2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mauritius
Dates 22–31 July 2016
Teams 8 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Namibia (1st title)
Runners-up  South Africa
Third place  Malawi
Fourth place  Kenya

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

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
3  Mauritius 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Seychelles 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2016. Source: COSAFA

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)
13:00
Mauritius  1–3  Namibia
Hurdoyal  67' Report Morgan  5'
Laksman  80'
Tjahikika  85'
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)
16:00
Seychelles  0–1  South Africa
Report Ntuli  36'
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: Tshepo Gobagoba (Botswana)

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)
13:00
Namibia  0–4  South Africa
Report Le Roux  9' (pen.)
J. Monyane  28'
Ntuli  52'
Mchilizeli  90'
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: Keren Treddy Yocette (Seychelles)

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)
16:00
Mauritius  1–0  Seychelles
Monple  77' Report
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)
15:00
South Africa  2–0  Mauritius
Mavuso  44'
Pillay  74'		 Report
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: Tshepo Gobagoba (Botswana)

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)
15:00
Seychelles  1–4  Namibia
Mathiot  57' Report Tjahikika  30', 47', 76'
Morgan  90'
Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Disqualified[lower-alpha 1]
2  Malawi 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Advance to semi-finals
3  Kenya 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
4  Madagascar 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2016. Source: COSAFA
Notes:
  1. ↑ Zambia was disqualified from the competition for fielding two over-age players during the tournament.[2]

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
12:00
Zambia  4–0  Kenya
Mulilo  4', 13'
Kola  37'
Nkandu  43'		 Report
Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
15:00
Malawi  2–1  Madagascar
R. Banda  50'
Chizuze  89'		 Report Mosa  32'
Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Keren Treddy Yocette (Seychelles)

24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)
12:00
Kenya  2–1  Madagascar
Mukuria  25', 41' (pen.) Report Mosa  20' (pen.)
Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)
15:00
Zambia  3–0  Malawi
Kola  6'
Phiri  14'
Mulilo  74'		 Report
Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Stevie Baillache (Mauritius)

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)
15:00
Madagascar  0–3  Zambia
Report Mwiza  19'
Nyimbili  39', 88'
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)
15:00
Malawi  5–0  Kenya
Chizuze  19'
P. Banda  52', 59', 89'
Madinga  64'		 Report
Stade St Francois Xavier, Port Louis
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Semi-finals

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29)
13:00
South Africa  4–0  Kenya
Mkhize  10'
Le Roux  29'
Mchilizeli  36'
Dladla  73'		 Report
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29)
16:00
Malawi  1–1  Namibia
P. Banda  51' Report Morgan  88'
  Penalties  
5–6
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

Third place playoff

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)
13:00
Kenya  0–2  Malawi
report P. Banda  58'
Madinga  87'
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: Keren Treddy Yocette (Seychelles)

Final

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)
16:00
South Africa  1–1  Namibia
T. Monyane  70' report Awaseb  64'
  Penalties  
1–3
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)


 2016 COSAFA U-17 Champions 

Namibia
1st title

Notes

  1. ↑ Kenya was invited to participate in the competition after Mozambique withdrew from the competition.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Kenya replace Mozambique at COSAFA Under-17 Championships". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Zambia disqualified from the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championships". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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