# 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship

The 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. The 2017 edition took place between 13 and 24 September 2017 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
The tournament was won by South Africa.

## Participants

Twelve teams took part in the competition 11 of the 14 COSAFA members and Kenya as invited guest from East Africa.
* Botswana
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* South Africa
* Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Venues

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Bulawayo :
| Barbourfields Stadium | Luveve Stadium |
| Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 8,000 |
| 20°07′51″S 28°34′11″E﻿ / ﻿20.130910410°S 28.569635152°E﻿ / -20.130910410; 28.569635152﻿ (Barbourfields Stadium) | 20°06′16″S 28°30′22″E﻿ / ﻿20.104379867°S 28.506098985°E﻿ / -20.104379867; 28.506098985﻿ (Luveve Stadium) |

## Draw

The draw took place on 23 August 2017 at 2pm.

## Group stage

* All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zimbabwe (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Malawi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Madagascar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 | |
* ↑ Zimbabwe advanced to the semi-finals as best runners-up.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kenya (G) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Swaziland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Lesotho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 101 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 4.59 goals per match.
10 goals
* Rutendo Makore
9 goals
* Tabitha Chawinga
8 goals
* Neddy Atieno
5 goals
* Misozi Zulu
* Barbra Banda
4 goals
* Lúcia Leila
* Thembi Kgatlana
* Leandra Smeda
3 goals
* Mwanalima Adam
* Sophie Farafaniaina
* Temwa Chawinga
* Chantelle Esau
2 goals
* Bonang Otlhagile
* Lucy Mukhwana
* Boitumelo Rabale
* Betinha
* Vistoria Shangula
* Anna-Marie Shikusho
* Celiwe Nkambule
* Grace Chanda
* Racheal Nachula
* Noria Sosala
1 goal
* Boitumelo Gammu
* Refilwe Tholakele
* Mercy Achieng
* Dorcas Nixon
* Phoeby Owiti
* Cheris Salano
* Mamy Razafindrabe
* Ninika
* Juliana Blou
* Zenatha Coleman
* Refiloe Jane
* Nqobile Dlamini
* Nobuhle Mdluli
* Nomvula Sanga
* Rhoda Chileshe
* Berita Kabwe
* Priviledge Mupeti
* Marjory Nyaumwe
1 own goal
* Marie Rassoie (against Kenya)

### Awards

Player of the Tournament was South Africa's Chrestinah Kgatlana. Golden Boot winner was Zimbabwe's Rutendo Makore with 10 goals. Zimbabwe goalkeeper Chido Dzingirai won the Golden Glove award The Fair Play award was given to Kenya.