COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship logo
Organiser(s)	COSAFA
Founded	2002;24 years ago (2002)
Region	Southern Africa
Teams	14
Related competitions	Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Current champions	Zambia (2nd title)
Most championships	South Africa (7 titles)
Broadcaster	COSAFA TV (YouTube)
Website	www.cosafa.com
2026 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. Zambia are the current champions. ^[1] Next COSAFA Women's Championship has been moved to 2026 ^[2] in South Africa from February 18 - March 1. ^[3]

History

The COSAFA Women's Championship trophy

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.

Format

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.

Results

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists				Number of teams
				Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1	2002 [4]	Zimbabwe		South Africa	2–1	Zimbabwe		Zambia	1–0	Mozambique		8
2	2006 [4]	Zambia		South Africa	3–1	Namibia		Zambia	2–1	Zimbabwe		8
3	2008 [5]	Angola		South Africa	3–1	Angola
4	2011 Details [6] [7]	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		Malawi and Zambia				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
12	2024 Details	South Africa		Zambia	0–0 ( a.e.t. ) (4–3 p)	South Africa		Malawi and Mozambique				14
13	2026 Details	South Africa

^G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member.

Summary

Performances by team

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semi-finalists
South Africa	7 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018 , 2019 , 2020 )	3 (2011, 2022, 2024)		1 (2021)
Zambia	2 (2022, 2024)	2 (2019, 2023)	4 (2002, 2006, 2017, 2021)	1 (2018)	1 (2020)
Zimbabwe	1 ( 2011 )	2 (2002, 2017)	1 (2019)	2 (2006, 2023)
Malawi	1 (2023)	1 (2021)		1 (2011)	2 (2020, 2024)
Tanzania	1 (2021)		2 (2011, 2022)
Botswana		1 (2020)		1 (2019)
Namibia		1 (2006)		1 (2022)
Angola		1 (2008)
Cameroon		1 (2018)
Mozambique			1 (2023)	1 (2002)	1 (2024)
Uganda			1 (2018)
Kenya				1 (2017)

• Italic: hosts

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place

SF – Losing semi-finals QF – Quarter-finals GS – Group stage Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

•  – Did not qualify  ×  – Withdrew    – Hosts

Team	2002	2006	2008	2011	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Years
Angola		GS	2nd				GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
Botswana	GS			GS	GS	GS	4th	2nd	GS	GS	GS	GS	10
Comoros							GS	GS		GS	GS	GS	5
Eswatini	GS	GS	GS		GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	11
Lesotho	GS	GS		GS	GS	GS		GS		GS	GS	GS	9
Madagascar					GS	GS	GS				GS	GS	5
Malawi	GS	GS		4th	GS	GS	GS	SF	2nd	GS	1st	SF	11
Mauritius					GS		GS			GS		GS	4
Mozambique	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		GS	GS	3rd	SF	11
Namibia		2nd	SF		GS	GS	GS		GS	4th	GS	GS	9
Seychelles												GS	1
South Africa	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	4th	2nd	GS	2nd	12
Zambia	3rd	3rd		GS	3rd	4th	2nd	SF	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	11
Zimbabwe	2nd	4th		1st	2nd	GS	3rd	GS	GS		4th	GS	10
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	14

Top scorers

COSAFA members

Year	Player	Goals
2005	Portia Modise	6
2008 [5]	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 [8]	Barbra Banda	10
2023	Temwa Chawinga	9
2024	Ochumba Lubandji Fridah Mukoma	4

See also

• Africa Women Cup of Nations
• COSAFA Cup

References

1. Shozi, Asanda (2023-10-15). "Temwa Chawinga's Heroics Secure Malawi's Historic COSAFA Women's Champs Victory". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
2. COSAFA Women’s Championship 2025 Postponed
3. https://cosafa.com/listen-cosafa-womens-championship-to-provide-fine-tune-for-wafcon/
4. "COSAFA Women Tournaments". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
5. "SA women shine in Cosafa Cup". iol.co.za. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
6. "COSAFA Women's Championship-Zimbabwe crowned 2011 Champions". womenssoccerafrica.blogspot.de. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
7. "Flames' Ladies Team Eye Cecafa - Malawi PunchMalawi Punch". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
8. "Zambia claim maiden Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Championship title". COSAFA. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

External links

• Official website