2022 COSAFA Women's Championship

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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]

2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates31 August—11 September 2022
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored37 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)
2021
2023
All statistics correct as of 4 September 2022.

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
  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
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
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
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
Mauritius  0–5  Mozambique
Report
South Africa  3–0  Angola
Report

Angola  1–1  Mozambique
Report
South Africa  4–0  Mauritius
Report
Referee: Mathabo Kolokotoane (Lesotho)

Mauritius  v  Angola
Mozambique  v  South Africa
TBC

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Lesotho  3–0  Eswatini
Report
Zambia  2–0  Namibia
Report

Namibia  5–1  Eswatini
Zambia  7–0  Lesotho
Report

Lesotho  v  Namibia
Eswatini  v  Zambia
TBC

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Tanzania  3–0  Comoros
Report
Botswana  1–1  Malawi
Report

Malawi  v  Comoros
Botswana  v  Tanzania

Tanzania  v  Malawi
Comoros  v  Botswana
TBC

Ranking of runner-up teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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

References

  1. ^ "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". cafonline.com. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. ^ "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". www.cosofa.com. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Tanzania crowned 2021 COSAFA Championship winners". www.Cosafa.com. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.