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| Organising body | COSAFA |
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| 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]
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.
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| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | Number of teams | |||||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | |||||||
| 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.
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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| 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) |
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| Team | 2002 | 2006 | 2008 | 2011 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Years |
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 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 | ||
| Year | Player | Goals |
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| 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 |
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