2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup

2016 COSAFA Under-20 Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Rustenburg
Dates	7–16 December 2016
Teams	14 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	63 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luther Singh (5 goals)
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International football competition

The 2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup will be the 23rd edition of the COSAFA U20 Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region.

In April 2016, it was announced that South Africa would be the host nation of the competition.^[1]

The competition is open to players born on or before 1 January 1997, ensuring that all participants are also eligible for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Participants

The following teams are expected to participate:

Angola
Botswana
Comoros
DR Congo (invitee)^{[nb 1]}
Lesotho
Mozambique
Mauritius
Malawi
South Africa
Sudan (invitee)^{[nb 2]}
Seychelles
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe

The following teams rejected an invitation to compete:

Madagascar

Notes

^ Rwanda were originally invitees but withdrew and were replaced with Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2 November.^[2]
^ Namibia withdrew and were replaced with Sudan on 19 November.^[3]

Draw

The draw took place on 26 October 2016.^[4]

Seeded	Pot 1	Pot 2
South Africa (assigned to A1, as host) Angola (assigned to C1, as title holder) Zimbabwe Mozambique	Lesotho Namibia Comoros Botswana Zambia	DR Congo Malawi Swaziland Mauritius Seychelles

Venues

Rustenburg
Mogwase Stadium	Mogwase Stadium Moruleng Stadium	Moruleng Stadium
25°16′00″S 27°14′04″E / 25.266592°S 27.234335°E / -25.266592; 27.234335 (Mogwase Stadium)		25°09′24″S 27°10′32″E / 25.156667°S 27.175556°E / -25.156667; 27.175556 (Moruleng Stadium)
Capacity: 3,500^[5]		Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Lesotho	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Swaziland	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
4	Botswana	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)

14:00

Swaziland	2–0	Botswana
Mthembu 34' Matse 76'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Stanley Hachiwa (Zambia)

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)

19:30

South Africa	8–0	Lesotho
Shopane 12' Singh 17' (pen.) Meyiwa 35' Ngcobo 50' Ndwandwe 76' Sibiya 77' Mbatha 83' Ceres 89'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Nomore Musundire (Zimbabwe)

9 December 2016 (2016-12-09)

14:00

South Africa	1–0	Swaziland
Ndwandwe 88'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Jonas Shongedi (Namibia)

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10)

17:30

Lesotho	1–0	Botswana
Botswane 80'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Allister Barra (Seychelles)

12 December 2016 (2016-12-12)

17:00

Swaziland	1–2	Lesotho
Gamedeze 5'	Report	Malane 42' Kamela 48'

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Stanley Hachiwa (Zambia)

12 December 2016 (2016-12-12)

17:00

Botswana	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Mbatha 65'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Allister Barra (Seychelles)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Malawi	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1
3	Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)

16:30

Zambia	5–1	Zimbabwe
Daka 41' Chilufya 44' Sakulanda 60' Sakala 80' Nyondo 90'	Report	Sibanda 87' (pen.)

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

9 December 2016 (2016-12-09)

17:00

Malawi	0–0	Zimbabwe
	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

11 December 2016 (2016-12-11)

14:30

Zambia	3–0	Malawi
Sakulanda 25' Daka 74' Sakala 86'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Mauritius	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Sudan	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
4	Seychelles	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)

14:00

Seychelles	0–2	Mauritius
Louise 90'	Report	Ferre 21' Dimanche 47' Sarah 87'

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Kulasande Qongqo (South Africa)

8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)

17:00

Angola	1–0	Sudan
Chico Banza 37'	Report	Osman 82'

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10)

11:00

Angola	4–0	Seychelles
Chico Banza 20' da Luz 33' Vá 41' Pedro Alves 90+4'	Report

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Stanley Hachiwa (Zambia)

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10)

14:30

Sudan	1–1	Mauritius
Hassan 37'	Report	Dimanche 85'

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Nomore Musundire (Zimbabwe)

12 December 2016 (2016-12-12)

14:00

Sudan	5–0	Seychelles
Walaa Eldin Yaqoub 17', 74', 90' Osman 23' Taifour 77'	Report

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

12 December 2016 (2016-12-12)

14:00

Mauritius	1–1	Angola
Vincent 51'	Report	Vá 33' Morais 80'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Jonas Shongedi (Namibia)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DR Congo	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Mozambique	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Comoros	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)

11:00

DR Congo	0–0	Mozambique
	Report

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Allister Barra (Seychelles)

9 December 2016 (2016-12-09)

17:30

Mozambique	2–2	Comoros
Ernesto 45+2' Langa 75'	Report	Said 10' Youssouf 90+1'

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

12 December 2016 (2016-12-12)^[a]

17:30

Comoros	0–2	DR Congo
	Report	Sita 6' Lusuki 62'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Kulasande Qongqo (South Africa)

^ Game originally played on 11 December 2016, but was abandoned just after Lusuki's goal. The match restarted on 12 December 2016 in the 63rd minute, with the score at 2-0.

Crossover games

Two games were played between teams from different groups as there are fewer teams in Groups B and D than A and C.

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)

11:00

Zambia	2–0	Mozambique
Phiri 22' Sakala 80'	Report

Mogwase Stadium

Referee: Jonas Shongedi (Namibia)

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)

11:00

Malawi	0–1	DR Congo
	Report	Lusuki 25'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	14 December — Moruleng Stadium

	South Africa	5
					16 December — Moruleng Stadium
	Angola	0
					South Africa	1
	14 December — Moruleng Stadium
					Zambia	2
	Zambia	2

	DR Congo	1
					Third place

					16 December — Moruleng Stadium

					Angola	1(3)

					DR Congo	1(4)

Semi-finals

14 December 2016 (2016-12-14)

17:00

South Africa	5–0	Angola
Singh 12', 57', 71', 83' Ndwandwe 44'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

14 December 2016 (2016-12-14)

19:30

Zambia	2–1	DR Congo
Sakala 37' B. Musonda 77'	Report	Lukombe 41'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)

Third place playoff

16 December 2016 (2016-12-16)

11:00

Angola	1–1	DR Congo
Catraio 57' (pen.)	Report	Alves 34' (o.g.)
Penalties
Morais Yanda Balanga Chico Banza Alves Miguel	3–4	Yamba Amongo Mudiadia Sita Lusuki Luezi

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

Final

16 December 2016 (2016-12-16)

17:30

South Africa	1–2	Zambia
Seriba 41'	Report	Kalunga 8' B. Musonda 85'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Nomore Musundire (Zimbabwe)

Goalscorers

63 goals were scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.63 goals per match.

5 goals

Luther Singh

4 goals

2 goals

Chico Banza
Vá
Nathan Lusuki
Marcus Dimanche
Sibongakonke Mbatha
Patson Daka
Boyd Musonda
Chrispen Sakulanda

1 goal

Pedro Alves
Zinadine Catraio
Nélson da Luz
Said Hicham
Habib Youssouf
Chadrack Lukombe
Ernest Sita
Tseliso Botswane
Khubetsoana Kamela
Thabang Malane
Alex Ferre
Rudy Vincent
Nilton Ernesto
Bruno Langa
Achmat Ceres
Nkosingiphile Ngcobo
Kabelo Seriba
Itumeleng Shopane
Sifundo Sibiya
Hassan Hassan
Khaled Osman
Ammar Taifour
Saviola Gamedze
Ali Matse
Bhekani Mthembu
Edward Chilufya
Kenneth Kalunga
Joseph Phiri
Bukhosi Sibanda

Own goal

Pedro Alves (playing against the Democratic Republic of Congo)

Source: COSAFA Under-20 Championships^[6]

References

^ "COSAFA U20 – Sponsorship Announcement". CAFonline.com. 11 April 2016.
^ "DR Congo added to COSAFA Under-20 Championships field". COSAFA.com. 2 November 2016.
^ "Sudan Replace Namibia At 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships". COSAFA.com. 19 November 2016.
^ "How the 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championship will work!". COSAFA.com. 21 October 2016.
^ "2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships – The Venues". COSAFA.com. 17 November 2016.
^ "2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships – Day 9 Wrap". CAFonline.com. 16 December 2016.

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