2025 COSAFA U-20 Championship

COSAFA U-20
Youth Championship 2025
Tournament details
Host countryNamibia
Dates4 – 13 July
Teams8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Africa (10th title)
Runners-up Malawi
Third place Zambia
Fourth place Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored44 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mwisho Mhango
(4 goals)
Best player Mwisho Mhango
Best goalkeeper Solethu Radebe
Fair play award South Africa
2024
TBD

The 2025 COSAFA U-20 Championship was the 30th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Youth Championship, the international youth football championship organised by COSAFA for the men's under-20 national teams of Southern Africa. The tournament doubled as the men's football competition for the AUSC Region 5 Youth Games Namibia 2025 and was hosted in Windhoek from 4 to 13 July 2025. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.

South Africa were the defending champions, having won their ninth title in last year's edition. They successfully defended their title, finishing the tournament unbeaten.