 December 2022 (2022-12-06)

13:40

Namibia	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Ratshukudu 72'

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Darrio Landry ( Seychelles)

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

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03)

15:30

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'

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Thokozani Dlamini ( Eswatini)

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03)

18:30

Zambia	1–0	Mozambique
Zimba 55'	Report

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga ( Malawi)

5 December 2022 (2022-12-05)

15:30

Mozambique	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Mabena 62'

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Thembinkosi Dlamini ( Eswatini)

5 December 2022 (2022-12-05)

18:30

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

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Eness Gumbo ( Malawi)

7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)

19:00

Seychelles	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Samuel Nghipandulwa ( Namibia)

7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)

21:30

South Africa	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Zimba 49'

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wilson Muianga ( Mozambique)

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

9 December 2022 (2022-12-09)

18:30

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

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga ( Malawi)

9 December 2022 (2022-12-09)

21:30

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

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wilson Muianga ( Mozambique)

Third place match

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11)

12:00

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

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wilson Muianga ( Mozambique)

Final

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11)

17:30

Zambia	1–0	South Africa
Phiri 60'	Report

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga ( Malawi)

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

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: COSOFA

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