2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mauritius
Dates	21-30 July 2017
Teams	8 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up	Mauritius
Third place	Malawi
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	54 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer	Martin Njobvu (ZAM)
Best player	Yannick Aristide (MRI)
Best goalkeeper	Kennedy Nankhaima (MWI)
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The 2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 6th 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 will take place in Mauritius in July 2017.

Participating teams

Draw

The group stage draw took place on 15 June 2017.^[1]

Venues

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malawi	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Advance to semi-finals
2	Mauritius	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Botswana	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on July 2017. Source: COSAFA

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

12:00

Botswana	0-2	Malawi
	Report	Maonga 15' Willard 59'

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

15:30

Mauritius	1-0	Zimbabwe
Philibert 22'	Report

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)

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24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

12:30

Zimbabwe	0-5	Malawi
	Report	Titani 16' Maonga 42', 62' Mbeta 47' Mwaungulu 90'+1'

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)

24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

15:30

Mauritius	2-1	Botswana
Chiu Chung Fat 28' Aristide 63'	Report	Tauyatswala 20'

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)

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26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)

15:00

Zimbabwe	1-2	Botswana
Benza 60'	Report	Bogosi 76', 90+2'

MFA Technical Center, Quatre Bornes

Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)

15:00

Malawi	2-0	Mauritius
	Report	Mwaungulu 16' Balakasi 73'

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6	Advance to semi-finals
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	6
3	Mozambique	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
4	Madagascar	3	0	0	3	4	14	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on July 2017. Source: COSAFA

21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)

12:30

South Africa	3-1	Mozambique
Shahabodien 17', 38' McFarlane 58'	Report	Gerson 65'

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)

15:30

Zambia	7-1	Madagascar
Banda 9', 31', 37' Njobvu 19', 42', 74' Hakwiya 31'	Report	Mamisoa 79' (pen.)

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Brandy Stevie Baillache (Mauritius)

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23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

12:30

South Africa	2-3	Zambia
Nare 83', 88'	Report	P. Mumba 20' Banda 25', 42'

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

15:30

Mozambique	2-0	Madagascar
Luis 6' Jamisse 83'	Report

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Brandy Stevie Baillache (Mauritius)

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25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)

15:00

Mozambique	1-0	Zambia
Geny 43'	Report

MFA Technical Center, Quatre Bornes

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)

15:00

Madagascar	3-5	South Africa
Dillan 41' Stéphan 41' Mamitina 42'	Report	Ramatlo 14' Tshobeni 40', 72' Da Silva 81' Shahabodien 88'

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

28 July 2017 (2017-07-28)

12:00

Zambia	2-0	Malawi
Njobvu 3', 7'	Report

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

28 July 2017 (2017-07-28)

15:00

Mauritius	2-0	South Africa
Mitraille 45+6', 65'	Report

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)

Third place playoff

30 July 2017 (2017-07-30)

12:00

Malawi	2-1	South Africa
Tsamba 27', 50'	Report	Nare 67'

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Brandy Stevie Baillache (Mauritius)

Final

30 July 2017 (2017-07-30)

15:00

Zambia	3-0	Mauritius
Mumba 72' Phiri 79' Hakwiya 81'	Report

Stade St. François Xavier, Port Louis

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)^[2]

Goalscorers

5 Goals

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References