# 2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The 2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 28th 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 7 and 16 October 2022 in Eswatini.
Mozambique was the defending champion having defeated Namibia by 1–0 goal in the final on 13 December 2020 of previous season.

## Participating teams

The following twelve teams are contesting in the tournament.
| Team | Appearances | Previous best performance |
| Angola | 28th | Runner-up (2000, 2001, 2002, 2011) |
| Botswana | 21st | 3rd Place (2009, 2011) |
| Comoros | 4th | Group stage (2013, 2016, 2019, 2020) |
| Eswatini | 28th | Champion (2020) |
| Lesotho | 28th | Runner-up (1990, 2005, 2017) |
| Malawi | 19th | 4th Place (1986, 2000, 2006, 2011) |
| Mauritius | | |
| Mozambique | 28th | Champion (2020) |
| Namibia | 28th | Champion (2020) |
| Seychelles | 8th | Group stages (2009, 2010, 2011, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019) |
| South Africa | 28th | Champion (2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018) |
| Zambia | 28th | Champion (1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019) |

## Venues

| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
| Lobamba | Somhlolo National Stadium | 20,000 |
| Manzini | Mavuso Sports Centre | 5,000 |

## Draw

The draw was made in ....... on the.......... Last year's top nations were seeded into one group each and the rest of the teams were placed in 2 pots depending on last year's performance. From the first pot, teams were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C. The last team from pot 1 was then placed among the pot 2 teams to make them 5. Now the teams from the second pot were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C resulting that group C ended up with one less team.
| Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| Zambia  Eswatini  Mauritius  Botswana | Seychelles  Angola  Lesotho  Mozambique | South Africa  Comoros  Namibia  Malawi |
Note: Within brackets 2020 year's performance.

## Group stage

The group stage will be played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the group winners and the best runner up will advance to the semi-finals.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Eswatini (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mozambique | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Lesotho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Seychelles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malawi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Comoros | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: South Africa +2, Malawi 0, Comoros -2.

### Ranking of second-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | A | Eswatini | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | C | Malawi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 October – Somhlolo Stadium | 14 October – Somhlolo Stadium |
| Mozambique | 2 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 16 October – Somhlolo Stadium | 16 October – Somhlolo Stadium |
| South Africa | 1 | 16 October – Somhlolo Stadium | 16 October – Somhlolo Stadium |
| South Africa | 1 | Mozambique | 0 |
| 14 October – Somhlolo Stadium | 14 October – Somhlolo Stadium | | Mozambique | 0 |
| 14 October – Somhlolo Stadium | 14 October – Somhlolo Stadium | Zambia | 1 |
| Zambia (p) | 1 (3) | Zambia | 1 |
| Angola | 1 (2) | | |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 73 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.32 goals per match.
5 goals
* Danilson Makokisa
4 goals
* Mukelo Nkambule
3 goals
* Chaimito Alfandega
2 goals
* João Brito
* Diógenes Inácio
* Siphephelo Philiso
* Chifundo Mphasi
* Chikumbutso Salima
* Dénio Munhave
* Djwa Ramos
* Oshwin Andries
* Brenden Duba
* Nikhil Reddy
* Relebohile Ratomo
* Songa Chipyoka
* Kingstone Mutandwa
* Rickson Ng’ambi
1 goal
* Domingos Bandeira
* Luís Borges
* Vicente Domingos
* António Lopes
* Alfonso Paxe
* Isaac Vidal
* Nonofo Mosweunyane
* Botshelo Motsheja
* Samuel Betombo
* Yakine Said
* Glenn Younousse
* Sizwe Khumalo
* Mayibongwe Mabuza
* Neo Maieane
* Tanki Tsibela
* Chrispine Mapemba
* Vincent Mkandawire
* Emmanuel Saviel
* Keyns Abdala
* António Sumbane
* José Zavala
* Lawrence Doeseb
* Rewaldo Prins
* Raymond Stern
* Alberto van Wyk
* Jahni Nourrice
* Imra Raheriniaina
* Luke Daniels
* Puso Dithejane
* Prince Manku
* Emmanuel Mukosha
* Lombe Mutale
1 own goal
* Nonofo Mosweunyane (against Eswatini)