COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship
Organising body	COSAFA
Region	Southern Africa
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Malawi (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	South Africa (7 titles)
Website	www.cosafa.com
	2023 COSAFA Women's Championship

The COSAFA Women's Championship is an association football tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). South Africa have won the most titles with seven wins. Malawi are the current champions.^[1]

History

The following teams fall under the COSAFA region and participate in the tournament: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Format

Results

Edition	Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place	Number of teams
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match			Number of teams
1	2002 ^[2]	Zimbabwe	South Africa	2–1	Zimbabwe	Zambia	1–0	Mozambique
2	2006 ^[2]	Zambia	South Africa	3–1	Namibia	Zambia	2–1	Zimbabwe
3	2008 ^[3]	Angola	South Africa	3–1	Angola		not played
4	2011 Details^[4]^[5]	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1–0	South Africa	Tanzania	3–0	Malawi	8
5	2017 Details	Zimbabwe	South Africa	2–1	Zimbabwe	Zambia	1–1 (4–2 p)	Kenya^G	12
6	2018 Details	South Africa	South Africa	2–1	Cameroon^G	Uganda^G	1–0	Zambia	12
7	2019 Details	South Africa	South Africa	1–0	Zambia	Zimbabwe	3–0	Botswana	12
8	2020 Details	South Africa	South Africa	2–1	Botswana		not played		10
9	2021 Details	South Africa	Tanzania^G	1–0	Malawi	Zambia	1–1 (4–3 p)	South Africa	12
10	2022 Details	South Africa	Zambia	1–0	South Africa B	Tanzania^G	2–1	Namibia	12
11	2023 Details	South Africa	Malawi	2–1	Zambia	Mozambique	2–0	Zimbabwe	12

^G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member.

Summary

Performances by team


Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
South Africa	7 (2002. 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)	2 (2011, 2022)		1 (2021)
Zambia	1 (2022)	2 (2019, 2023)	4 (2002, 2006, 2017, 2021)	1 (2018)
Zimbabwe	1 (2011)	2 (2002, 2017)	1 (2019)	2 (2006, 2023)
Malawi	1 (2023)	1 (2021)		1 (2011)
Tanzania	1 (2021)		2 (2011, 2022)
Botswana		1 (2019)		1 (2020)
Namibia		1 (2006)		1 (2022)
Angola		1 (2008)
Cameroon		1 (2018)
Mozambique			1 (2023)	1 (2002)
Uganda			1 (2023)
Kenya				1 (2017)

Italic: hosts

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place

SF – Losing semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew
– Hosts

Team	2002	2006	2011	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Years
Angola		GS				GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	6
Botswana	GS		GS	GS	GS	4th	2nd	GS	GS	GS	9
Comoros						GS	GS		GS	GS	4
Eswatini	GS	GS		GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	9
Lesotho	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		GS		GS	GS	8
Madagascar				GS	GS	GS				GS	4
Malawi	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	3rd	2nd	GS	1st	10
Mauritius				GS		GS			GS		3
Mozambique	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		GS	GS	3rd	9
Namibia		2nd		GS	GS	GS		GS	4th	GS	7
Seychelles											0
South Africa	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	4th	2nd	GS	10
Zambia	3rd	3rd	GS	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	10
Zimbabwe	2nd	4th	1st	2nd	GS	3rd	GS	GS		4th	9
Invitee nations
Cameroon					2nd						1
Kenya				4th							1
South Sudan								GS			1
Tanzania			3rd				GS	1st	3rd		4
Uganda					3rd			GS			2
Total	8	9	8	12	12	12	10	12	12	12

Top scorers

COSAFA members

Year	Player	Goals
2005	Portia Modise	6
2008^[3]	Noko Matlou	12
2011	Rufaro Machingura	8
2017	Rutendo Makore	10
2018	Linda Motlhalo	4
2019	Racheal Nachula	10
2020	Sibulele Holweni	8
2021	Sibulele Holweni	5
2022^[6]	Barbra Banda	10
2023	Temwa Chawinga	9

References

↑ Shozi, Asanda (2023-10-15). "Temwa Chawinga's Heroics Secure Malawi's Historic COSAFA Women's Champs Victory". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
1 2 "COSAFA Women Tournaments". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
1 2 "SA women shine in Cosafa Cup". iol.co.za. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "COSAFA Women's Championship-Zimbabwe crowned 2011 Champions". womenssoccerafrica.blogspot.de. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
↑ "Flames' Ladies Team Eye Cecafa - Malawi PunchMalawi Punch". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
↑ "Zambia claim maiden Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Championship title". COSAFA. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

External links

Official website

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[1] Shozi, Asanda (2023-10-15). "Temwa Chawinga's Heroics Secure Malawi's Historic COSAFA Women's Champs Victory". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2023-12-19.

[rsssf-2] 1 2 "COSAFA Women Tournaments". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-18.

[iol-3] 1 2 "SA women shine in Cosafa Cup". iol.co.za. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[4] "COSAFA Women's Championship-Zimbabwe crowned 2011 Champions". womenssoccerafrica.blogspot.de. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-07-18.

[5] "Flames' Ladies Team Eye Cecafa - Malawi PunchMalawi Punch". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-08-10.

[6] "Zambia claim maiden Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Championship title". COSAFA. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

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