| Tourney Name: | COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Dates: | 1–11 December 2022 |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Goals: | 75 |
| Top Scorer: | Rose Kadzere (8 Goals) |
| Player: | Sinazo Ntshota |
| Goalkeeper: | Casey Gordon |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship an international association football competition for women's under-17 national teams organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The tournament took place in Lilongwe, Malawi from 1 to 11 December 2022.[1] [2]
Zambia was the defending champion having defeated Botswana four to nil in the final on 6 December 2021.[3]
South Africa won their maiden title after beating Zambia four goals to three.[4] Malawi, the hosts, clinched the bronze medal after crashing Botswana nine goals to nil on third-place match.
Six teams from the COSAFA region entered the tournament, originally Mauritius entered the tournament and were drawn in group A, however they withdrew before the tournament started, which saw Namibia taking their place. Malawi participated for the first time in the COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship history.
| Team | Best placement in the tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | ||||
| 3rd | ||||
| 1st | ||||
| 2nd | ||||
| 3rd | ||||
| 4th |
All matches were played at these ground in Malawi.
| Lilongwe | |
|---|---|
| Bingu National Stadium | |
| Capacity: 41,100 | |
The draw for the tournament were held on 4 November 2022 at Lilongwe, Malawi. The six teams were divided into two group. Top two teams from each group will enter to the Semi-finals[5]
| width=25% | Group A | width=25% | Group B |
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