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COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup

Football tournament in Southern Africa

Football tournament in Southern Africa

The COSAFA Under 20 Challenge is an annual tournament for under 20 teams from Southern Africa organized by COSAFA.

Participants

Teams that can technically enter are:

  • .

Results

Ed.YearHostFinalThird place matchN°
teamsChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place
11983Unknown****Unk.Unknown}}?
21985Swaziland****Unk.Unk.?
31986Malawi****1–01–05
41988Botswana****2–1Unknown}}6
51990Lesotho****RRRR5
61993Swaziland****1–0Unknown}}?
71995Lesotho****1–03–1?
81997Botswana****2–0Unknown}}?
91999South Africa****2–03–110
102000South Africa****1–03–212
112001South Africa****0–0
1–1
12
122002South Africa****1–02–011
132003South Africa****4–01–1
12
142004South Africa****5–42–113
152005South Africa****1–02–013
162006South Africa****2–10–0
12
172007South Africa****3–02–114
182008South Africa****3–22–014
192009South Africa****1–00–0
11
202010Botswana****4–13–112
212011Botswana****2–11–014
222013Lesotho****2–02–014
232016South Africa****2–11–1
14
242017Zambia****2–13–112
252018Zambia****1–1
2–111
262019Zambia****3–05–112
272020South Africa****1–02–111
282022Eswatini****1–01–1
12
292024Mozambique****2–0and11
302025Namibia****3–01–1
8

Medals (1983-2025)

  • 1983,1985 Silver Unknown + 1983,1988,1993,1997 Bronze Unknown + 2024 Bronze Shared

Comprehensive team results by tournament

;Legend

  • — Champions
  • — Runners-up
  • — Third place
  • — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarter-finals
  • — Withdrew
  • — Did not enter / Banned
  • — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  • P — Has participated in past editions with no available results / Confirmed for the upcoming tournament.

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team1983
Unknown
(?)1985
SWZ
(?)1986
MWI
(5)1988
BOT
(6)1990
LES
(5)1993
SWZ
(?)1995
LES
(?)1997
BOT
(?)1999
RSA
(10)2000
RSA
(12)2001
RSA
(12)2002
RSA
(11)2003
RSA
(12)2004
RSA
(13)2005
RSA
(13)2006
RSA
(12)2007
RSA
(14)2008
RSA
(14)2009
RSA
(11)2010
BOT
(12)2011
BOT
(14)2013
LES
(14)2016
RSA
(14)2017
ZAM
(12)2018
ZAM
(11)2019
ZAM
(12)2020
RSA
(11)2022
ESW
(12)2024
MOZ
(11)2025
NAM
(8)Total212782825122317252112242827
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Not a member}}GS×××GSGS×GSGSGSGSGSGSGS××GS×GS××
Banned}}P2nd2nd1st4th3rd3rd1st4th1st2nd1st1stGSGS1st2nd1st1st2ndGS3rd1st1st
1st1st2nd••1st1st1st1stQF3rd4th1st2nd3rd2ndGSGS2nd1st1stGS1stGS4th1st4th1st2nd3rd
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References

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