The 2025 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship was the third edition of the COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 women's national teams of the member associations of COSAFA. The tournament doubled as the women's football competition for the Region 5 Youth Games Namibia 2025 and was hosted in Windhoek from 4 to 13 July 2025. This is Namibia's sixth time hosting a COSAFA tournament, and the fifth time it's in a different competition category.
Zambia were the title-holders, having won their first title in last year's edition. and they successfully defended their crown, completing the tournament unbeaten and without conceding a single goal. Participation Participating teams Eight of the 14 COSAFA Member Associations entered teams for the competition, with Angola and Malawi making their tournament debuts. TeamLastPrevious best performanceDebut20242019Debut2019202420242019 Did not enter
Draw The tournament draw took place on 27 April 2025.
The draw resulted in the following groups: + Group ATeamA1 A2 A3 A4
+ Group BTeamB1 B2 B3 B4
Venues The women's competition will mainly be held at the University of Namibia Sports Stadium, although the final and a few group stage matches will take place in the stadium designated for men's competition. Windhoek UNAM Sports StadiumHage Geingob Stadium Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 10,000 Group stage All times are local, CAT (UTC+2). The match schedule was confirmed by COSAFA on 13 June 2025. Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Goalscorers
See also 2025 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship 2025 COSAFA U-20 Championship
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