Fixtures reminder – Region 5 Games U20 football competitions

The Under-20 football competitions for me and women at the Region 5 Games in Windhoek, Namibia get under way on Friday with new champions to be crowned in the COSAFA region.

There are eight sides in each competition, with the teams drawn into two pools of eight sides. The top two advance to the semifinals.

Host’s Namibia headline Group A of the Men’s competition at the Region 5 Games and have been drawn alongside Angola, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Group B contains reigning COSAFA champions South Africa, their old foes Zambia, Eswatini and Botswana. The top two teams in each of the pools advance to the semifinals.

Namibia are also the seeded team in Group A in the Women’s competition, and they will take on Malawi, Botswana and Zimbabwe. COSAFA champions Zambia are the top seed in Group B and will play South Africa, Eswatini and Angola.

Two venues will be used in the Namibian capital, the Hage Geingob Stadium, mostly for the men’s competition, and the UNAM Stadium for the women’s matches.

The men’s competition will kick-off with a Group A clash between Malawi and Zimbabwe on Friday (11h00 CAT / 09h00 GMT), followed by a clash in the same pool later between hosts Namibia and Angola (14h00 CAT / 12h00 GMT).

Group B gets under way on Saturday when Eswatini clash with Botswana (12h00 CAT / 10h00 GMT), and South Africa take on Zambia (15h00 CAT / 13h00 GMT).

All of those matches will be at the at the Hage Geingob Stadium.

The women’s competition kicks off with a Group A clash between Botswana and Zimbabwe at 11h00 CAT (09h00 GMT) on Friday, before hosts Namibia take on Malawi at 14h00 CAT (12h00 GMT).

The Group B action will get under way at 12h00 CAT (10h00 GMT) on Saturday when Eswatini face Angola. There will then be a titanic clash between old foes Zambia and South Africa at 15h00 CAT (13h00 GMT).

All of these fixtures take place at the UNAM Stadium.

For the full men’s U20 fixture list, click here.

For the full women’s U20 fixture list, click here.

All games will be streamed LIVE on COSAFA’s YouTube channel. Matches will also be streamed LIVE around the world on FIFA+, except in the countries of the competing teams.

As per the rights agreement with Region 5 Games organisers, matches will be available to view in full in those countries 30 minutes after the final whistle.