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Organising body | COSAFA |
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Region | Southern Africa |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() |
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. Malawi are the current champions.[1]
History
[edit]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
[edit]Results
[edit]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] |
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![]() South Africa |
2–1 | ![]() Zimbabwe |
![]() Zambia |
1–0 | ![]() Mozambique |
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2 | 2006 [2] |
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![]() South Africa |
3–1 | ![]() Namibia |
![]() Zambia |
2–1 | ![]() Zimbabwe |
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3 | 2008 [3] |
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![]() South Africa |
3–1 | ![]() Angola |
not played | ||||||
4 | 2011 Details[4][5] |
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![]() Zimbabwe |
1–0 | ![]() South Africa |
![]() Tanzania |
3–0 | ![]() Malawi |
8 | |||
5 | 2017 Details |
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![]() South Africa |
2–1 | ![]() Zimbabwe |
![]() Zambia |
1–1 (4–2 p) | ![]() KenyaG |
12 | |||
6 | 2018 Details |
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![]() South Africa |
2–1 | ![]() CameroonG |
![]() UgandaG |
1–0 | ![]() Zambia |
12 | |||
7 | 2019 Details |
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![]() South Africa |
1–0 | ![]() Zambia |
![]() Zimbabwe |
3–0 | ![]() Botswana |
12 | |||
8 | 2020 Details |
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![]() South Africa |
2–1 | ![]() Botswana |
not played | 10 | |||||
9 | 2021 Details |
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![]() TanzaniaG |
1–0 | ![]() Malawi |
![]() Zambia |
1–1 (4–3 p) | ![]() South Africa |
12 | |||
10 | 2022 Details |
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![]() Zambia |
1–0 | ![]() South Africa B |
![]() TanzaniaG |
2–1 | ![]() Namibia |
12 | |||
11 | 2023 Details |
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![]() Malawi |
2–1 | ![]() Zambia |
![]() Mozambique |
2–0 | ![]() Zimbabwe |
12 |
G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member.
Summary
[edit]Performances by team
[edit]Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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7 (2002. 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) | 2 (2011, 2022) | 1 (2021) | |
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1 (2022) | 2 (2019, 2023) | 4 (2002, 2006, 2017, 2021) | 1 (2018) |
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1 (2011) | 2 (2002, 2017) | 1 (2019) | 2 (2006, 2023) |
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1 (2023) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2011) | |
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1 (2021) | 2 (2011, 2022) | ||
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1 (2019) | 1 (2020) | ||
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1 (2006) | 1 (2022) | ||
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1 (2008) | |||
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1 (2018) | |||
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1 (2023) | 1 (2002) | ||
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1 (2023) | |||
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1 (2017) |
- Italic: hosts
Participating nations
[edit]- Legend
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Team | ![]() 2002 |
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Years |
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GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |||||
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GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | 9 | ||
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GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||
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GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 9 | ||
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GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 | |||
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GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||
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GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | 2nd | GS | 1st | 10 | |
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GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||||
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4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | 9 | ||
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2nd | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | 7 | ||||
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1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | GS | 10 | |
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3rd | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 10 | |
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2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | 4th | 9 | ||
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2nd | 1 | ||||||||||
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4th | 1 | ||||||||||
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GS | 1 | ||||||||||
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3rd | GS | 1st | 3rd | 4 | |||||||
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3rd | GS | 2 | |||||||||
Total | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Top scorers
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/COSAFA.svg/220px-COSAFA.svg.png)
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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Shozi, Asanda (2023-10-15). "Temwa Chawinga's Heroics Secure Malawi's Historic COSAFA Women's Champs Victory". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b "COSAFA Women Tournaments". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ a b "SA women shine in Cosafa Cup". iol.co.za. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Flames' Ladies Team Eye Cecafa - Malawi PunchMalawi Punch". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ "Zambia claim maiden Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Championship title". COSAFA. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.