| Tourney Name: | COSAFA Under-20 Cup |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | Mozambique |
| Dates: | 26 September–5 October |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | Associação Black Bulls |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion Other: | (9th title) |
| Matches: | 18 |
| Goals: | 55 |
| Top Scorer: | Lee Jody Ahshene (4 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2026 |
| City: | Matola |
The 2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 29th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth football tournament open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 26 September and 5 October 2024 in Mozambique. This competition served as the COSAFA qualifiers for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
South Africa defeated defending champions Zambia 2-0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[1] [2] South Africa scored 16 goals in the five matches played, with zero goals conceded against them.
The following twelve teams contested the tournament.
| Team | Appearances | Previous best performance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up (2000, 2001, 2002, 2011) | |||
| 3rd Place (2009, 2011) | |||
| Group stage (2013, 2016, 2019, 2020) | |||
| Champion (2020) | |||
| Runner-up (1990, 2005, 2017) | |||
| 4th Place (1986, 2000, 2006, 2011) | |||
| Champion (2020) | |||
| Champion (2020) | |||
| Champion (2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018) | |||
| Champion (1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2022) |
The draw was held on 5 September 2024 at 11:00 CET (UTC+2) at Maputo.The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, with hosts Mozambique seeded in Group A (position A1), the defending champions Zambia seeded in Group B (position B1) and South Africa seeded in Group C (position C1). The remaining 9 teams were allocated to two pots based on the results of the previous tournament edition and were drawn to the remaining positions.[3]
The group stage were played in 3 groups as a round-robin, where the winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals. Because of Madagascar's withdrawal, points gained against the team finishing last in Groups A and C were not included in the calculation of the best runner-up.
was also drawn into this group but withdrew before playing.[4]