The 2024 COSAFA U-17 Youth Championship (officially known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations 2025 — COSAFA Qualifiers) was the 12th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Youth Championship (and the 4th time the tournament served as the qualifiers for the continental final tournament), the international youth football championship organised by COSAFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Southern Africa.

[2] Zambia were the defending champions, having defeated South Africa 2–1 in the final of the previous edition,[3] and they successfully retained their title by defeating Angola 2–1 in the final.

[6][7][8] Note: All statistics exclude instances where the team was disqualified during the tournament.

[11] On 26 November 2024, it was announced that the tournament had been moved from the original host city, Maputo, Mozambique, to Johannesburg, South Africa, with two venues selected to host all matches.

[11] In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).