2017 COSAFA Women's Championship

Last updated October 08, 2023

2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Zimbabwe
Dates	13 – 24 September 2017
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (4th title)
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	101 (4.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rutendo Makore (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Thembi Kgatlana
Best goalkeeper	Chido Dzingirai
Fair play award	Kenya
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The 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. The 2017 edition took place between 13 and 24 September 2017 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Contents

Participants
Venues
Draw
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
Awards
References
External links

The tournament was won by South Africa.^[1]

Participants

Twelve teams took part in the competition 11 of the 14 COSAFA members and Kenya as invited guest from East Africa.

Venues

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Bulawayo
Barbourfields Stadium	Luveve Stadium
Capacity: 32,000	Capacity: 8,000
20°07′51″S28°34′11″E / 20.130910410°S 28.569635152°E / -20.130910410; 28.569635152 (Barbourfields Stadium)	20°06′16″S28°30′22″E / 20.104379867°S 28.506098985°E / -20.104379867; 28.506098985 (Luveve Stadium)

Draw

The draw took place on 23 August 2017 at 2pm.^[2]

Group stage

All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	2	1	0	14	5	+9	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zimbabwe (H)	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
3	Malawi	3	1	1	1	12	12	0	4
4	Madagascar	3	0	0	3	4	17	−13	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts
Notes:

↑ Zimbabwe advanced to the semi-finals as best runners-up.

13 September 2017

14:00

Zambia	6–3	Malawi
Sosala 12' M. Zulu 17', 54', 76' Banda 23' Nachula 90'	Report	Ta. Chawinga 9', 35', 86'

Barbourfields Stadium

13 September 2017

16:30

Zimbabwe	4–0	Madagascar
Makore 42', 48', 76', 79'	Report

Barbourfields Stadium

15 September 2017

10:30

Madagascar	3–6	Malawi
Farafaniaina 54', 69' Razafindrabe 65'	Report	Ta. Chawinga 22', 37', 87', 90' Te. Chawinga 45', 49'

Barbourfields Stadium

15 September 2017

14:00

Zimbabwe	1–1	Zambia
Makore 50'	Report	Banda 26'

Barbourfields Stadium

17 September 2017

14:00

Zambia	7–1	Madagascar
M. Zulu 6' Banda 11', 22' Chanda 50' Sosala 68' Chileshe 80' Nachula 81'	Report	Farafaniaina 20'

Barbourfields Stadium

17 September 2017

14:00

Zimbabwe	3–3	Malawi
Makore 22', 31', 57'	Report	Te. Chawinga 37' Ta. Chawinga 60', 89'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya (G)	3	3	0	0	17	2	+15	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Swaziland	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Mozambique	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Mauritius	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(G) Guests

14 September 2017

10:30

Mauritius	0–3	Swaziland
	Report	Sanga 1' Mdluli 32' Nkambule 86'

14 September 2017

14:00

Kenya	5–2	Mozambique
Atieno 23', 58', 87' Adam 84' Owiti 90'	Report	Lúcia Leila 9', 49'

16 September 2017

10:30

Kenya	11–0	Mauritius
Adam 9', 85' Atieno 25', 32', 45+5', 51' Mukhwana 34', 49' Salano 54' Nixon 79' Rassoie 90+2' (o.g.)	Report

16 September 2017

16:30

Mozambique	2–2	Swaziland
Lúcia Leila 74' Betinha 90'	Report	Nkambule 49' Nq. Dlamini 75'

18 September 2017

14:00

Mauritius	0–3	Mozambique
	Report	Lúcia Leila 19' Ninika 49' Betinha 54'

18 September 2017

14:00

Kenya	1–0	Swaziland
Achieng 90'	Report

Barbourfields Stadium

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Botswana	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Lesotho	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Namibia	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

13 September 2017

10:30

Namibia	4–0	Botswana
Shangula 16', 43' Coleman 41' (pen.) Shikusho 87'	Report

Barbourfields Stadium

14 September 2017

16:30

South Africa	3–0	Lesotho
Smeda 28' Esau 67' Kgatlana 73'	Report

15 September 2017

16:30

South Africa	3–1	Namibia
Kgatlana 5', 88' Esau 13'	Report	Blou 37'

Barbourfields Stadium

16 September 2017

14:00

Lesotho	0–3	Botswana
	Report	Gammu 3' Otlhagile 22', 26'

17 September 2017

16:30

Namibia	1–2	Lesotho
Shikusho 4' (pen.)	Report	Rabale 22', 54'

Barbourfields Stadium

17 September 2017

16:30

South Africa	1–1	Botswana
Esau 87'	Report	Tholakele 84'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

21 September 2017

13:00

Zambia	3–3	South Africa
Banda 21' Chanda 45' M. Zulu 73'	Report	Smeda 77', 78' (pen.) Jane 84'
Penalties
M. Zulu G. Zulu Chisamu Mukwasa	3–5	Smeda Mbane Matlou Nyandeni Ramalepe

Barbourfields Stadium

21 September 2017

16:00

Kenya	0–4	Zimbabwe
	Report	Makore 11' Kabwe 45' Nyaumwe 53' Mupeti 89'

Barbourfields Stadium

Bronze medal match

23 September 2017

13:00

Zambia	1–1	Kenya
Banda 72'	Report	Atieno 30'
Penalties
I. Lungu Mulenga Chisamu M. Zulu	4–2^[3]	Nixon Mukhwana Atieno Msungu

Barbourfields Stadium

Final

24 September 2017

15:00

South Africa	2–1	Zimbabwe
Kgatlana 45+1' Smeda 90'	Report	Makore 73'

Barbourfields Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 101 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 4.59 goals per match.

10 goals

Rutendo Makore

9 goals

Tabitha Chawinga

8 goals

Neddy Atieno

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Marie Rassoie (against Kenya)

Awards

Player of the Tournament was South Africa’s Chrestinah Kgatlana. Golden Boot winner was Zimbabwe's Rutendo Makore with 10 goals. Zimbabwe goalkeeper Chido Dzingirai won the Golden Glove award The Fair Play award was given to Kenya.^[4]

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References

↑ "Banyana win COSAFA Women's Championship". timeslive.co.za. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
↑ "All set for 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship draw!". COSAFA. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
↑ "Zambia clinched the bronze medal". COSAFA. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
↑ "Award winners for COSAFA Women's Championship announced". cosafa.com. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

External links

Official website

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