2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Mozambique |
| Dates | 5–14 December 2024 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | (in 1 host city) |
← 2022 2026 → | |
The 2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 12th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, a youth football tournament organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below. Mozambique will host of tournament from 4–15 December 2024. This competition will serve as the COSAFA qualifiers for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. Zambia are the defending champion, by defeating South Africa 2–1 in the final on 11 December 2022.[1]
Participating nations
The following twelve teams are contesting in the tournament.
| Teams | Appearance | Best Performance |
|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | ||
| File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 9 | Third place (2002) |
| File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 11 | Champions (2001) |
| File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | ||
| File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini | ||
| File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | ||
| File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 6 | Runners-up (1994, 2019) |
| File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho | ||
| File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 7 | Champions (2016) |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 11 | Champions (1994, 2002, 2020) |
| File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 11 | Champions (2017, 2019, 2022) |
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
Venue
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Draw
The draw was held on 5 September 2024 at 11:00 CET (UTC+2) at Maputo.The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, with hosts Mozambique seeded in Group A (position A1), the defending champions Zambia seeded in Group B (position B1) and South Africa 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.[2]
| Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
|---|---|---|
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Possible Semi-finals |
| 3 | File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Semi-finals |
| 3 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Semi-finals |
| 3 | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Eusebio brace seals Region 5 Games gold for Angola". www.cosafa.com. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ↑ "Draws concluded in Maputo for Under-20 and Under-17 competitions". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
