2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
Dates | 31 August—11 September 2022 |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (1st title) |
Runners-up | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa |
Third place | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania |
Fourth place | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 70 (3.18 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Zambia Barbra Banda (10 goals) |
Best player(s) | Zambia Barbra Banda |
Best goalkeeper | Zambia Catherine Musonda |
Fair play award | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania |
← 2021 2023 →
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2022. |
The 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship is the 10th edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It takes place from 31 August to 11 September 2022 in South Africa.[1][2] Tanzania are the defending champion by having defeated Malawi 1–0 goals on 9 October 2021 in the final.[3]
Participating nations
Note: All appearance statistics exclude the 2008 edition.
National team | FIFA Ranking | Best Performance |
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File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | 141 | Group stage (2006, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 151 | Runners-up (2020) |
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | 179 | Group stage (2019, 2020) |
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini | 171 | Group stage (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho | 167 | Group stage (2002, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020) |
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (guest) | 155 | Champions (2021) |
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 158 | Runners-up (2021) |
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | 185 | Group stage (2017, 2019) |
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 170 | Fourth place (2002) |
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 146 | Runners-up (2006) |
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa B | 54 | Champions (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) |
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 80 | Runners-up (2019) |
- Note: South Africa entered their B team, as their A team was involved in friendly matches against Brazil at the same time as the tournament. Their matches thus do not count towards the FIFA ranking.
Did not enter
- File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
- File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
- File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Squads
Venue
Matches will be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, NMU Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[4]
Port Elizabeth | |||
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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Wolfson Stadium | NMU Stadium | |
Capacity: 46,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
Officials
Referees Assistant Referees
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Group stage
- All matches were played at South Africa.
- Times listed are UTC+02:00.
Key to colours in group tables | |
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The top finisher in each group and best runner-up qualified for the Knocokout-stage |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa B (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | |
3 | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts
South Africa B File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 4–0 | File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
4 | File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Lesotho File:Flag of Lesotho.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini |
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Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia |
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Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg | 7–0 | File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho |
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Lesotho File:Flag of Lesotho.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | |
3 | File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
4 | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Tanzania File:Flag of Tanzania.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros |
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Ranking of runner-up teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | B | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | C | File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | |
3 | A | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
Knockout stage
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa B |
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BandaFile:Soccerball shade.svg 109' | Report |
Goalscorers
There were 70 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match (as of 11 September 2022).
10 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Angola Teresa Evaristo
- Angola Cristina Makua
- Botswana Tshegofatso Mosotho
- Botswana Lesego Radiakanyo
- Eswatini Sisanda Ndzinisa
- Malawi Fazila Chiyembekeza
- Malawi Rose Kadzere
- Malawi Asimenye Simwaka
- Mozambique Deolinda Gove
- Mozambique Isabel Jorge
- Mozambique Cina Manuel
- Mozambique Lonica Tsanwane
- Namibia Veweziwa Kotjipati
- South Africa Michelle Sampson
- Tanzania Christer Bahera
- Tanzania Diana Msewa
- Tanzania Opa Tukumbuke
- Zambia Evarine Katongo
- Zambia Xiomara Mapepa
- Zambia Eneless Phiri
- Zambia Misozi Zulu
1 own goal
- Mauritius Elsa Dadard (against Mozambique)
- Namibia Emma Naris (against Tanzania)
- Tanzania Aisha Mnunka (against Namibia)
- Zambia Lushomo Mweemba (against Tanzania)
References
- ↑ "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". cafonline.com. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ↑ "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". www.cosofa.com. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ↑ "Tanzania crowned 2021 COSAFA Championship winners". www.Cosafa.com. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ↑ "2022 HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women's Championship Tournament Guide". Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ↑ "Zambia claim maiden Hollywoodbets COSAFA women's championship title". Fantastic Moments. Retrieved 13 November 2023.