2024 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship

The 2024 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship (Portuguese: Campeonato Feminino Sub-17 COSAFA Moçambique 2024) will be the fifth edition of the COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of COSAFA. It will be hosted by Mozambique, the first COSAFA women's tournament to be hosted by the country.[1]

COSAFA U-17 Girls'
Championship 2024
Campeonato Feminino Sub-17 COSAFA
Moçambique 2024
Tournament details
Host countryMozambique
Dates4–13 December
Teams12 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
2022
TBD

South Africa are the defending champions having clinched their first title in the previous edition.[2]

Participating teams

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A record 12 out of 14 COSAFA member associations entered the tournament, with hosts Mozambique, along with Eswatini and Lesotho, set to make their debut.

Team App Last Previous best performance
  Botswana 4th 2022 Runners-up (2021)
  Comoros 4th 2022 Group Stage (2019, 2020, 2022)
  Eswatini 1st Debut
  Lesotho 1st Debut
  Madagascar[3] 2nd 2019 Group Stage (2019)
  Malawi 2nd 2022 Third place (2022)
  Mauritius 2nd 2019 Group Stage (2019)
  Mozambique 1st Debut
  Namibia 3rd 2022 Group Stage (2021, 2022)
  South Africa 4th 2022 Champions (2022)
  Zambia 5th 2022 Champions (2021)
  Zimbabwe 2nd 2020 Group Stage (2020)
Did not enter

Draw

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The tournament draw took place on 6 September 2024.[4][5]

Group stage

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All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mozambique (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2   Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
3   Eswatini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 4 December 2024. Source: [ COSAFA]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Eswatini  v  Lesotho
Mozambique  v  Comoros

Comoros  v  Lesotho
Mozambique  v  Eswatini

Eswatini  v  Comoros
Mozambique  v  Lesotho

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2   Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
3   Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 December 2024. Source: [ COSAFA]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
Namibia  v  Madagascar
South Africa  v  Malawi

Malawi  v  Madagascar
South Africa  v  Namibia

Namibia  v  Malawi
Madagascar  v  South Africa

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2   Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
3   Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 6 December 2024. Source: [ COSAFA]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
Zimbabwe  v  Mauritius
Zambia  v  Botswana

Botswana  v  Mauritius
Zambia  v  Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe  v  Botswana
Mauritius  v  Zambia

Knockout stage

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  • In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December – Maputo
 
 
 
 
13 December – Maputo
 
 
 
 
 
11 December – Maputo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third Place match
 
 
13 December – Maputo
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  1. ^ "COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship back on the calendar". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ "COSAFA U17 Girls' Championship in Numbers". cosafa.com. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ "MADAGASCAR : Cap sur le COSAFA U-17 Girl's Championship 2024". fmf.mg (in French). 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Realizados sorteios das competições juvenis da COSAFA em Maputo". fmf.co.mz (in Portuguese). Mozambican Football Federation. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Draws for U17 COSAFA Boys and Girls confirmed". zambianfootball.co.zm. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.