# 2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The 2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 27th 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 3 December and 13 December in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa. Initially planned to be hosted by Mauritius, the competition was later shifted to South Africa after Mauritius withdrew as hosts due to the COVID-19 regulations. The matches were played at Port Elizabeth (Wolfson Stadium and Gelvandale Stadium).
The tournament was also the first qualifying round for the U-20 World Cup in Indonesia in 2021 as the finalists were qualified for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, played in Mauritania where the semi-finalists will see themselves qualify for the World Cup.

## Participants

* Angola
* Botswana
* Comoros
* Eswatini
* Lesotho
* Malawi
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* South Africa (Host)
* Zambia (Defending champions)
* Zimbabwe

## Draw

The draw was made in Nelson Mandela Bay on 2 November. 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 (defending champions)  South Africa (silver medalists)  Angola (bronze medalists) | Eswatini (6 points in group)  Botswana (4 points in group)  Malawi (4 points in group)  Mozambique (3 points in group) | Lesotho (1 points in group)  Comoros (0 points in group)  Namibia (Did not enter)  Zimbabwe (Did not enter) |
Note: Within brackets 2019 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 | Mozambique | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lesotho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Malawi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Comoros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Angola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Eswatini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Botswana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 December – Wolfson Stadium | 11 December – Wolfson Stadium |
| Angola | 0 |
| Angola | 0 | 13 December – Wolfson Stadium | 13 December – Wolfson Stadium |
| Namibia | 1 | 13 December – Wolfson Stadium | 13 December – Wolfson Stadium |
| Namibia | 1 | Namibia | 0 |
| 11 December – Wolfson Stadium | 11 December – Wolfson Stadium | | Namibia | 0 |
| 11 December – Wolfson Stadium | 11 December – Wolfson Stadium | Mozambique | 1 |
| Mozambique | 0 (5) | Mozambique | 1 |
| Zambia | 0 (4) | | |
| Zambia | 0 (4) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 December – Wolfson Stadium | 13 December – Wolfson Stadium |
| | | Angola | 2 |
| | | Zambia | 1 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

#### Final
## Champions

* 2020 COSAFA U-20 Championship champion
* Mozambique First title

## Qualification for CAF U20 Cup of Nations

The two finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
Qualified nations:
* Mozambique
* Namibia