COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup

COSAFA Under-20 Cup
Logo of U-20 COSAFA Championship
Founded1983 (1983)
RegionSouthern Africa
Number of teams12
Current champions South Africa (9th title)
Most successful team(s) Zambia (12 titles)
Website[1]
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The COSAFA Under 20 Challenge is an annual tournament for under 20 teams from Southern Africa organized by COSAFA.

Participants

Teams that can technically enter are:

Results

Ed. Year Host Final Third place match N°
teams
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1983 Unknown
Zambia 		Unk.
Unknown 		Unknown ?
2 1985 Swaziland
Zimbabwe 		Unk.
Unknown
Swaziland 		Unk.
Unknown 		?
3 1986 Malawi
Zambia 		1–0
Zimbabwe
Swaziland 		1–0
Malawi 		5
4 1988 Botswana
Zimbabwe 		2–1
Zambia 		Unknown 6
5 1990 Lesotho
Zimbabwe 		RR
Lesotho
Swaziland 		RR
Namibia 		5
6 1993 Swaziland
Zambia 		1–0
Zimbabwe 		Unknown ?
7 1995 Lesotho
Zambia 		1–0
South Africa
Lesotho 		3–1
Swaziland 		?
8 1997 Botswana
Zambia 		2–0
Zimbabwe 		Unknown ?
9 1999 South Africa
Zambia 		2–0
South Africa
Zimbabwe 		3–1
Lesotho 		10
10 2000 South Africa
South Africa 		1–0
Angola
Zimbabwe 		3–2
Malawi 		12
11 2001 South Africa
Zimbabwe 		0–0
(5–3 p)
Angola
Zambia 		1–1
(5–3 p)
South Africa 		12
12 2002 South Africa
Zimbabwe 		1–0
Angola
South Africa 		2–0
Zambia 		11
13 2003 South Africa
Zambia 		4–0
Malawi
South Africa 		1–1
(4–1 p)
Lesotho 		12
14 2004 South Africa
South Africa 		5–4
Zambia
Zimbabwe 		2–1
Angola 		13
15 2005 South Africa
Madagascar 		1–0
Lesotho
Zambia 		2–0
South Africa 		13
16 2006 South Africa
South Africa 		2–1
Zambia
Zimbabwe 		0–0
(3–2 p)
Malawi 		12
17 2007 South Africa
Zimbabwe 		3–0
South Africa
Madagascar 		2–1
Namibia 		14
18 2008 South Africa
South Africa 		3–2
Mozambique
Angola 		2–0
Zimbabwe 		14
19 2009 South Africa
Zambia 		1–0
South Africa
Botswana 		0–0
(3–2 p)
Madagascar 		11
20 2010 Botswana
Zambia 		4–1
Namibia
Zimbabwe 		3–1
Madagascar 		12
21 2011 Botswana
Zambia 		2–1
Angola
Botswana 		1–0
Malawi 		14
22 2013 Lesotho
South Africa 		2–0
Kenya
Angola 		2–0
Zimbabwe 		14
23 2016 South Africa
Zambia 		2–1
South Africa
DR Congo 		1–1
(4–3 p)
Angola 		14
24 2017 Zambia
South Africa 		2–1
Lesotho
Egypt 		3–1
Uganda 		12
25 2018 Zambia
South Africa 		1–1
(4–3 p)
Zimbabwe
Angola 		2–1
Zambia 		11
26 2019 Zambia
Zambia 		3–0
South Africa
Angola 		5–1
Madagascar 		12
27 2020 South Africa
Mozambique 		1–0
Namibia
Angola 		2–1
Zambia 		11
28 2022 Eswatini
Zambia 		1–0
Mozambique
South Africa 		1–1
(4–2 p)
Angola 		12
29 2024 Mozambique
South Africa 		2–0
Zambia 		 Angola and  Zimbabwe 11
30 2025 Namibia 8

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarter-finals
  •  ••  — Withdrew
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Banned
  • XX — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  • P — Has participated in past editions with no available results / Confirmed for the upcoming tournament.

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team 1983

(?) 		1985

(?) 		1986

(5) 		1988

(6) 		1990

(5) 		1993

(?) 		1995

(?) 		1997

(?) 		1999

(10) 		2000

(12) 		2001

(12) 		2002

(11) 		2003

(12) 		2004

(13) 		2005

(13) 		2006

(12) 		2007

(14) 		2008

(14) 		2009

(11) 		2010

(12) 		2011

(14) 		2013

(14) 		2016

(14) 		2017

(12) 		2018

(11) 		2019

(12) 		2020

(11) 		2022

(12) 		2024

(11) 		2025

(8) 		Total
 Angola × × × × × ? ? ? × 2nd 2nd 2nd GS 4th GS GS GS 3rd GS GS 2nd 3rd 4th GS 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th SF P 21
 Botswana P ? × P 5th P P P GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 3rd GS 3rd GS GS × GS GS GS GS GS P 27
 Comoros Not a member GS GS •• •• × GS GS × × GS GS GS GS × 8
 Eswatini × 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd P 4th ? GS GS GS QF GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 28
 Lesotho × ? × P 2nd ? 3rd P 4th QF GS GS 4th GS 2nd GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 2nd GS GS GS GS GS × 25
 Madagascar Not a member GS × QF •• GS GS 1st GS 3rd ? 4th 4th GS GS × × × 4th × × •• × 12
 Malawi P ? 4th × •• P ? P GS 4th QF QF 2nd GS GS 4th GS GS × •• 4th × GS GS GS GS GS GS GS P 23
 Mauritius Not a member GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS •• GS GS GS GS GS GS GS × GS × × 17
 Mozambique × ? GS P •• ? P P GS QF QF QF GS GS GS GS GS 2nd GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 1st 2nd GS × 25
 Namibia × ? × × 4th P ? ? GS QF QF QF GS GS GS GS 4th GS GS 2nd GS GS •• GS •• × 2nd GS GS P 21
 Seychelles Not a member GS × × × GS GS × GS GS GS GS GS GS GS × × GS × GS × × 12
 South Africa Banned P 2nd ? 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 1st 2nd 1st 1st GS GS 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd GS 3rd 1st P 24
 Zambia 1st ? 1st 2nd •• 1st 1st 1st 1st QF 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd GS GS 2nd 1st 1st GS 1st GS 4th 1st 4th 1st 2nd P 28
 Zimbabwe P 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd ? 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st GS 3rd GS 3rd 1st 4th GS 3rd GS 4th GS GS 2nd × GS × SF GS 27

Medals (1983-2024)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Zambia134219
2 South Africa86317
3 Zimbabwe64616
4 Mozambique1203
5 Madagascar1012
6 Angola04610
7 Lesotho0314
8 Namibia0202
9 Kenya0101
 Malawi0101
11 Eswatini0033
12 Botswana0022
13 DR Congo0011
 Egypt0011
Totals (14 entries)29272682
  • 1983,1985 Silver Unknown + 1983,1988,1993,1997 Bronze Unknown + 2024 Bronze Shared

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