2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup
# 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup

The 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 25th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 30 November and 13 December in Zambia.

The competition was open to players born on or after 1 January 1999.

## Participants

The 12 participating teams were announced on 25 October.

* Angola
* Botswana
* Lesotho
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* DR Congo (replaced Réunion)
* South Africa
* Eswatini
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Réunion were initially set to take part but withdrew after Réunionese Football League were unable to organise flights to Zambia. They were replaced on 2 November with Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Namibia withdrew on 30 November, leaving no time to find a replacement.

## Venues

| Kitwe | Mufulira |
| - | - |
| Nkana Stadium | Shinde Stadium |
| 12°50′49″S 28°12′40″E﻿ / ﻿12.8470278°S 28.2112143°E﻿ / -12.8470278; 28.2112143﻿ (Nkana Stadium) | 12°32′33″S 28°14′03″E﻿ / ﻿12.5426122°S 28.2341274°E﻿ / -12.5426122; 28.2341274﻿ (Shinde Stadium) |
| Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 9,000 |

## Draw

The draw took place on 31 October 2018.

## Groups

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mauritius | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Eswatini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lesotho | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
