2020 COSAFA Women's U17 Championship
International football competition
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The 2020 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship was the second edition of the COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship. The tournament took place in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa on November 4–14.[2][3][4][5]
South Africa| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | South Africa |
| Dates | 4–14 November 2020 |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tanzania (1stth title) |
| Runners-up |  Zambia |
| Third place | South Africa |
| Fourth place |  Zimbabwe |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 63 (5.73 per match) |
| Top scorer | Aisha Masaka[1] |
| Best player | Tisilile Lungu[1] |
| Best goalkeeper | Chitete Munsaka[1] |
| Fair play award | Zambia[1] |
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Participants
Group stage
The group stage is played in a round-robin where all 5 teams play once against each other and where the top two teams advance to the final.[2]
| South Africa | 1–2 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
Galant  62' |
Report |
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| Zimbabwe | 0–7 | South Africa |
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| Report |
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| Tanzania | 6–1 | South Africa |
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Report | Mohamedi 69' |
| South Africa | 9–0 |  Comoros |
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Final
Top Scorers
| Representing | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania |
Aisha Masaka | 10 |
| South Africa |
Jessica Wade | 5 |
| Zambia |
Tisilile Lungu | 5 |
COSAFA-La Liga partnership
South Africa's Jessica Wade (also awarded best player of last years tournament) and Zambia's Tisilile Lungu(also scored 3 goals at last years tournament) was selected[1] by the Technical Study Group to be traveling to Spain for a LaLiga development experience, where they will get the opportunity to observe the football life in Spain and train with a local team. The duo become the first players to get this opportunity on account of the new formalization of the partnership between COSAFA and La Liga to boost Southern African football.[9][10]
Changes due to COVID-19
The tournament was originally planned to be played in Mauritius on April 17–26, with 8 participating nations, but in March COSAFA decided to postpone.[11] Other than the four COSAFA nations finally participating, Mauritius, Botswana, Eswatini, and Malawi was set to play the tournament. When the new plan was set for the tournament to be played in South Africa in November, Tanzania had been invited and six teams should be divided into two groups where the winners and runners-up should advance to the semi-finals.[12] After Botswana's withdrawal, as many of their players had lost time in school and were set to write exams,[13][8] the five-team group was finally employed.