2020 COSAFA Women's Championship

The 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship is the eighth edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It takes place from 3 to 14 November in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.

2020 COSAFA Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	3–14 November 2020
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (7th title)
Runners-up	Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	64 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sibulele Holweni (8 goals)
← 2019 2021 →

Participants

Nine of the fourteen COSAFA member took take part in the competition. Tanzania from the CECAFA region entered as guests.^[1] Eswatini and Lesotho entered late because of uncertainety due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] Namibia withdrew on 21 October 2020.^[3] The draw then was held on 22 October 2020.^[4]

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Comoros
•  Eswatini
•  Lesotho
•  Malawi
•  South Africa
•  Tanzania (guest)
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Squads

Main article: 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship squads

Venues

Groups A, B, C, Semifinals and Final	Groups A, B, and C	Nelson Mandela Bay Host location in South Africa.
KwaZakele	Port Elizabeth
Wolfson Stadium	Gelvandale Stadium
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 3,000

Group stage

The group stage is composed of three groups of four teams each. Group winners and the best runner-up amongst all groups advance to the semi-finals. As Group A has 4 teams, the results against the bottom-placed team in this group are not counted towards the best runner-up calculation.^[5]

• All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Angola	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Eswatini	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3
4	Comoros	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Eswatini	4–2	Comoros
P. Dlamini 65', 90+1' Mgcamphalala 75' Nonjabuliso 87'	Report	Abdourahmane 15' Hadhiroimi 53'

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03)

12:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

South Africa	2–0	Angola
Mhlongo 40' Dhlamini 61'	Report

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03)

15:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

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Comoros	1–1	Angola
Haoudadji 83'	Report	Alegria 66'

6 November 2020 (2020-11-06)

12:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

Eswatini	0–5	South Africa
	Report	Kgoale 3', 60' Holweni 37' Salgado 47', 90'

6 November 2020 (2020-11-06)

15:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

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Angola	4–3	Eswatini
Bia 25' Afonso 45+4' (pen.) Alegria 57', 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Mgcamphalala 4', 37' Nkambule 31'

9 November 2020 (2020-11-09)

15:30

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

South Africa	7–0	Comoros
Holweni 8', 31', 49', 88', 90+2' Magaia 42' Mthandi 51'	Report

9 November 2020 (2020-11-09)

15:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malawi	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zambia	2	1	0	1	8	1	+7	3	Advance to knockout stage as best runner-up
3	Lesotho	2	0	0	2	0	17	−17	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Zambia	8–0	Lesotho
Banda 30', 52', 70' Chilufya 57' May. Mulenga 65' Chanda 66', 76' Lungu 84'	Report

4 November 2020 (2020-11-04)

12:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

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Malawi	9–0	Lesotho
Kapanda 3' Ta. Chawinga 5', 23', 45' (pen.), 45', 58', 75' Te. Chawinga 12' Simwaka 57'	Report

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07)

15:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

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Zambia	0–1	Malawi
	Report	Te. Chawinga 31'

9 November 2020 (2020-11-09)

12:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botswana	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tanzania	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Zimbabwe	0–1	Tanzania
	Report	Shekigenda 60'

4 November 2020 (2020-11-04)

15:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

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Botswana	1–0	Tanzania
Thanda 48'	Report

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07)

12:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

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Zimbabwe	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Tholekele 73'

9 November 2020 (2020-11-09)

12:30

Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Best runner-up

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	2	1	0	1	8	1	+7	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tanzania	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Angola	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Botswana	2–1	Zambia
Gaofetoge 8' Tholekele 39' (pen.)	Report	Lungu 45+5'

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)

12:00

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

South Africa	6–2	Malawi
Kgoale 51', 64' Magaia 62', 68', 75' Holweni 74'	Report	Te. Chawinga 53' Ta. Chawinga 78'

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)

15:30

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

1.^ Group B winner was originally scheduled to play the best runner-up of the group stage. But the regulations of the tournament didn't allow two teams from the same group to play against each other in the Semi-finals, and therefore the games had to be changed.^[6]

Final

Botswana	1–2	South Africa
Thanda 85'	Report	Holweni 2' Salgado 66'

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)

15:00

Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi

Goalscorers

There were 64 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.27 goals per match.

8 goals

• Sibulele Holweni

7 goals

• Tabitha Chawinga

4 goals

• Nomvula Kgoale
• Hildah Magaia

3 goals

• Alegria
• Tenanile Mgcamphalala
• Temwa Chawinga
• Gabriela Salgado
• Barbra Banda

2 goals

• Mokgabo Thanda
• Refilwe Tholekele
• Phumzile Dlamini
• Grace Chanda
• Ireen Lungu

1 goal

• Ana Afonso
• Bia
• Lone Gaofetoge
• Hairyat Abdourahmane
• Anlaouia Hadhiroimi
• Zaharouna Haoudadji
• Celiwe Nkambule
• Mokgale Nonjabuliso
• Zainab Kapanda
• Asimenye Simwaka
• Karabo Dhlamini
• Lonathemba Mhlongo
• Nonhlanhla Mthandi
• Kadosho Shekigenda
• Prisca Chilufya
• Maylan Mulenga

References

1. "Tanzania set to light up COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship!". COSAFA. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023.
2. Korir, Tony (17 October 2020). "eSwatini, Lesotho to feature In COSAFA championships". Binti Sports. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
3. "Namibia withdraws from COSAFA women's & U-17 championships due to lack of preparation". Xinhua News Agency. 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023.
4. "Fantastic clashes headline COSAFA Women's Championship draw". COSAFA. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023.
5. "2020 COSAFA Women's and Women's U17 Championships Guide" (PDF). COSAFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
6. "Semifinal line-up complete at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship!". COSAFA. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links

• Official website