2022 COSAFA Women's Championship

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2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates31 August—11 September 2022
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Third placeFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Fourth placeFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored70 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Zambia.svg Barbra Banda
(10 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Zambia.svg Barbra Banda
Best goalkeeper Flag of Zambia.svg Catherine Musonda
Fair play awardFlag 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]

Contents

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 teamFIFA RankingBest Performance
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 141Group stage (2006, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 151Runners-up (2020)
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 179Group stage (2019, 2020)
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 171Group stage (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 167Group stage (2002, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania (guest)155Champions (2021)
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 158Runners-up (2021)
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 185Group stage (2017, 2019)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 170Fourth place (2002)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 146Runners-up (2006)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa B 54Champions (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 80Runners-up (2019)

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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
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Wolfson Stadium NMU Stadium
Capacity: 46,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 15,000

Officials

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
The top finisher in each group and best runner-up qualified for the Knocokout-stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa B (H)321081+77Qualified for Knockout stage
2Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 312072+55
3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 31114404
4Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 3003012−120
Source: COSAFA
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
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg0–5Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Report
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg1–1Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
South Africa B  Flag of South Africa.svg4–0Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Referee: Mathabo Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg0–3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg1–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa B
Report
Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3300110+119Qualified for Knockout stage
2Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 320173+46
3Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 310239−63
4Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 3003110−90
Source: COSAFA
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  Flag of Lesotho.svg3–0Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini
Report
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Report
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg5–1Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg7–0Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg0–2Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Eswatini  Flag of Eswatini.svg0–2Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report
Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 321061+57Qualified for Knockout stage
2Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 312071+65
3Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 311184+44
4Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 3003015−150
Source: COSAFA
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  Flag of Tanzania.svg3–0Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg6–0Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg3–1Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Report
Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Comoros  Flag of the Comoros.svg0–6Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Report
Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Ranking of runner-up teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 B Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 320173+46Advance to Knockout stage
2 C Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 312071+65
3 A Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 312072+55
Source: COSAFA

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
9 September—Gqeberha
 
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2
 
11 September—Gqeberha
 
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1
 
9 September—Gqeberha
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa B 0
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa B 1
 
 
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0
 
 Third Place match
 
 
11 September—Gqeberha
 
 
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2
 
 
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1

Semi-finals

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report
Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha
South Africa B  Flag of South Africa.svg1–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Report
Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Third place match

Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg2–1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Report
Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Final

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa B
Banda Soccerball shade.svg109' Report
Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha
Attendance: 15,000 (disputed [5] )

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

1 own goal

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