COSAFA U-17 Youth Championship

COSAFA Under-17 Cup

Region	Southern Africa
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Zambia (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	South Africa Zambia (3 titles each)
Television broadcasters	COSAFATV
Website	COSAFA.com
2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

See also: COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship

The COSAFA Under 17 Challenge Cup is an association football tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by COSAFA.

Participants

Teams that can technically enter are:

• Angola
• Botswana
• Comoros
• Eswatini
• Lesotho
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mayotte
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Réunion
• Seychelles
• South Africa
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Results

Ed.	Year	Host	Final			Third place game			Num. teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1994	South Africa	South Africa	2–1	Mozambique	Zambia	1–0	Zimbabwe	9
2	2001	Malawi	Malawi	3–0	South Africa	Zambia	1–0	Swaziland	11
3	2002	South Africa	South Africa	Round-robin	Swaziland	Botswana	Round-robin	Lesotho	4
4	2007	Namibia	Zimbabwe	1–1 (4–2 p)	South Africa	Zambia	1–0	Malawi	10
5	2016	Mauritius	Namibia	1–1 (3–1 p)	South Africa	Malawi	2–0	Kenya	7
6	2017	Mauritius	Zambia	3–0	Mauritius	Malawi	2–1	South Africa	8
7	2018	Mauritius	Angola	1–0	South Africa	Namibia	2–1	Mauritius	12
8	2019	Malawi	Zambia	2–0	Mozambique	Angola	5–0	Eswatini	8
9	2020	South Africa	South Africa	1–1 (4–2 p)	Zambia	Angola	2–1	Malawi	4
10	2021	Lesotho	Angola	2–1	Zambia	Malawi	4–0	Eswatini	6
11	2022	Malawi	Zambia	1–0	South Africa	Malawi	5–2	Botswana	7
12	2024	South Africa				Losing semi-finalists			12
						South Africa	and	Zimbabwe
COSAFA Under-17 Championship archive on the RSSSF's website

Participating nations

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend:

• 1st – Champion
• 2nd – 2nd
• 3rd – 3rd
• 4th – 4th
• SF – Semi-finalists
• QF – Quarter finals
• GS – Group stage
• P – Participating in the upcoming tournament.
• DQ – Disqualified
•  ••  – Entered but withdrew
•  •  – Did not enter
•  ×  – Banned by FIFA/ Entry not accepted by COSAFA
• — Country not affiliated to COSAFA

Nation	1994	2001	2002	2007	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2024	Total
Angola	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	•	P	7
Botswana	GS	GS	3rd	GS	•	GS	GS	•	DQ	GS	4th	GS	9
Comoros	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	DQ	•	•	GS	2
Eswatini	GS	4th	2nd	GS	•	•	GS	4th	DQ	4th	•	GS	8
Lesotho	GS	GS	4th	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	GS	8
Madagascar	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Malawi	GS	1st	•	4th	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	4th	3rd	3rd	GS	11
Mauritius	•	GS	•	GS	GS	2nd	4th	•	•	•	•	GS	6
Mozambique	2nd	DQ	•	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	•	•	GS	GS	6
Namibia	GS	GS	•	GS	1st	•	3rd	•	•	•	GS	GS	7
Seychelles	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	3
South Africa	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	4th	2nd	GS	1st	•	2nd	SF	11
Zambia	3rd	3rd	•	3rd	DQ	1st	GS	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	P	10
Zimbabwe	4th	GS	•	1st	•	GS	GS	•	DQ	•	•	SF	6
Guest nations
Kenya	—	—	—	—	4th	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

Awards

Tournament	Player of the Tournament	Golden Boot	Goals	Golden Glove	Fair Play Trophy
1994 South Africa		Junaid Hartley	7
2001 Malawi		Robert Ng'ambi	4
2002 South Africa		Lebogang Mokoena	6
2007 Namibia
2016 Mauritius		Peter Banda	5
2017 Mauritius	Yannick Aristide	Martin Njobvu	6	Kennedy Nankhaima
2018 Mauritius	Zito Luvumbo	Prins Tjiueza	6
2019 Malawi	Moses Mulenga	Simon Cipriano Miro Rickson Ng'ambi	5	Iford Mwale	Eswatini
2020 South Africa	Mduduzi Shabalala	Joseph Banda	5	Eric Makungu	Zambia
2021 Lesotho	Joseph Banda	Masambiro Kalua Joseph Banda	5	Ariola	Eswatini
2022 Malawi	Siyabonga Mabena	Siyabonga Mabena	9	Gennaro Johnson	Botswana