Founded | 2019 |
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Region | Southern Africa (COSAFA) |
Current champions | South Africa (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | South Africa Tanzania Uganda [1] Zambia (1 title each) |
Website | cosafa.com |
2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship |
The COSAFA Women's U17 Championship is an annual football tournament for women's under-17 teams from Southern Africa organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The tournament was introduced to develop the woman's game and strengthen the region's nation's competitiveness in the continental qualifiers. [2] Invited from CECAFA, Uganda become the first champions after beating South Africa in the inaugural 2019 final in Mauritius. [3] [4] [1] [5] [6] Even the second edition was won by a CECAFA representant, this time Tanzania won over Zambia in the final. [7]
Year | Host | No. of teams participating | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | |||||
2019 | Mauritius | 8 [8] | Uganda g | 2–1 [6] | South Africa | Zambia | 3–0 [9] | Botswana | ||
2020 | South Africa | 5 | Tanzania g | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Zambia | South Africa | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | ||
2021 | Lesotho | 3 | Zambia | 4–0 | Botswana | Namibia | — | — | ||
2022 | Malawi | 6 | South Africa | 4–3 | Zambia | Malawi | 9–0 | Botswana | ||
g: Invited guest team, no COSAFA member.
Year | Player of the Tournament | Golden Glove | Golden Boot | ||||
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Player | Goals | ||||||
2019 | Jessica Wade [10] | Daphine Nyayenga [11] | Juliet Nalukenge [12] | 18 | |||
2020 | Tisilile Lungu | Chitete Munsaka | Aisha Masaka | 10 | |||
2021 | Pumulo Lubasi | Chitete Munsaka | Lucy Kajiya | 3 | |||
2022 | Sinazo Ntshota | Casey Gordon | Rose Kadzere | 8 |
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