2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship
# 2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The 2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 7th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, an association football tournament organised by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below.

COSAFA announced that the COSAFA U-17 Championship hosted by Mauritius between 19–29 July 2018 would be the region's qualifying tournament for the 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania.

## Participating teams

* Angola
* Botswana
* Lesotho
* Mauritius
* Malawi
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* South Africa
* Seychelles
* Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 May 2018.

## Venues

The tournament will be played at Port Louis (St. François Xavier Stadium) and Belle Vue Maurel (Anjalay Stadium).

## Group stage

All times are local, MUT (UTC+4).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Mauritius (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Botswana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Seychelles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 0 | |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head results: Mauritius 0–1 Botswana, Mauritius 1–0 Namibia, Namibia 2–0 Botswana. Head-to-head standings: Namibia: 3 pts, +1 GD Mauritius: 3 pts, 0 GD Botswana: 3 pts, −1 GD

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lesotho | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Angola | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malawi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Swaziland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Mauritius | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | C | Malawi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | B | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 July – Port Louis | 27 July – Port Louis |
| South Africa | 2 |
| South Africa | 2 | 29 July – Port Louis | 29 July – Port Louis |
| Mauritius | 0 | 29 July – Port Louis | 29 July – Port Louis |
| Mauritius | 0 | South Africa | 0 |
| 27 July – Port Louis | 27 July – Port Louis | | South Africa | 0 |
| 27 July – Port Louis | 27 July – Port Louis | Angola | 1 |
| Namibia | 0 | Angola | 1 |
| Angola | 7 | | |
| Angola | 7 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 July – Port Louis | 29 July – Port Louis |
| | | Mauritius | 1 |
| | | Namibia | 2 |

**Final**

Winner qualifies for 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

* 2018 COSAFA Under 17 Champions
* Angola
