2022 COSAFA Women's Championship

2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates31 August—11 September 2022
Teams12 (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 played22
Goals scored70 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zambia Barbra Banda
(10 goals)
Best player(s)Zambia Barbra Banda
Best goalkeeperZambia Catherine Musonda
Fair play award Tanzania
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2022.

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]

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

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

Officials

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
South Africa B 3–0 Angola
 Report
Angola 1–1 Mozambique
 Report
South Africa B 4–0 Mauritius
 Report
Referee: Mathabo Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
Mauritius 0–3 Angola
Report
Mozambique 1–1 South Africa B
 Report

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
 Report
Zambia 2–0 Namibia
 Report
Namibia 5–1 Eswatini
 Report
Zambia 7–0 Lesotho
 Report
Lesotho 0–2 Namibia
Report
Eswatini 0–2 Zambia
Report

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
 Report
Botswana 1–1 Malawi
 Report
Malawi 6–0 Comoros
 Report
Botswana 0–0 Tanzania
Report
Tanzania 3–1 Malawi
 Report
Comoros 0–6 Botswana
Report

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 September—Gqeberha
 
 
 Zambia 2
 
11 September—Gqeberha
 
 Tanzania 1
 
 Zambia1
 
9 September—Gqeberha
 
 South Africa B0
 
 South Africa B 1
 
 
 Namibia 0
 
Third Place match
 
 
11 September—Gqeberha
 
 
 Tanzania2
 
 
 Namibia1

Semi-finals

Zambia 2–1 Tanzania
 Report
South Africa B 1–0 Namibia
 Report

Third place match

Tanzania 2–1 Namibia
 Report

Final

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

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ^ "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". cafonline.com. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. ^ "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". www.cosofa.com. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Tanzania crowned 2021 COSAFA Championship winners". www.Cosafa.com. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women's Championship Tournament Guide". Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Zambia claim maiden Hollywoodbets COSAFA women's championship title". Fantastic Moments. Retrieved 13 November 2023.