2019_COSAFA_U-20_Women's_Championship
2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship
International football competition
The 2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship was the first edition of the COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship, an international football tournament, for national women's under-20 teams organized by COSAFA. The tournament was played between 1-11 August in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.[5] Invited from CECAFA, Tanzania became champions after winning 2-1 over Zambia in the final.[6]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  South Africa |
| Dates | 1–11 August 2019 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tanzania (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Zambia |
| Third place | South Africa |
| Fourth place |  Zimbabwe |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 52 (3.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Maylan Mulenga[1] |
| Best player(s) | Enekia Lunyamila[1] |
| Best goalkeeper | Cynthia Shonga[1][2][3][4] |
2021 → | |
Seven of the 14 nations in COSAFA was represented in this tournament, along with the invited CECAFA nation Tanzania.[7] There was a late change in the line-up when Mozambique took Malawi's spot.[8]
Botswana
Eswatini
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa (host)
Tanzania (guest)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
The 8 teams were on 3 July, drawn[9] into 2 groups and, played against each other once in a round-robin. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals.[10]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Zimbabwe |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Namibia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Mozambique |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zambia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Tanzania |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Botswana |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Eswatini |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |
Playoff-bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Zambia | 1 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||
| Zambia | 1 | |||||
| Tanzania | 2 | |||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||
| Tanzania | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | 1 (3) | |||||
| South Africa | 1 (4) | |||||
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Final
| Zambia | 1-2 | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| Loveness Malunga 56´ | Report | Opah Clement 24´, Protasia Mbunda 86´ |
| Representing | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Zambia |
Maylan Mulenga | 5 |
| South Africa |
Shakeerah Jacobs | 4 |
| Tanzania |
Enekia Lunyamila | 4 |
Source COSAFA.com
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- "Joyous Banyana Banyana retain regional crown". FIFA. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Tanzania opt for youth ahead of COSAFA Championships". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Late change to COSAFA Women's Under-20 Championship line-up". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Ellis praises introduction of COSAFA Women's Under-20 Championship". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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