2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup


The 2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 29th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth football tournament open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 26 September and 5 October 2024 in Mozambique. This competition served as the COSAFA qualifiers for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
South Africa defeated defending champions Zambia 2-0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. South Africa scored 16 goals in the five matches played, with zero goals conceded against them.

Participating teams

The following twelve teams contested the tournament.
TeamAppearancesPrevious best performance
Runner-up
3rd Place
Group stage
Champion
Runner-up
4th Place
Champion
Champion
Champion
Champion

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, the defending champions Zambia seeded in Group B and South Africa seeded in Group C. 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.
SeededPot 1Pot 2

  • Group stage

    The group stage were played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals. Because of Madagascar's withdrawal, points gained against the team finishing last in Groups A and C were not included in the calculation of the best runner-up.

    Group A




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    Group B


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    Group C




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    Ranking of second-placed teams


    Knockout stage

    Bracket


    Semi-finals


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    Final