2022 COSAFA Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:COSAFA Women's Championship
Year:2022
Country:South Africa
Dates:31 August—11 September 2022
Num Teams:12
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:1
Count:1
Matches:22
Goals:70
Top Scorer: Barbra Banda
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023
Updated: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

National teamFIFA Ranking Best Performance
141 Group stage (2006, 2019, 2020, 2021)
151Runners-up (2020)
179Group stage (2019, 2020)
171Group stage (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
167Group stage (2002, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020)
155Champions (2021)
158Runners-up (2021)
185Group stage (2017, 2019)
170Fourth place (2002)
146Runners-up (2006)
54Champions (2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
80Runners-up (2019)

Did not enter

Squads

See 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 StadiumWolfson StadiumNMU Stadium
Capacity: 46,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 15,000

Officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of runner-up teams

Knockout stage

Final

Notes and References

  1. News: New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar. 21 April 2022. cafonline.com. 25 May 2022.
  2. News: COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments. 12 April 2022. www.cosofa.com. 25 May 2022.
  3. News: Tanzania crowned 2021 COSAFA Championship winners. 9 October 2022. www.Cosafa.com. 25 May 2022.
  4. Web site: 2022 HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship Tournament Guide . 2022-09-05 . en-GB.