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2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup

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.

Participating teams
The following twelve teams contested the tournament. ==Venues==
Draw
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. ==Group stage==
Group stage
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. Group A ---- ---- Group B was also drawn into this group but withdrew before playing. ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Ranking of second-placed teams ==Knockout stage==
Knockout stage
Bracket Semi-finals ---- Final ==Goalscorers==
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