2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
City | Rustenburg |
Dates | 7–16 December 2016 |
Teams | 14 (from 1 association) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 63 (2.63 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (5 goals) |
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.[1]
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
DR Congo (invitee)[nb 1]
Mozambique
Mauritius
South Africa
Sudan (invitee)[nb 2]
Zambia
The following teams rejected an invitation to compete:
- Notes
Draw[]
The draw took place on 26 October 2016.[4]
Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Venues[]
Rustenburg | ||
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Mogwase Stadium |
![]() ![]() Mogwase Stadium ![]() Moruleng Stadium |
Moruleng Stadium |
25°16′00″S 27°14′04″E / 25.266592°S 27.234335°E | 25°09′24″S 27°10′32″E / 25.156667°S 27.175556°E | |
Capacity: 3,500[5] | Capacity: 20,000 |
Group stage[]
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Shopane ![]() Singh ![]() ![]() Ngcobo ![]() Ndwandwe ![]() ![]() Mbatha ![]() ![]() |
Report |
![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ndwandwe ![]() |
Report |
![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Mbatha ![]() |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Daka ![]() Chilufya ![]() ![]() Sakala ![]() Nyondo ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Group C[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() Dimanche ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Chico Banza ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Chico Banza ![]() da Luz ![]() Vá ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Walaa Eldin Yaqoub ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Vincent ![]() |
Report | Vá ![]() Morais ![]() |
Group D[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() Youssouf ![]() |
- ^ Game originally played on 11 December 2016, but was abandoned just after '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.
![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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![]() Sakala ![]() |
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Knockout stage[]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
14 December — Moruleng Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
16 December — Moruleng Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
14 December — Moruleng Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
16 December — Moruleng Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 1(3) | |||||
![]() | 1(4) |
Semi-finals[]
![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Singh ![]() Ndwandwe ![]() |
Report |
![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Sakala ![]() ![]() |
Report | Lukombe ![]() |
Third place playoff[]
![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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![]() |
Report | Alves ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Morais ![]() ![]() Balanga ![]() Chico Banza ![]() Alves ![]() ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final[]
![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() ![]() |
Goalscorers[]
63 goals were scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.63 goals per match.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Pedro Alves
Nélson da Luz
Habib Youssouf
Chadrack Lukombe
Rudy Vincent
Nkosingiphile Ngcobo
Itumeleng Shopane
Edward Chilufya
- Own goal
Source: COSAFA Under-20 Championships[6]
References[]
- ^ "COSAFA U20 – Sponsorship Announcement". CAFonline.com. 11 April 2016.
- ^ "DR Congo added to COSAFA Under-20 Championships field". COSAFA.com. 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Sudan Replace Namibia At 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships". COSAFA.com. 19 November 2016.
- ^ "How the 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championship will work!". COSAFA.com. 21 October 2016.
- ^ "2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships – The Venues". COSAFA.com. 17 November 2016.
- ^ "2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships – Day 9 Wrap". CAFonline.com. 16 December 2016.
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