The 2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 28th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth football tournament open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 7 and 16 October 2022 in Eswatini.
Mozambique was the defending champion having defeated Namibia by 1–0 goal in the final on 13 December 2020 of previous season.
Participating teams There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 12 teams from member associations of the COSAFA entered the tournament.
Team Appearances Previous best performance Runner-up(2000, 2001, 2002, 2011) 3rd Place(2009, 2011) Group stage(2013, 2016, 2019, 2020) Champion(2020) Runner-up(1990, 2005, 2017) 19th 4th Place (1986, 2000, 2006, 2011) Champion(2020) Champion(2020)8thGroup stages (2009, 2010, 2011, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019) Champion(2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018) Champion(1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)
Venues CitiesVenuesCapacityLobambaSomhlolo National Stadium20,000ManziniMavuso Sports Centre5,000
Match officials
Referees
António Dungula Osiase Koto Akhona Makalima Attoumani El Fachad Keren Yocette Keabetswe Dintwa Assistant Referees Estanislau Guedes Mohamed Ibrahim Khamusi Razwimisani Danison Ravelomandimby
Draw The draw was made in ....... on the.......... Last year's top nations were seeded into one group each and the rest of the teams were placed in 2 pots depending on last year's performance. From the first pot, teams were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C. The last team from pot 1 was then placed among the pot 2 teams to make them 5. Now the teams from the second pot were drawn and slotted consecutively into groups A, B, and C resulting that group C ended up with one less team.
SeededPot 1Pot 2
Note: Within brackets 2020 year's performance.
Group stage The group stage will be played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the group winners and the best runner up will advance to the semi-finals. Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
Third place play-of
Final
Goalscorers
References