The 2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 28th edition of the
COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup
The COSAFA Under 20 Challenge is an annual tournament for under 20 teams from Southern Africa organized by COSAFA.
Participants
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football
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tournament open to national associations of the
COSAFA
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (; ), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the football playing nations in Southern Africa. It is affiliated to CAF.
COSAFA organise several tournaments in the Southern African ...
region. It took place between 7 and 16 October 2022 in Eswatini.
Mozambique
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was the defending champion having defeated
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
by 1–0 goal in the final on 13 December 2020 of previous season.
Participating teams
The following twelve teams are contesting in the tournament.
Venues
Match officials
Referees
* António Dungula
* Osiase Koto
* Akhona Makalima
* Attoumani El Fachad
* Keren Yocette
* Keabetswe Dintwa
Assistant Referees
* Estanislau Guedes
* Mohamed Ibrahim
* Khamusi Razwimisani
* Danison Ravelomandimby
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.
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2020
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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
Bracket