![]() COSAFA Women's Championship logo | |
Organising body | COSAFA |
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Founded | 2002 |
Region | Southern Africa |
Number of teams | 14 |
Related competitions | Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
Current champions | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() |
Television broadcasters | COSAFA TV (YouTube) |
Website | www.cosafa.com |
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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. Zambia 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.
The tournament begins with a group stage featuring four groups (two groups of four teams and two groups of three teams). The top team from each group progresses to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the final.
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | |||||||
1 | 2002 [2] | ![]() | ![]() South Africa | 2–1 | ![]() Zimbabwe | ![]() Zambia | 1–0 | ![]() Mozambique | 8 | |||
2 | 2006 [2] | ![]() | ![]() South Africa | 3–1 | ![]() Namibia | ![]() Zambia | 2–1 | ![]() Zimbabwe | 8 | |||
3 | 2008 [3] | ![]() | ![]() South Africa | 3–1 | ![]() Angola | |||||||
4 | 2011 Details [4] [5] | ![]() | ![]() Zimbabwe | 1–0 | ![]() South Africa | ![]() Tanzania | 3–0 | ![]() Malawi | 8 | |||
5 | 2017 Details | ![]() | ![]() South Africa | 2–1 | ![]() Zimbabwe | ![]() Zambia | 1–1 (4–2 p) | ![]() Kenya G | 12 | |||
6 | 2018 Details | ![]() | ![]() South Africa | 2–1 | ![]() Cameroon G | ![]() Uganda G | 1–0 | ![]() Zambia | 12 | |||
7 | 2019 Details | ![]() | ![]() South Africa | 1–0 | ![]() Zambia | ![]() Zimbabwe | 3–0 | ![]() Botswana | 12 | |||
8 | 2020 Details | ![]() | ![]() South Africa | 2–1 | ![]() Botswana | ![]() ![]() | 10 | |||||
9 | 2021 Details | ![]() | ![]() Tanzania G | 1–0 | ![]() Malawi | ![]() Zambia | 1–1 (4–3 p) | ![]() South Africa | 12 | |||
10 | 2022 Details | ![]() | ![]() Zambia | 1–0 | ![]() South Africa B | ![]() Tanzania G | 2–1 | ![]() Namibia | 12 | |||
11 | 2023 Details | ![]() | ![]() Malawi | 2–1 | ![]() Zambia | ![]() Mozambique | 2–0 | ![]() Zimbabwe | 12 | |||
12 | 2024 Details | ![]() | ![]() Zambia | 0–0 ( a.e.t. ) (4–3 p) | ![]() South Africa | ![]() ![]() | 14 |
G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member.
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalists |
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![]() | 7 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018 , 2019 , 2020 ) | 3 (2011, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2021) | ||
![]() | 2 (2022, 2024) | 2 (2019, 2023) | 4 (2002, 2006, 2017, 2021) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2020) |
![]() | 1 ( 2011 ) | 2 (2002, 2017) | 1 (2019) | 2 (2006, 2023) | |
![]() | 1 (2023) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2011) | 2 (2020, 2024) | |
![]() | 1 (2021) | 2 (2011, 2022) | |||
![]() | 1 (2020) | 1 (2019) | |||
![]() | 1 (2006) | 1 (2022) | |||
![]() | 1 (2008) | ||||
![]() | 1 (2018) | ||||
![]() | 1 (2023) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2024) | ||
![]() | 1 (2018) | ||||
![]() | 1 (2017) |
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Team | ![]() 2002 | ![]() 2006 | ![]() 2008 | ![]() 2011 | ![]() 2017 | ![]() 2018 | ![]() 2019 | ![]() 2020 | ![]() 2021 | ![]() 2022 | ![]() 2023 | ![]() 2024 | Years |
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![]() | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 | ||||
![]() | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 | ||
![]() | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||||||
![]() | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 11 | |
![]() | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 9 | |||
![]() | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||||||
![]() | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | SF | 2nd | GS | 1st | SF | 11 | |
![]() | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | ||||||||
![]() | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | SF | 11 | |
![]() | 2nd | SF | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 9 | |||
![]() | GS | 1 | |||||||||||
![]() | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 12 |
![]() | 3rd | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | SF | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 11 | |
![]() | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | 4th | GS | 10 | ||
Invitee nations | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2nd | 1 | |||||||||||
![]() | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||
![]() | GS | 1 | |||||||||||
![]() | 3rd | GS | 1st | 3rd | 4 | ||||||||
![]() | 3rd | GS | 2 | ||||||||||
Total | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
Year | Player | Goals |
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2005 | ![]() | 6 |
2008 [3] | ![]() | 12 |
2011 | ![]() | 8 |
2017 | ![]() | 10 |
2018 | ![]() | 4 |
2019 | ![]() | 10 |
2020 | ![]() | 8 |
2021 | ![]() | 5 |
2022 [6] | ![]() | 10 |
2023 | ![]() | 9 |
2024 | ![]() ![]() | 4 |