| Region: | Southern Africa |
| Number Of Teams: | 14 |
| Current Champions: | (2nd title) |
| Website: | www.cosafa.com |
| Current: | 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship |
| COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| Organiser: | COSAFA |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Related Comps: | Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
| Broadcasters: | COSAFA TV (YouTube) |
The COSAFA Women's Championship is an association football tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). South Africa have won the most titles with seven wins. Zambia are the current champions.[1]
The following teams fall under the COSAFA region and participate in the tournament: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The tournament begins with a group stage featuring four groups (two groups of four teams and two groups of three teams). The top team from each group progresses to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the final.
| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | |||||||
| 1 | 2002 [2] |  Zimbabwe | 2–1 | 1–0 | 8 | |||||||
| 2 | 2006 |  Zambia | 3–1 | 2–1 | 8 | |||||||
| 3 | 2008 [3] |  Angola | 3–1 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2011 Details[4] [5] | Zimbabwe | 1–0 | 3–0 | 8 | |||||||
| 5 | 2017 Details | Zimbabwe | 2–1 | 1–1 (4–2 p) | G | 12 | ||||||
| 6 | 2018 Details |  South Africa | 2–1 | G | G | 1–0 | 12 | |||||
| 7 | 2019 Details | South Africa | 1–0 | 3–0 | 12 | |||||||
| 8 | 2020 Details | South Africa | 2–1 | Malawi and Zambia | 10 | |||||||
| 9 | 2021 Details | South Africa | G | 1–0 | 1–1 (4–3 p) | 12 | ||||||
| 10 | 2022 Details | South Africa | 1–0 | G | 2–1 | 12 | ||||||
| 11 | 2023 Details | South Africa | 2–1 | 2–0 | 12 | |||||||
| 12 | 2024 Details | South Africa | | Malawi and Mozambique | 14 | |||||||
| 7 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) | 3 (2011, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2021) | ||||
| 2 (2022, 2024) | 2 (2019, 2023) | 4 (2002, 2006, 2017, 2021) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2020) | ||
| 1 (2011) | 2 (2002, 2017) | 1 (2019) | 2 (2006, 2023) | |||
| 1 (2023) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2011) | 2 (2020, 2024) | |||
| 1 (2021) | 2 (2011, 2022) | |||||
| 1 (2020) | 1 (2019) | |||||
| 1 (2006) | 1 (2022) | |||||
| 1 (2008) | ||||||
| 1 (2018) | ||||||
| 1 (2023) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2024) | ||||
| 1 (2018) | ||||||
| 1 (2017) |
| width=150 | Team | 2002 | 2006 | 2008 | 2011 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 | |||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 | ||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 | ||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 9 | |||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 11 | ||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | ||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 | |||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 | ||||||||
| GS | 1 | |||||||||||||
| GS | 12 | |||||||||||||
| GS | 11 | |||||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 | ||||||||||
| Invitee nations | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| GS | 1 | |||||||||||||
| GS | 4 | |||||||||||||
| GS | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |||
| Year | Player | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Portia Modise | 6 | |
| 2008 | Noko Matlou | 12 | |
| 2011 | Rufaro Machingura | 8 | |
| 2017 | Rutendo Makore | 10 | |
| 2018 | Linda Motlhalo | 4 | |
| 2019 | Racheal Nachula | 10 | |
| 2020 | Sibulele Holweni | 8 | |
| 2021 | Sibulele Holweni | 5 | |
| 2022[6] | Barbra Banda | 10 | |
| 2023 | Temwa Chawinga | 9 | |
| 2024 | Ochumba Lubandji Fridah Mukoma | 4 |