# 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship

The 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship is the eighth edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It takes place from 3 to 14 November in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.

## Participants

Nine of the fourteen COSAFA member took take part in the competition. Tanzania from the CECAFA region entered as guests. Eswatini and Lesotho entered late because of uncertainety due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Namibia withdrew on 21 October 2020. The draw then was held on 22 October 2020.
* Angola
* Botswana
* Comoros
* Eswatini
* Lesotho
* Malawi
* South Africa
* Tanzania (guest)
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Squads
## Venues

| Groups A, B, C, Semifinals and Final | Groups A, B, and C | Nelson Mandela Bayclass=notpageimage| Host location in South Africa. |
| KwaZakele | Port Elizabeth | Nelson Mandela Bayclass=notpageimage| Host location in South Africa. |
| Wolfson Stadium | Gelvandale Stadium | Nelson Mandela Bayclass=notpageimage| Host location in South Africa. |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 3,000 | Nelson Mandela Bayclass=notpageimage| Host location in South Africa. |

## Group stage

The group stage is composed of three groups of four teams each. Group winners and the best runner-up amongst all groups advance to the semi-finals. As Group A has 4 teams, the results against the bottom-placed team in this group are not counted towards the best runner-up calculation.
* All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Eswatini | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Comoros | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malawi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zambia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage as best runner-up |
| 3 | Lesotho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Botswana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tanzania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |

### Best runner-up

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zambia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tanzania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Angola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage
### Semi-finals

    1.^ Group B winner was originally scheduled to play the best runner-up of the group stage. But the regulations of the tournament didn't allow two teams from the same group to play against each other in the Semi-finals, and therefore the games had to be changed.

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 64 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.27 goals per match.
8 goals
* Sibulele Holweni
7 goals
* Tabitha Chawinga
4 goals
* Nomvula Kgoale
* Hildah Magaia
3 goals
* Alegria
* Tenanile Mgcamphalala
* Temwa Chawinga
* Gabriela Salgado
* Barbra Banda
2 goals
* Mokgabo Thanda
* Refilwe Tholekele
* Phumzile Dlamini
* Grace Chanda
* Ireen Lungu
1 goal
* Ana Afonso
* Bia
* Lone Gaofetoge
* Hairyat Abdourahmane
* Anlaouia Hadhiroimi
* Zaharouna Haoudadji
* Celiwe Nkambule
* Mokgale Nonjabuliso
* Zainab Kapanda
* Asimenye Simwaka
* Karabo Dhlamini
* Lonathemba Mhlongo
* Nonhlanhla Mthandi
* Kadosho Shekigenda
* Prisca Chilufya
* Maylan Mulenga