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]
Campeonato Feminino Sub-17 COSAFA Moçambique 2024 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Mozambique |
Dates | 4–13 December |
Teams | 12 (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
editA 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 |
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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
editGroup stage
editAll times are local, CAT (UTC+2).
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
Knockout stage
edit- In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
11 December – Maputo | ||||||
13 December – Maputo | ||||||
11 December – Maputo | ||||||
Third Place match | ||||||
13 December – Maputo | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship back on the calendar". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "COSAFA U17 Girls' Championship in Numbers". cosafa.com. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "MADAGASCAR : Cap sur le COSAFA U-17 Girl's Championship 2024". fmf.mg (in French). 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Realizados sorteios das competições juvenis da COSAFA em Maputo". fmf.co.mz (in Portuguese). Mozambican Football Federation. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Draws for U17 COSAFA Boys and Girls confirmed". zambianfootball.co.zm. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.