The 2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 29th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth

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tournament open to national associations of the

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region. It took place between 26 September and 5 October 2024 in

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. This competition served as the COSAFA qualifiers for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

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defeated defending champions

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2-0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. South Africa scored 16 goals in the five matches played, with zero goals conceded against them.

Participating teams

The following twelve teams contested the tournament.

Venues

Match officials

Draw

The draw was held on 5 September 2024 at 11:00 CET (

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) at

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.The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, with hosts

seeded in Group A (position A1), the defending champions

seeded in Group B (position B1) and

seeded in Group C (position C1). The remaining 9 teams were allocated to two pots based on the results of the previous tournament edition and were drawn to the remaining positions.

Group stage

The group stage were played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals. Because of Madagascar's withdrawal, points gained against the team finishing last in Groups A and C were not included in the calculation of the best runner-up.

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

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

References

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October 2024 in Mozambique