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:
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Results Year Host Final Third place match ChampionsScore Runners-up Third placeScoreFourth place11983 colspan=3 ?21985 ?31986 1–01–0541988 2–1colspan=3 651990 RRRR561993 1–0colspan=3 ?71995 1–03–1?81997 2–0colspan=3 ?91999 2–03–110102000 1–03–212112001 0–01–112122002 1–02–011132003 4–01–112142004 5–42–113152005 1–02–013162006 2–10–012172007 3–02–114182008 3–22–014192009 1–00–011202010 4–13–112212011 2–11–014222013 2–02–014232016 2–11–114242017 2–13–112252018 1–12–111262019 3–05–112272020 1–02–111282022 1–01–112292024 2–0 and 11302025 3–01–18312026 2–13–012
Medals (1983-2026)
1983,1985 Silver Unknown + 1983,1988,1993,1997 Bronze Unknown + 2024 Bronze Shared
Comprehensive team results by tournament Legend — Champions — Runners-up — Third place — Fourth place QF — Quarter-finals — Withdrew — Did not enter / Banned — 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). Team1983(?)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)2026(12)Total ××××× × 2nd2nd2ndGS4thGSGSGS3rdGSGS2nd3rd4thGS3rd3rd3rd4thSF4thGS 22 P×P5thPPPGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS3rdGS3rdGSGS×GSGSGSGSGSGSGS 28 colspan=16 GSGS••••×GSGS××GSGSGSGS×GS 9 ×3rd3rd3rd3rdP4thGSGSGSQFGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS 29 × ×P2nd3rdP4thQFGSGS4thGS2ndGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS2ndGSGSGSGSGS×GS 26 colspan=8 GS×QF••GSGS1stGS3rd4th4thGSGS×××4th×ו•×× 12 P4thו•PPGS4thQFQF2ndGSGS4thGSGSו•4th×GSGSGSGSGSGSGS2ndGS 24 colspan=9 GSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS••GSGSGSGSGSGSGS×GS××GS 18 × GSP••PPGSQFQFQFGSGSGSGSGS2ndGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS1st2ndGS×2nd 26 × ××4thPGSQFQFQFGSGSGSGS4thGSGS2ndGSGS••GS••×2ndGSGSGS4th 22 colspan=9 GS×××GSGS×GSGSGSGSGSGSGS××GS×GS××GS 13 colspan=5 P2nd2nd1st4th3rd3rd1st4th1st2nd1st1stGSGS1st2nd1st1st2ndGS3rd1st1st1st 25 1st1st2nd••1st1st1st1stQF3rd4th1st2nd3rd2ndGSGS2nd1st1stGS1stGS4th1st4th1st2nd3rd3rd 29 P1st2nd1st1st2nd2nd3rd3rd1st1stGS3rdGS3rd1st4thGS3rdGS4thGSGS2nd×GS×SFGS× 27
References
External links rsssf.org History of the COSAFA regional Under-20 Championship