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2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The 2024 COSAFA U-17 Youth Championship (officially known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations 2025 — COSAFA Qualifiers) was the 12th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Youth Championship (and the 4th time the tournament served as the qualifiers for the continental final tournament), the international youth football championship organised by COSAFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Southern Africa. Mozambique was initially designated to host the tournament but was stripped of the hosting rights due to ongoing protests following the 2024 Mozambican general election. It was then moved to Johannesburg, South Africa.

Zambia were the defending champions, having defeated South Africa 2–1 in the final of the previous edition, and they successfully retained their title by defeating Angola 2–1 in the final.

Participation

Participating teams

Twelve of the 14 COSAFA member nations have entered the competition, which serves as the regional qualifying tournament for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. Originally there were 2 qualification spots, but a third spot was added after the competition.

Note: All statistics exclude instances where the team was disqualified during the tournament.

Did not enter

Draw

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

Squads

Each team was required to register a squad of 20 players for the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2008 eligible to participate.

Venues

On 26 November 2024, it was announced that the tournament had been moved from the original host city, Maputo, Mozambique, to Johannesburg, South Africa, with two venues selected to host all matches.

Match officials

The following officials were appointed to oversee the tournament:

Referees
  • Nelson da Silva
  • Joyce Seonyatseng
  • Moemedi Thabologang
  • Thembinkosi Dlamini
  • Nothando Nkhumane
  • Wilson Muianga
  • Mweshitsama Naftal
  • Samuel Nghipandulwa
  • Noris Arissol
  • Nonjabulo Ndlela
  • Chola Chansa
  • Brighton Chimene
Assistant Referees
  • Dorcus Chenset
  • Mooketsi Mankanku
  • Celumusa Phiri
  • Siza Dlangamandla
  • Lameck Phiri
  • Nandipha Menze
  • Warren Mulenga
  • Dominica Melusi
Video Assistant Referees
Assistant Video Assistant Referees

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

The best second-placed team from all groups qualified for the semi-finals.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).

Bracket

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Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

Final

Goalscorers

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Qualified teams for CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

The following three teams from COSAFA qualified for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

See also

References

External links