# 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship

The 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship an international association football competition for women's under-17 national teams organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The tournament took place in Lilongwe, Malawi from 1 to 11 December 2022.
Zambia was the defending champion having defeated Botswana four to nil in the final on 6 December 2021.
South Africa won their maiden title after beating Zambia four goals to three. Malawi, the hosts, clinched the bronze medal after crashing Botswana nine goals to nil on third-place match.

## Participating nations

Six teams from the COSAFA region entered the tournament, originally Mauritius entered the tournament and were drawn in group A, however they withdrew before the tournament started, which saw Namibia taking their place. Malawi participated for the first time in the COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship history.
| Team | App | Last | Best placement in the tournament |
| Botswana | 3rd | 2021 | Runners-up (2021) |
| Comoros | 3rd | 2020 | Group Stage (2019, 2020) |
| Malawi | 1st | — | — |
| Namibia | 2nd | 2021 | Group Stage (2021) |
| South Africa | 3rd | 2020 | Runners-up (2019) |
| Zambia | 4th | 2021 | Champions (2021) |

## Venue

All matches were played at these ground in Malawi.
| Lilongwe | Lilongwe2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship (Malawi) |
| Bingu National Stadium | Lilongwe2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship (Malawi) |
| Capacity: 41,100 | Lilongwe2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship (Malawi) |

## Draw

The draw for the tournament were held on 4 November 2022 at Lilongwe, Malawi. The six teams were divided into two group. Top two teams from each group will enter to the Semi-finals

## Group summary

| Group A | Group B |
| Malawi  Namibia  South Africa | Botswana  Comoros  Zambia |

## Group stages
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malawi (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 3 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Namibia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Botswana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Comoros | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | |

## 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 |
| 7 December — Lilongwe | 7 December — Lilongwe |
| Zambia | 2 (3) |
| Zambia | 2 (3) | 11 December — Lilongwe | 11 December — Lilongwe |
| Malawi | 2 (1) | 11 December — Lilongwe | 11 December — Lilongwe |
| Malawi | 2 (1) | Zambia | 3 |
| 8 December — Lilongwe | 8 December — Lilongwe | | Zambia | 3 |
| 8 December — Lilongwe | 8 December — Lilongwe | South Africa | 4 |
| South Africa | 3 | South Africa | 4 |
| Botswana | 0 | | |
| Botswana | 0 | Third Place match | Third Place match |
| | | 10 December — Lilongwe | 10 December — Lilongwe |
| | | Malawi | 9 |
| | | Botswana | 0 |

### Final
## Awards

* 4th COSAFA Under-17 Womens Championship 2022 Winners
* South Africa First Title

## Goalscorers

There were 75 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 7.5 goals per match.
8 goals
* Rose Kadzere
7 goals
* Faith Chinzimu
6 goals
* Nobahle Mdelwa
5 goals
* Andrielle Mibe
4 goals
* Sinazo Ntshota
* Harriet Matipa
* Jessy Zulu
3 goals
* Lotang Ebineng
* Leticia Chinyamula
* Lubasi Pumulo
* Zangose Zulu
2 goals
* Katlou Ditsile
* Sarah Mulimbika
* Olwethu Sosibo
* Bwalya Chileshe
1 goal
* Mbapeua Hangara
* Palesa Mokopakgosi
* Lebogang Dilelo
* Mary Mbalangwe
* Chikondi Mgodi
* Anna Baziliyo
* Linda Manda
* Gositang Motshegwe
* Julia Gonçalves
* Khutso Mogano
* Naledi Nkosi
* Ntando Phahla
* Tatiana Correia
* Blessing Zulu
* Esther Musialela
* Tricia Mabamba
* Lucy Kajiya