2022 COSAFA Women's Championship

The 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship is the 10th 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 31 August to 11 September 2022 in South Africa.^[1][2]

2022 COSAFA Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	31 August—11 September 2022
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Tanzania
Fourth place	Namibia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	70 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Barbra Banda (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Barbra Banda
Best goalkeeper	Catherine Musonda
Fair play award	Tanzania
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 7 September 2022.

Tanzania are the defending champion by having defeated Malawi 1–0 goals on 9 October 2021 in the final.^[3]

Participating nations

Note: All appearance statistics exclude the 2008 edition.

National team	FIFA Ranking	Best Performance
Angola	141	Group stage (2006, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Botswana	151	Runners-up (2020)
Comoros	179	Group stage (2019, 2020)
Eswatini	171	Group stage (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Lesotho	167	Group stage (2002, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020)
Tanzania (guest)	155	Champions (2021)
Malawi	158	Runners-up (2021)
Mauritius	185	Group stage (2017, 2019)
Mozambique	170	Fourth place (2002)
Namibia	146	Runners-up (2006)
South Africa B	54	Champions (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Zambia	80	Runners-up (2019)

• Note: South Africa entered their B team, as their A team was involved in friendly matches against Brazil at the same time as the tournament. Their matches thus do not count towards the FIFA ranking.

Did not enter

•  Madagascar
•  Seychelles
•  Zimbabwe

Squads

Main article: 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship squads

Venue

Matches will be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, NMU Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.^[4]

Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth
	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Wolfson Stadium	NMU Stadium
	Capacity: 46,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 15,000

Officials

Referees Itumeleng Methikga Mathabo Kolokotoane Assistant Referees Pélagie Rakotozafinoro Maneo Tau Mercy Zulu Roda Mondlane

Group stage

• All matches were played at South Africa.
• Times listed are UTC+02:00.

Key to colours in group tables
	The top finisher in each group and best runner-up qualified for the Knocokout-stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa B (H)	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Mozambique	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
3	Angola	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Mauritius	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts

Mauritius	0–5	Mozambique
	Report	Ninika 2' Dadard 20' (o.g.) Tsanwane 29' Gove 39' Manuel 72'

31 August

12:00

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha

South Africa B	3–0	Angola
Maseko 21' Shamase 35' Sam 89'	Report

31 August

15:30

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha

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Angola	1–1	Mozambique
Makua 27'	Report	Jorge 45+2'

3 September

12:00

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

South Africa B	4–0	Mauritius
Sam 33', 47' Maseko 78' Sampson 90'	Report

3 September

15:30

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Mathabo Kolokotoane (Lesotho)

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Mauritius	0–3	Angola
	Report	Luvunga 10', 81' Evaristo 72'

6 September

15:30

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Mozambique	1–1	South Africa B
Cuta 28'	Report	Shamase 53'

6 September

15:30

Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Namibia	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Lesotho	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Eswatini	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Lesotho	3–0	Eswatini
Rabale 7', 33', 88'	Report

1 September

12:00

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha

Zambia	2–0	Namibia
Banda 4', 71'	Report

1 September

15:30

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha

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Namibia	5–1	Eswatini
Kooper 22', 70' Ngonda 25' Kotjipati 74' Coleman 90+5'	Report	Ndzinisa 45'

4 September

12:00

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Zambia	7–0	Lesotho
Banda 11', 30', 48', 52', 56' Katongo 45' Mapepa 66'	Report

4 September

15:30

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

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Lesotho	0–2	Namibia
	Report	Hikuam 17' Coleman 53'

6 September

12:00

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Eswatini	0–2	Zambia
	Report	Phiri 40' Banda 83'

6 September

12:00

Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Botswana	3	1	2	0	7	1	+6	5
3	Malawi	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
4	Comoros	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Tanzania	3–0	Comoros
Minja 14' Lunyamila 42', 51'	Report

2 September

12:00

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Botswana	1–1	Malawi
Gaonyadiwe 14'	Report	Mvula 7'

2 September

15:30

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

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Malawi	6–0	Comoros
Chiyembekeza 18' Kadzere 46' T. Chawinga 63', 76', 82' Mvula 90+1'	Report

5 September

12:00

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Botswana	0–0	Tanzania
	Report

5 September

15:30

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

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Tanzania	3–1	Malawi
Minja 20' Msewa 45' Clement 59'	Report	Simwaka 65'

7 September

15:30

Madibaz Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Comoros	0–6	Botswana
	Report	Gaonyadiwe 51', 53', 90' Radiakanyo 43' Mosotho 68'

7 September

15:30

Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Ranking of runner-up teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Namibia	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	C	Botswana	3	1	2	0	7	1	+6	5
3	A	Mozambique	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5

Source: COSAFA

Knockout stage

• In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 September—Gqeberha
	Zambia	2
					11 September—Gqeberha
	Tanzania	1
					Zambia	1
	9 September—Gqeberha
					South Africa B	0
	South Africa B	1
	Namibia	0
					Third Place match
					11 September—Gqeberha
					Tanzania	2
					Namibia	1

Semi-finals

Zambia	2–1	Tanzania
Banda 12' Zulu 46'	Report	Mweemba 28' (o.g.)

9 September 2022

12:00

Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

South Africa B	1–0	Namibia
Sam 82'	Report

9 September 2022

15:00

Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Third place match

Tanzania	2–1	Namibia
Bahera 12' Naris 88' (o.g.)	Report	Mnunka 20' (o.g.)

11 September 2022

12:00

Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Final

Zambia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Africa B
Banda 109'	Report

11 September 2022

15:00

Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha

Attendance: 15,000 (disputed^[5])

Goalscorers

There were 70 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match (as of 11 September 2022).

10 goals

• Barbra Banda

5 goals

• Ontlametse Gaonyadiwe

4 goals

• Lithemba Sam

3 goals

• Boitumelo Rabale
• Tabitha Chawinga

2 goals

• Sara Luvunga
• Wezzie Mvula
• Cidalia Cuta
• Zenatha Coleman
• Ivone Kooper
• Memory Ngonda
• Refilwe Maseko
• Sphumelele Shamase
• Enekia Lunyamila
• Donisia Minja

1 goal

• Teresa Evaristo
• Cristina Makua
• Tshegofatso Mosotho
• Lesego Radiakanyo
• Sisanda Ndzinisa
• Fazila Chiyembekeza
• Rose Kadzere
• Asimenye Simwaka
• Deolinda Gove
• Isabel Jorge
• Cina Manuel
• Lonica Tsanwane
• Veweziwa Kotjipati
• Michelle Sampson
• Christer Bahera
• Diana Msewa
• Opa Tukumbuke
• Evarine Katongo
• Xiomara Mapepa
• Eneless Phiri
• Misozi Zulu

1 own goal

• Elsa Dadard (against Mozambique)
• Emma Naris (against Tanzania)
• Aisha Mnunka (against Namibia)
• Lushomo Mweemba (against Tanzania)