Zimbabwe completed the semi-final line-up at the COSAFA Girls’ Under-17 Championship following a comprehensive 12-2 victory over Lesotho that saw them seal top spot in Group C at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe will face old foes Zambia in the first of Friday’s semi-finals that will be played at the same venue at 12h00 local time (10h00 GMT).
Group A winners Malawi and the best of the second-placed sides, Mozambique, will clash in the second semi-final at 15h00 local time (13h00 GMT).
All matches at the 2025 COSAFA Under-17 Girls’ Championship are streamed live on FIFA+. You can also view the full fixture list here.
Zimbabwe and Lesotho clashed for a winner-takes-all decider in Group C, but the former needed to win by five clear goals to claim top spot in the pool.
Botswana (3 points, +2 goal-difference) had already played their two games, so the result left all three sides on three points in the pool – Zimbabwe (3 points, +7 goal-difference) and Lesotho (3 points, -9 goal-difference).
Group placings are determined on the head-to-head rule, but in the case of three teams being equal, the regulations state:
Should more than two sides finish level on points, the following criteria is used:
(a) The greatest number of points obtained in the matches between the teams concerned.
(b) The goal-difference in the matches between the teams concerned.
(c) The greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned.
Dee Mapuwa and Mya Munyanduki scored four goals each as Zimbabwe brushed aside last year’s beaten finalists in a warning to defending champions Zambia that they are gunning for the title this year.
Lesotho finish above Botswana via the head-to-head as they won their pool game 1-0. – Cosafa.com
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