2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship

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2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Dates1–11 December 2022
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Third placeFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Fourth placeFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored75 (7.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Malawi.svg Rose Kadzere
(8 Goals)
Best player(s) Flag of South Africa.svg Sinazo Ntshota
Best goalkeeper Flag of South Africa.svg Casey Gordon
Fair play awardFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
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The 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship an international association football competition for women's under-17 national teams organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The tournament took place in Lilongwe, Malawi from 1 to 11 December 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Zambia was the defending champion having defeated Botswana four to nil in the final on 6 December 2021. [3]

South Africa won their maiden title after beating Zambia four goals to three. [4] Malawi, the hosts, clinched the bronze medal after crashing Botswana nine goals to nil on third-place match.

Participating nations

Six teams from the COSAFA region entered the tournament, originally Mauritius entered the tournament and were drawn in group A, however they withdrew before the tournament started, which saw Namibia taking their place. Malawi participated for the first time in the COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship history.

TeamAppLastBest placement in the tournament
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 3rd 2021 Runners-up (2021)
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 3rd 2020 Group Stage (2019, 2020)
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1st——
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2nd 2021 Group Stage (2021)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3rd 2020 Runners-up (2019)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 4th 2021 Champions (2021)

Venue

All matches were played at these ground in Malawi.

Lilongwe
Malawi adm location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Lilongwe
2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship (Malawi)
Bingu National Stadium
Capacity: 41,100

Draw

The draw for the tournament were held on 4 November 2022 at Lilongwe, Malawi. The six teams were divided into two group. Top two teams from each group will enter to the Semi-finals [5]

Group summary

Group AGroup B

Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia

Group stages

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2200161+156Advance to Semi-finals
2Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi (H)2101134+93
3Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2002024−240
Source: COSAFA
(H) Hosts
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg1–4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  • Mbalangwe Soccerball shade.svg66'
[ Report]
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg0–12Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
[ Report]
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg12–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
[ Report]
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2200150+156Advance to Semi-finals
2Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 210185+33
3Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 2002018−180
Source: COSAFA
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg5–0Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
[ Report]
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg8–0Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
[ Report]
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg10–0Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
[ Report]
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
7 December — Lilongwe
 
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2 (3)
 
11 December — Lilongwe
 
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2 (1)
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3
 
8 December — Lilongwe
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3
 
 
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 0
 
 Third Place match
 
 
10 December — Lilongwe
 
 
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 9
 
 
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 0

Semi-finals

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–2Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Report
Penalties
3–1
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Njaka Raharimanantaoa (Madagascar)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–0Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Report
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Third place match

Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg9–0Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
[ Report]
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Final

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg3–4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
[ Report]
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Awards

4th COSAFA Under-17 Womens Championship 2022
Winners
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
First Title

Goalscorers

There were 75 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 7.5 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". www.cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football (CAF). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". www.cosafa.com. Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "South Africa win COSAFA women's championship Tanzania take over under-17 title". www.cosafa.com. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Zambia, South Africa both take gold at Region 5 Games Lilongwe 2022". cosafa.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Draw completed for COSAFA U-17 Womens Championship 2022". www.cosafa.com. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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