2017 COSAFA Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:COSAFA Women's Championship
Year:2017
Dates:13 – 24 September 2017
Num Teams:12
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:1
Count:4
Matches:22
Goals:101
Top Scorer: Rutendo Makore
(10 goals)
Player: Thembi Kgatlana
Goalkeeper: Chido Dzingirai
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. The 2017 edition took place between 13 and 24 September 2017 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

The tournament was won by South Africa.[1]

Participants

Twelve teams took part in the competition 11 of the 14 COSAFA members and Kenya as invited guest from East Africa.

Venues

Bulawayo
Barbourfields StadiumLuveve Stadium
Capacity: 32,000Capacity: 8,000
-20.1309°N 28.5696°W-20.1044°N 28.5061°W

Draw

The draw took place on 23 August 2017 at 2pm.[2]

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Awards

Player of the Tournament was South Africa's Chrestinah Kgatlana. Golden Boot winner was Zimbabwe's Rutendo Makore with 10 goals. Zimbabwe goalkeeper Chido Dzingirai won the Golden Glove awardThe Fair Play award was given to Kenya.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Banyana win COSAFA Women's Championship . timeslive.co.za . 24 September 2017 . 10 October 2017.
  2. Web site: All set for 2017 COSAFA Women’s Championship draw!. COSAFA. 24 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Award winners for COSAFA Women’s Championship announced . cosafa.com . 26 September 2017 . 10 October 2017.