The 2025 COSAFA U-20 Championship was the 30th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Youth Championship, the international youth football championship organised by COSAFA for the men's under-20 national teams of Southern Africa. The tournament doubled as the men's football competition for the Region 5 Youth Games Namibia 2025 and was hosted in Windhoek from 4 to 13 July 2025. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.
South Africa were the defending champions, having won their ninth title in last year's edition. They successfully defended their title, finishing the tournament unbeaten.
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The tournament final draw took place on 27 April 2025.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
A total of 6 Referees, 6 Assistants were selected for the tournament.
All times are local, CAT (UTC+2). The match schedule was confirmed by COSAFA on 13 June 2025.
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