2013 COSAFA U-20 Cup
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Lesotho |
| Dates | 3–14 December[1] |
| Teams | 9 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 South Africa |
| Runners-up |
 Kenya |
| Third place |
 Angola |
| Fourth place |
 Zimbabwe |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 67 (2.79 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Manuel Afonso (6 goals) |
The 2013 COSAFA U-20 Cup will be the 22nd edition of the COSAFA U20 Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It will be the first time since 2011 that the competition will take place, the 2012 event was cancelled and COSAFA concentrated their effort into organising a football competition as part of the Zone Six Games.[2]
In it was announced that Lesotho would be the host nation of the competition.[3] It is scheduled to take place between 3 and 14 December. The host cities will be Maseru and Mafeteng.
The competition is open to players born on or before 1 January 1994.[4]
Participants
The following nations have confirmed their participation:
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The Football Association of Malawi have also expressed their desire to compete, however their application has yet to be ratified by the COSAFA executive.[5] The Comoros Islands Football Association and Mauritius Football Association are the only two COSAFA members that did not apply to participate.[5]
Format
There will be four groups where each group will be decided on a round-robin base. All four group winners will advance to the semi-final stage.[4]
The draw for the first round group stages has been scheduled to take place in Maseru October 11.[5]
Group stage
The draw took place on 12 October 2013.
Group A
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 |
 Lesotho |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
 Comoros |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
 Mauritius |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
3 December 2013 15:00 |
| Kenya |
4-0 | Mauritius |
|---|---|---|
| Nairuka John  26'Collins Shivaki 30'Geoffrey Shiveka 39'Enock Agwanda 84' |
Group B
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 |
 Mozambique |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
 Madagascar |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
6 December 2013 11:00 |
| Mozambique |
6-0 | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
| D. Matimbe 35'Cl. Baque 45' (pen.) 62' 83'L. Miquissone 79'N. Norberto 80' |
Group C
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
 Namibia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
 Zambia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
 Seychelles |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
7 December 2013 16:30 |
| Namibia |
2-1 | Seychelles |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon Goagoseb 87'Ambrosius Amseb 89' |
Dieter Constance 30' |
10 December 2013 16:00 |
| Seychelles |
0-4 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Spencer Sautu 52' Danny Madelene 61' (o.g.)Ackim Mumba 67'Langson Mbewe 85' |
Group D
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
 Botswana |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
 Swaziland |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
3 December 2013 12:30 |
| Botswana |
2-0 | Swaziland |
|---|---|---|
| U. Mbaiwa 21'Ramatlapeng 90' |
4 December 2013 17:00 |
| Zimbabwe |
2-1 | Swaziland |
|---|---|---|
| W. Musona 10'T. Radebe 90 +11' |
Nkambule ?' |
Combined group games
Top scorers
6 goals
- Manuel Afonso
4 goals
- João de Oliveira
- Clesio Baque
2 goals
- Thatayaone Ramatlapeng
- Unobatsha Mbaiwa
- Siyanda Ngubo
- Nhlakanipho Ntuli
- Walter Musona
1 goal
- Mavambu Baptista
- Athouman Alhadhur
- Enock Agwanda
- John Nairuka
- Collins Shivaki
- Geoffrey Shiveka
- Timonah Wanyonyi
- Tumelo Khutlang
- Mafa Moremoholo
- Thabo Ntso
- Angelo Andreas
- Tafadzwa Kutinyu
- Dercio Matimbe
- Luís Miquissone
- Ambrosias Amseb
- Brandon Goagoseb
- Terdius Uiseb
- Dieter Constance
- Ayabulela Magqwaka
- Mlamuli Nkambule
- Patson Daka
- Liberty Chakoroma
- Norberto Norberto
- Carlos Rusere
- Tinotenda Kadewere
1 own goal
- Lepolesa Tekane (playing against Comoros)
Knockout stage
Semi finals
12 December 2013 18:00 |
| South Africa |
0-0 | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| Penalties | ||
Ntuli  Magqwaka  Leepile Maraisane Luthuli |
4–2 | Pfumbidzai Genti Chakaroma Diro W. Musona |
Third place playoff
Final
Winners
| 2013 COSAFA Under-20 Youth Championship |
|---|
South Africa 6th title |
References
- ↑ "Press Release 1" (pdf). cosafa.com. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ↑ "COSAFA Holds Youth Championship at Zone 6 Games". Lusaka Times. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ↑ "Lesotho to host Cosafa U20 Cup". MTNfootball.com. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Press Release 3" (pdf). cosafa.com. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "Press Release 4" (PDF). cosafa.com. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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