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
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Peter Banda; (5 goals)
	← 2002 2017 → All statistics correct as of 31 July 2016.

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

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2016. Source: COSAFA

23 July 2016

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

16:00

Seychelles	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Ntuli 36'

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Tshepo Gobagoba (Botswana)

25 July 2016

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

16:00

Mauritius	1–0	Seychelles
Monple 77'	Report

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

27 July 2016

15:00

South Africa	2–0	Mauritius
Mavuso 44' Pillay 74'	Report

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Tshepo Gobagoba (Botswana)

27 July 2016

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9	Disqualified^[a]
2	Malawi	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6	Advance to semi-finals
3	Kenya	3	1	2	2	10	−8	3	Advance to semi-finals
4	Madagascar	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2016. Source: COSAFA
Notes:

^ Zambia was disqualified from the competition for fielding two over-age players during the tournament.^[2]

22 July 2016

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

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

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

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

15:00

Madagascar	0–3	Zambia
	Report	Mwiza 19' Nyimbili 39', 88'

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

26 July 2016

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
		29 July
Kenya	0
		South Africa	1 (1)
29 July
		Namibia	1 (3)
Malawi	1 (5)

Namibia	1 (6)
		Third place

		29 July

		Kenya	0

		Malawi	2

Semi-finals

29 July 2016

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

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

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

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

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

References

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

[table_note_res_DQ0.17802513166239-4] Zambia was disqualified from the competition for fielding two over-age players during the tournament.^[2]

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

[1] "Kenya replace Mozambique at COSAFA Under-17 Championships". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[3] "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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