2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

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2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMauritius
Dates21-30 July 2017
Teams8 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up Mauritius
Third place Malawi
Fourth place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored54 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Martin Njobvu (ZAM)
Best player(s) Yannick Aristide (MWI)
Best goalkeeper Kennedy Nankhaima (ZAM)
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The 2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 6th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, an association football tournament organised by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below. It will take place in Mauritius in July 2017.

Participating teams[]

Draw[]

The group stage draw took place on 15 June 2017.[1]

Venues[]

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Port Louis Quatre Bornes
MFA Technical Center
20°09′14″S 57°30′51″E / 20.1537926°S 57.5140796°E / -20.1537926; 57.5140796 (Stade St. François Xavier) 20°15′13″S 57°29′44″E / 20.2537214°S 57.4955964°E / -20.2537214; 57.4955964 (MFA Technical Center)

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Malawi 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Advance to semi-finals
2  Mauritius 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3   3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4   3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on July 2017. Source: COSAFA
 0-2 Malawi
Report Maonga Goal 15'
Willard Goal 59'
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)
Mauritius 1-0 
Philibert Goal 22' Report
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)
 0-5 Malawi
Report Titani Goal 16'
Maonga Goal 42', 62'
Mbeta Goal 47'
Mwaungulu Goal 90'+1'
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)
Mauritius 2-1 
Chiu Chung Fat Goal 28'
Aristide Goal 63'		 Report Tauyatswala Goal 20'
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)
 1-2 
Benza Goal 60' Report Bogosi Goal 76', 90+2'
MFA Technical Center, Quatre Bornes
Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)
Malawi 2-0 Mauritius
Report Mwaungulu Goal 16'
Balakasi Goal 73'
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6 Advance to semi-finals
2  South Africa 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 6
3   3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
4   3 0 0 3 4 14 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on July 2017. Source: COSAFA
South Africa 3-1 
Shahabodien Goal 17', 38'
McFarlane Goal 58'		 Report Gerson Goal 65'
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
Zambia 7-1 
Banda Goal 9', 31', 37'
Njobvu Goal 19', 42', 74'
HakwiyaGoal 31'		 Report Mamisoa Goal 79' (p)
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Brandy Stevie Baillache (Mauritius)
South Africa 2-3 Zambia
Nare Goal 83', 88' Report P. Mumba Goal 20'
Banda Goal 25', 42'
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)
 2-0 
Luis Goal 6'
Jamisse Goal 83'		 Report
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Brandy Stevie Baillache (Mauritius)
 1-0 Zambia
Geny Goal 43' Report
MFA Technical Center, Quatre Bornes
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
 3-5 South Africa
Dillan Goal 41'
Stéphan Goal 41'
Mamitina Goal 42'		 Report Ramatlo Goal 14'
Tshobeni Goal 40', 72'
Da Silva Goal 81'
Shahabodien Goal 88'
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals[]

Zambia 2-0 Malawi
Njobvu Goal 3', 7' Report
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
Mauritius 2-0 South Africa
Mitraille Goal 45+6', 65' Report
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)

Third place playoff[]

Malawi 2-1 South Africa
Tsamba Goal 27', 50' Report Nare Goal 67'
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Brandy Stevie Baillache (Mauritius)

Final[]

Zambia 3-0 Mauritius
Mumba Goal 72'
Phiri Goal 79'
Hakwiya Goal 81'		 Report
Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)[2]

Goalscorers[]

1 Goal

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championships draw!". COSAFA. 10 June 2017.
  2. ^ "FIFA Referees News: 2017 COSAFA U17 Championship - Final". 30 July 2017.
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