2019 COSAFA Women's Championship

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2019 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
CityNelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Dates31 July – 11 August 2019
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Africa (6th title)
Runners-up Zambia
Third place Zimbabwe
Fourth place Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored117 (5.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zambia Racheal Nachula
(10 goals)
Best player(s)Zambia Hellen Mubanga
Best goalkeeperSouth Africa Andile Dlamini
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The 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship is the seventh 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 July to 11 August in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.

Participants[edit]

Twelve of the fourteen COSAFA member took take part in the competition with Comoros entering the competition for the first time. Also rejoining the competition would be Eswatini who didn't compete in last year's tournament.[1] The draw was held on 3 July.[2]

Venues[edit]

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

Group stage[edit]

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.[2]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa (H) 3 3 0 0 23 1 +22 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Malawi 3 2 0 1 16 3 +13 6
3  Madagascar 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4  Comoros 3 0 0 3 1 35 −34 0
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2019. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Malawi 2–0 Madagascar
  • Vinkhumbu 81'
  • Kapanda 88'
 Report
South Africa 17–0 Comoros
 Report
Comoros 1–5 Madagascar
 Report
South Africa 3–1 Malawi
 Report
South Africa 3–0 Madagascar
 Report
Malawi 13–0 Comoros
 Report

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 2 1 0 18 2 +16 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Botswana 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage as best runner-up
3  Namibia 3 1 0 2 10 4 +6 3
4  Mauritius 3 0 0 3 0 26 −26 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2019. Source: [citation needed]
Zambia 15–0 Mauritius
 Report
Namibia 0–1 Botswana
Report
Zambia 3–2 Namibia
 Report
Mauritius 0–3 Botswana
Report
Zambia 0–0 Botswana
Report
Namibia 8–0 Mauritius
 Report

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zimbabwe 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Eswatini 3 2 0 1 7 8 −1 6
3  Angola 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  Mozambique 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2019. Source: [citation needed]
Zimbabwe 4–1 Angola
 Report
  • Alegria 45'
Mozambique 1–3 Eswatini
 Report
Zimbabwe 4–0 Mozambique
 Report
Angola 0–4 Eswatini
Report
Zimbabwe 7–0 Eswatini
 Report
Mozambique 1–3 Angola
 Report

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Zambia 4–0 Botswana
 Report
South Africa 3–1 Zimbabwe
 Report

Bronze medal match[edit]

Botswana 0–3 Zimbabwe
Report

Final[edit]

Zambia 0–1 South Africa
Report

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 117 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 5.32 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Team-by-Team guide to the 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship". COSAFA. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Port Elizabeth to host 2019 Cosafa Women's Championship". The South African. 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

External links[edit]

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