2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship
# 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 5th 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. It took place in Mauritius from 22 to 31 July 2016.

All times shown in this article are in Mauritius Time (UTC+4).

## Participating teams

* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Malawi
* Namibia
* South Africa
* Seychelles
* Zambia

## Venues

| Belle Vue Maurel | Curepipe | Port Louis |
| - | - | - |
| Stade Anjalay | Stade George V | Stade St Francois Xavier |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Mauritius | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Seychelles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Disqualified |
| 2 | Malawi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 4 | Madagascar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

* ↑ Zambia was disqualified from the competition for fielding two over-age players during the tournament.

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 29 July | 29 July |
| South Africa | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 | 29 July | 29 July |
| Kenya | 0 | 29 July | 29 July |
| Kenya | 0 | South Africa | 1 (1) |
| 29 July | 29 July | | South Africa | 1 (1) |
| 29 July | 29 July | Namibia | 1 (3) |
| Malawi | 1 (5) | Namibia | 1 (3) |
| Namibia | 1 (6) | | |
| Namibia | 1 (6) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 July | 29 July |
| | | Kenya | 0 |
| | | Malawi | 2 |

### Final

* 2016 COSAFA U-17 champions
* Namibia 1st title
