# Malawi at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Malawi competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. Having made its Games debut in 1970, it was Malawi's fourteenth appearance to date.

## Competitors

Malawi's team consisted of 22 athletes competing in five sports.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Boxing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Judo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Netball | — | 12 | 12 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 16 | 22 |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Stern Liffa | 100 m | 10.49 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stern Liffa | 200 m | 21.43 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Farook Mponda | 200 m | 22.61 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Farook Mponda | 400 m | 49.12 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Asimenye Simwaka | 200 m | 23.28 | 3 Q | 23.59 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Asimenye Simwaka | 400 m | 52.19 | 3 Q | 51.70 | 2 Q | 51.55 | 6 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Elias Bonzo | Men's Light welterweight | Ume (PNG) L 1 - 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luwis Mbewe | Men's Welterweight | Bye | Deen Kargbo (SLE) W 4 - 1 | Croft (WAL) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natasha Maya | Women's Featherweight | — | Kenosi (BOT) L 0 - 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

A squad of two judoka was entered as of 8 July 2022.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/BM | Final/BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Austin Chikwapula | Men's -66 kg | Short (SCO) L 00 - 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Harriet Boniface | Women's -48 kg | Bye | Likmabam (IND) L 00 - 10 | Did not advance | Tari (VAN) W 10 - 00 | Platten (ENG) L 00 - 10 | 5 |

## Netball

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 28 July 2021), Malawi qualified for the tournament.
Partial fixtures were announced in November 2021, then updated with the remaining qualifiers in March 2022.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM / Cl. | Final / BM / Cl. |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Malawi women | Women's tournament | England L 41 - 66 | Northern Ireland W 54 - 41 | New Zealand L 50 - 69 | Trinidad and Tobago W 70 - 30 | Uganda L 43 - 56 | 4 | Did not advance | Seventh place match Wales W 62 - 56 | 7 |

### Roster

* Joyce Mvula
* Jane Chimaliro
* Sindi Simtowe
* Takondwa Lwazi
* Thandi Galeta
* Bridget Kumwenda
* Shira Dimba
* Martha Dambo
* Caroline Mtukule
* Towera Vinkhumbo
* Loreen Ngwira
* Jasinta Kumwenda

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 169 | +152 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 325 | 188 | +137 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Uganda | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 256 | 206 | +50 | 6 | Classification matches |
| 4 | Malawi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 258 | 262 | −4 | 4 | Classification matches |
| 5 | Northern Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 155 | 299 | −144 | 2 | Classification matches |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 136 | 327 | −191 | 0 | Classification matches |
| 30 July 2022 14:00 | Report | England | 66–41 | Malawi | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gareth Fowler |
| 30 July 2022 14:00 | Report | Cardwell 31/33 (94%) Harten 21/25 (84%) Housby 14/18 (78%) | | Chimaliro 4/5 (80%) Kumwenda 18/21 (86%) Mvula 19/22 (86%) | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gareth Fowler |
| 31 July 2022 12:00 | Report | Malawi | 54–41 | Northern Ireland | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Tracy-Ann Griffiths |
| 31 July 2022 12:00 | Report | Chimaliro 4/4 (100%) Kumwenda 29/32 (91%) Mvula 15/19 (79%) Simtowe 6/6 (100%) | | Bowman 1/3 (33%) Crosbie 18/22 (82%) Magee 22/27 (81%) | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Tracy-Ann Griffiths |
| 1 August 2022 20:00 | Report | New Zealand | 69–50 | Malawi | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Joshua Bowring |
| 1 August 2022 20:00 | Report | Nweke 52/55 (95%) Selby-Rickit 13/15 (87%) Wilson 4/5 (80%) | | Chimaliro 5/6 (83%) Kumwenda 27/31 (87%) Mvula 14/17 (82%) Simtowe 4/4 (100%) | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Joshua Bowring |
| 3 August 2022 18:00 | Report | Malawi | 70–30 | Trinidad and Tobago | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Anso Kemp |
| 3 August 2022 18:00 | Report | Chimaliro 16/16 (100%) Kumwenda 27/28 (96%) Mvula 22/26 (85%) Simtowe 5/6 (83%) | | Cooper 2/4 (50%) Hollingsworth 5/9 (56%) Noel 23/26 (88%) | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Anso Kemp |
| 4 August 2022 16:00 | Report | Malawi | 43–56 | Uganda | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gary Burgess |
| 4 August 2022 16:00 | Report | Chimaliro 14/15 (93%) Kumwenda 22/23 (96%) Mvula 4/6 (67%) Simtowe 3/3 (100%) | | Cholhok 31/33 (94%) Eyaru 22/23 (96%) Proscovia 3/3 (100%) | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gary Burgess |

### Seventh place match

| 5 August 2022 14:30 | Report | Wales | 56–62 | Malawi | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Ken Metekingi Kate Wright |
| 5 August 2022 14:30 | Report | Creak 8/10 (80%) Roberts 1/2 (50%) Rowe 47/49 (96%) | | Chimaliro 3/4 (75%) Kumwenda 49/50 (98%) Simtowe 10/11 (91%) | National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Ken Metekingi Kate Wright |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tsinde Kumbatira | 50 m freestyle | 27.84 | 69 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tsinde Kumbatira | 50 m butterfly | 31.04 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jessica Makwenda | 50 m freestyle | Disqualified | Disqualified | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jessica Makwenda | 50 m butterfly | 34.75 | 52 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |