# COSAFA Women's Championship

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.

## 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.

## Format

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.

## Results

| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams |
| Edition | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 2002 | Zimbabwe | South Africa | 2–1 | Zimbabwe | Zambia | 1–0 | Mozambique | 8 |
| 2 | 2006 | Zambia | South Africa | 3–1 | Namibia | Zambia | 2–1 | Zimbabwe | 8 |
| 3 | 2008 | Angola | South Africa | 3–1 | Angola | | | | |
| 4 | 2011 Details | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1–0 | South Africa | Tanzania | 3–0 | Malawi | 8 |
| 5 | 2017 Details | Zimbabwe | South Africa | 2–1 | Zimbabwe | Zambia | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Kenya$^G$ | 12 |
| 6 | 2018 Details | South Africa | South Africa | 2–1 | Cameroon$^G$ | Uganda$^G$ | 1–0 | Zambia | 12 |
| 7 | 2019 Details | South Africa | South Africa | 1–0 | Zambia | Zimbabwe | 3–0 | Botswana | 12 |
| 8 | 2020 Details | South Africa | South Africa | 2–1 | Botswana | Malawi and Zambia | Malawi and Zambia | Malawi and Zambia | 10 |
| 9 | 2021 Details | South Africa | Tanzania$^G$ | 1–0 | Malawi | Zambia | 1–1 (4–3 p) | South Africa | 12 |
| 10 | 2022 Details | South Africa | Zambia | 1–0 | South Africa B | Tanzania$^G$ | 2–1 | Namibia | 12 |
| 11 | 2023 Details | South Africa | Malawi | 2–1 | Zambia | Mozambique | 2–0 | Zimbabwe | 12 |
| 12 | 2024 Details | South Africa | Zambia | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | South Africa | Malawi and Mozambique | Malawi and Mozambique | Malawi and Mozambique | 14 |
$^G$: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member.

## Summary
### Performances by team

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalists |
| South Africa | 7 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) | 3 (2011, 2022, 2024) | | 1 (2021) | |
| Zambia | 2 (2022, 2024) | 2 (2019, 2023) | 4 (2002, 2006, 2017, 2021) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2020) |
| Zimbabwe | 1 (2011) | 2 (2002, 2017) | 1 (2019) | 2 (2006, 2023) | |
| Malawi | 1 (2023) | 1 (2021) | | 1 (2011) | 2 (2020, 2024) |
| Tanzania | 1 (2021) | | 2 (2011, 2022) | | |
| Botswana | | 1 (2020) | | 1 (2019) | |
| Namibia | | 1 (2006) | | 1 (2022) | |
| Angola | | 1 (2008) | | | |
| Cameroon | | 1 (2018) | | | |
| Mozambique | | | 1 (2023) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2024) |
| Uganda | | | 1 (2018) | | |
| Kenya | | | | 1 (2017) | |
* Italic: hosts

### Participating nations
#### Legend

| Team | 2002 | 2006 | 2008 | 2011 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
| Angola | | GS | 2nd | | | | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 |
| Botswana | GS | | | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 |
| Comoros | | | | | | | GS | GS | | GS | GS | GS | 5 |
| Eswatini | GS | GS | | | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 |
| Lesotho | GS | GS | | GS | GS | GS | | GS | | GS | GS | GS | 9 |
| Madagascar | | | | | GS | GS | GS | | | | GS | GS | 5 |
| Malawi | GS | GS | | 4th | GS | GS | GS | SF | 2nd | GS | 1st | SF | 11 |
| Mauritius | | | | | GS | | GS | | | GS | | GS | 4 |
| Mozambique | 4th | GS | | GS | GS | GS | GS | | GS | GS | 3rd | SF | 10 |
| Namibia | | 2nd | | | GS | GS | GS | | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 8 |
| Seychelles | | | | | | | | | | | | GS | 1 |
| South Africa | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 12 |
| Zambia | 3rd | 3rd | | GS | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | SF | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 11 |
| Zimbabwe | 2nd | 4th | | 1st | 2nd | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | | 4th | GS | 10 |
| Invitee nations ||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | | | | | | 2nd | | | | | | | 1 |
| Kenya | | | | | 4th | | | | | | | | 1 |
| South Sudan | | | | | | | | | GS | | | | 1 |
| Tanzania | | | | 3rd | | | | GS | 1st | 3rd | | | 4 |
| Uganda | | | | | | 3rd | | | GS | | | | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 9 | | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |

### 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 | Barbra Banda | 10 |
| 2023 | Temwa Chawinga | 9 |
| 2024 | Ochumba Lubandji Fridah Mukoma | 4 |