COSAFA Women's Championship explained

Region:	Southern Africa
Number Of Teams:	8
Current Champions:	(1st title)
Website:	www.cosafa.com
Current:	2023 COSAFA Women's Championship
COSAFA Women's Championship
Organiser:	COSAFA
Continent:	Africa

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. Malawi are the current champions.^[1]

History

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.

Results

Winner	Year	Host	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place		Number of teams
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match			Number of teams
1	2002 ^[2]	Zimbabwe		2–1			1–0
2	2006	Zambia		3–1			2–1
3	2008 ^[3]	Angola		3–1			not played
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			not played		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

^G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member.

Summary

Performances by team

!Team!Winners!Runners-up!Third place!Fourth place
7 (2002. 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)	2 (2011, 2022)		1 (2021)
1 (2022)	2 (2019, 2023)	4 (2002, 2006, 2017, 2021)	1 (2018)
1 (2011)	2 (2002, 2017)	1 (2019)	2 (2006, 2023)
1 (2023)	1 (2021)		1 (2011)
1 (2021)		2 (2011, 2022)
	1 (2019)		1 (2020)
	1 (2006)		1 (2022)
	1 (2008)
	1 (2018)
		1 (2023)	1 (2002)
		1 (2023)
			1 (2017)

Italic: hosts

Participating nations

Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place

– Losing semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

– Did not qualify
– Withdrew
– Hosts

Invitee nations
width=150	Team	2002	2006	2008	2011	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Years
		GS					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	6
	GS			GS	GS	GS			GS	GS	GS	9
							GS	GS		GS	GS	4
	GS	GS			GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	9
	GS	GS		GS	GS	GS		GS		GS	GS	8
					GS	GS	GS				GS	4
	GS	GS			GS	GS	GS			GS		10
					GS		GS			GS		3
		GS		GS	GS	GS	GS		GS	GS		9
					GS	GS	GS		GS		GS	7
												0
											GS	10
				GS								10
						GS		GS	GS			9
												1
												1
									GS			1
								GS				4
									GS			2
Total	8	9		8	12	12	12	10	12	12	12

Top scorers

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

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Shozi . Asanda . 2023-10-15 . Temwa Chawinga's Heroics Secure Malawi's Historic COSAFA Women's Champs Victory . 2023-12-19 . gsport4girls . en-ZA.
Web site: COSAFA Women Tournaments. RSSSF. 2017-07-18. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170722214054/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cosafa-wom.html. 2017-07-22.
Web site: SA women shine in Cosafa Cup . iol.co.za . 12 March 2008 . 7 August 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160823014405/http://www.iol.co.za/sport/sa-women-shine-in-cosafa-cup-588733 . 23 August 2016 .
Web site: COSAFA Women's Championship-Zimbabwe crowned 2011 Champions. womenssoccerafrica.blogspot.de. 9 July 2011 . 2017-07-18. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170811060059/http://womenssoccerafrica.blogspot.de/2011/07/cosafa-womens-championship-zimbabwe.html. 2017-08-11.
Web site: Flames' Ladies Team Eye Cecafa - Malawi PunchMalawi Punch . 2016-08-10 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160913200951/http://www.malawipunch.com/sports/flames-ladies-team-eye/ . 2016-09-13 .
Web site: 11 September 2022 . Zambia claim maiden Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Championship title . 8 August 2023 . COSAFA .