COSAFA has confirmed that Zambia will host this year’s Under-20 Championship from November 30-December 13.
Zambia hosted last year’s event in which South Africa emerged winners.
This year’s hosting towns are Kitwe and Mufulira with venues being Nkana Stadium and Shinde Stadium.
According to COSAFA, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and associate member Reunion have confirmed their participation.
“The 2018 COSAFA Under-20 Championships are set to light up Zambia from November 30-December 13 in what will be the latest installment of the vital regional tournament that has been a breeding ground for so much Southern African talent down the years,” COSAFA said in a statement.
“The tournament will be again be staged in Kitwe following the successful hosting of the event last year, where South Africa were crowned champions after they defeated Lesotho 2-1 in the decider.”
Zambia last won the COSAFA Under-20 Championship in 2016.
We thank for bringing back the COSAFA U20 Cup in country Zambia as Zambian we are happy.
We want the senior Cosafa now.
Hope the cup will remain this year
Happy for that development looking forward to win all the games…