# 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship

The 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship is the 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 takes place from 31 August to 11 September 2022 in South Africa.
Tanzania are the defending champion by having defeated Malawi 1–0 goals on 9 October 2021 in the final.

## Participating nations

Note: All appearance statistics exclude the 2008 edition.
| 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 B | 54 | Champions (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) |
| Zambia | 80 | Runners-up (2019) |
* Note: South Africa entered their B team, as their A team was involved in friendly matches against Brazil at the same time as the tournament. Their matches thus do not count towards the FIFA ranking.

### Did not enter

* Madagascar
* Seychelles
* Zimbabwe

## Venue

Matches will be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, NMU Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
| Port Elizabeth | Port Elizabeth | Port Elizabeth | Port Elizabeth |
| Port Elizabeth | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Wolfson Stadium | NMU Stadium |
| Port Elizabeth | Capacity: 46,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |

## 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 B (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 3 | Lesotho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Eswatini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tanzania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | |
| 3 | Malawi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Comoros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |

### Ranking of runner-up teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | |
| 3 | A | Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | |

## Knockout stage

* In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 9 September—Gqeberha | 9 September—Gqeberha |
| Zambia | 2 |
| Zambia | 2 | 11 September—Gqeberha | 11 September—Gqeberha |
| Tanzania | 1 | 11 September—Gqeberha | 11 September—Gqeberha |
| Tanzania | 1 | Zambia | 1 |
| 9 September—Gqeberha | 9 September—Gqeberha | | Zambia | 1 |
| 9 September—Gqeberha | 9 September—Gqeberha | South Africa B | 0 |
| South Africa B | 1 | South Africa B | 0 |
| Namibia | 0 | | |
| Namibia | 0 | Third Place match | Third Place match |
| | | 11 September—Gqeberha | 11 September—Gqeberha |
| | | Tanzania | 2 |
| | | Namibia | 1 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 70 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match (as of 11 September 2022).
10 goals
* Barbra Banda
5 goals
* Ontlametse Gaonyadiwe
4 goals
* Lithemba Sam
3 goals
* Boitumelo Rabale
* Tabitha Chawinga
2 goals
* Sara Luvunga
* Wezzie Mvula
* Cidalia Cuta
* Zenatha Coleman
* Ivone Kooper
* Memory Ngonda
* Refilwe Maseko
* Sphumelele Shamase
* Enekia Lunyamila
* Donisia Minja
1 goal
* Teresa Evaristo
* Cristina Makua
* Tshegofatso Mosotho
* Lesego Radiakanyo
* Sisanda Ndzinisa
* Fazila Chiyembekeza
* Rose Kadzere
* Asimenye Simwaka
* Deolinda Gove
* Isabel Jorge
* Cina Manuel
* Lonica Tsanwane
* Veweziwa Kotjipati
* Michelle Sampson
* Christer Bahera
* Diana Msewa
* Opa Tukumbuke
* Evarine Katongo
* Xiomara Mapepa
* Eneless Phiri
* Misozi Zulu
1 own goal
* Elsa Dadard (against Mozambique)
* Emma Naris (against Tanzania)
* Aisha Mnunka (against Namibia)
* Lushomo Mweemba (against Tanzania)