# 2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The 2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup will be the 23rd edition of the COSAFA U20 Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region.
In April 2016, it was announced that South Africa would be the host nation of the competition.
The competition is open to players born on or before 1 January 1997, ensuring that all participants are also eligible for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

## Participants

The following teams are expected to participate:
* Angola
* Botswana
* Comoros
* DR Congo (invitee)
* Lesotho
* Mozambique
* Mauritius
* Malawi
* South Africa
* Sudan (invitee)
* Seychelles
* Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe
The following teams rejected an invitation to compete:
* Madagascar

### Notes

* ↑ Rwanda were originally invitees but withdrew and were replaced with Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2 November.
* ↑ Namibia withdrew and were replaced with Sudan on 19 November.

## Draw

The draw took place on 26 October 2016.
| Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| South Africa (assigned to A1, as host)  Angola (assigned to C1, as title holder)  Zimbabwe  Mozambique | Lesotho  Namibia  Comoros  Botswana  Zambia | DR Congo  Malawi  Swaziland  Mauritius  Seychelles |

## Venues

Rustenburg :
| Mogwase Stadium | Mogwase Stadium Moruleng Stadium | Moruleng Stadium |
| 25°16′00″S 27°14′04″E﻿ / ﻿25.266592°S 27.234335°E﻿ / -25.266592; 27.234335﻿ (Mogwase Stadium) | Mogwase Stadium Moruleng Stadium | 25°09′24″S 27°10′32″E﻿ / ﻿25.156667°S 27.175556°E﻿ / -25.156667; 27.175556﻿ (Moruleng Stadium) |
| Capacity: 3,500 | Mogwase Stadium Moruleng Stadium | Capacity: 20,000 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Lesotho | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Swaziland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Botswana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malawi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Mauritius | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Sudan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Seychelles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Mozambique | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Comoros | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
* ↑ Game originally played on 11 December 2016, but was abandoned just after Lusuki's goal. The match restarted on 12 December 2016 in the 63rd minute, with the score at 2-0.

### Crossover games

Two games were played between teams from different groups as there are fewer teams in Groups B and D than A and C.

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 December — Moruleng Stadium | 14 December — Moruleng Stadium |
| South Africa | 5 |
| South Africa | 5 | 16 December — Moruleng Stadium | 16 December — Moruleng Stadium |
| Angola | 0 | 16 December — Moruleng Stadium | 16 December — Moruleng Stadium |
| Angola | 0 | South Africa | 1 |
| 14 December — Moruleng Stadium | 14 December — Moruleng Stadium | | South Africa | 1 |
| 14 December — Moruleng Stadium | 14 December — Moruleng Stadium | Zambia | 2 |
| Zambia | 2 | Zambia | 2 |
| DR Congo | 1 | | |
| DR Congo | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 16 December — Moruleng Stadium | 16 December — Moruleng Stadium |
| | | Angola | 1(3) |
| | | DR Congo | 1(4) |

### Final
## Goalscorers

63 goals were scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.63 goals per match.

### 5 goals

* Luther Singh

### 4 goals

* Menzi Ndwandwe
* Walaa Eldin Yaqoub
* Fashion Sakala

### 2 goals

* Chico Banza
* Vá
* Nathan Lusuki
* Marcus Dimanche
* Sibongakonke Mbatha
* Patson Daka
* Boyd Musonda
* Chrispen Sakulanda

### 1 goal

* Pedro Alves
* Zinadine Catraio
* Nélson da Luz
* Said Hicham
* Habib Youssouf
* Chadrack Lukombe
* Ernest Sita
* Tseliso Botswane
* Khubetsoana Kamela
* Thabang Malane
* Alex Ferre
* Rudy Vincent
* Nilton Ernesto
* Bruno Langa
* Achmat Ceres
* Nkosingiphile Ngcobo
* Kabelo Seriba
* Itumeleng Shopane
* Sifundo Sibiya
* Hassan Hassan
* Khaled Osman
* Ammar Taifour
* Saviola Gamedze
* Ali Matse
* Bhekani Mthembu
* Edward Chilufya
* Kenneth Kalunga
* Joseph Phiri
* Bukhosi Sibanda

### Own goal

* Pedro Alves (playing against the Democratic Republic of Congo)
Source: COSAFA Under-20 Championships