The 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship will be 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 will take place from 31 August to 11 September 2022 in South Africa.[1][2]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
Dates | 31 August—11 September 2022 |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 37 (3.7 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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Tanzania are the defending champion by having defeated Malawi 1–0 goals on 9 October 2021 in the final.[3]
Participants nations
National team | FIFA Ranking | Best Performance |
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Angola | 141 | Group stage (2006, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
Botswana | 151 | Runners-up (2020) |
Comoros | 179 | Group stage (2019, 2020) |
Eswatini | 171 | Group stage (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
Lesotho | 167 | Group stage (2002, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020) |
Tanzania (guest) | 155 | Champions (2021) |
Malawi | 158 | Runners-up (2021) |
Mauritius | 185 | Group stage (2017, 2019) |
Mozambique | 170 | Fourth place (2002) |
Namibia | 146 | Runners-up (2006) |
South Africa | 54 | Champions (2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) |
Zambia | 80 | Runners-up (2019) |
Did not enter
Squads
Venue
Matches will be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and NMU Stadiumin Port Elizabeth , South Africa.
Port Elizabeth | Port Elizabeth | |
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Gelvandale Stadium | Wolfson Stadium | |
Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 10,000 |
Officials
Group stage
- All matches were played at South Africa.
- Times listed are UTC+02:00.
Key to colours in group tables | |
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The top finisher in each group and best runner-up qualified for the Knocokout-stage |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Africa (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | Mozambique | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | Possible Knockout stage |
3 | Angola | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
4 | Mauritius (E) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2022. Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts
South Africa | 3–0 | Angola |
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Angola | 1–1 | Mozambique |
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South Africa | 4–0 | Mauritius |
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Referee: Mathabo Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
Mozambique | v | South Africa |
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TBC
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | Namibia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Possible Knockout stage |
3 | Lesotho | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Eswatini (E) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2022. Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | Malawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Possible Knockout stage |
3 | Botswana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Comoros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 September 2022. Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Botswana | 1–1 | Malawi |
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Ranking of runner-up teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | A | Mozambique | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | B | Namibia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | C | Malawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2022. Source: COSAFA
Knockout stage
Goalscorers
There have been 37 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match (as of 4 September 2022).
7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
- Elsa Dadard (against Mozambique)
References
- ^ "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". cafonline.com. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". www.cosofa.com. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Tanzania crowned 2021 COSAFA Championship winners". www.Cosafa.com. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.