2019 COSAFA Women's Championship

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2019 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
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, an 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[]

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[]

Groups A, B, C, Semifinals and Final Groups A, B, and C
2019 COSAFA Women's Championship is located in South Africa
Nelson Mandela Bay
Nelson Mandela Bay
Host location in South Africa.
KwaZakele Port Elizabeth
Wolfson Stadium Gelvandale Stadium
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 3,000

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.[2]

Group A[]

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) Host
Malawi 2–0 Madagascar
  • Goal 81'
  • Goal 88'
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
South Africa 17–0 Comoros
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Comoros 1–5 Madagascar
  • Goal 41'
 Report
  • Goal 1'
  • Goal 3'
  • Goal 20', 51'
  • Goal 45+2'
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
South Africa 3–1 Malawi
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
South Africa 3–0 Madagascar
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Malawi 13–0 Comoros
  • Simwaka Goal 17', 17'
  • Kasenda Goal 31', 43', 44', 48', 62', 67', 88', 90'
  • Goal 41', 47'
  • Goal 66'
 Report

Group B[]

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
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Namibia 0–1 Botswana
Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Zambia 3–2 Namibia
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Mauritius 0–3 Botswana
Report
  • Goal 21'
  • Goal 37'
  • Goal 77'
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Zambia 0–0 Botswana
Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Namibia 8–0 Mauritius
 Report

Group C[]

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
  • Goal 45'
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Mozambique 1–3 Eswatini
  • Goal 3'
 Report
  • Goal 53'
  • Goal 58'
  • Goal 62'
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Zimbabwe 4–0 Mozambique
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Angola 0–4 Eswatini
Report
  • Goal 6'
  • Goal 57'
  • Goal 65'
  • Goal 90'
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Zimbabwe 7–0 Eswatini
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
Mozambique 1–3 Angola
  • Goal 9'
 Report
  • Goal 18', 81'
  • Goal 36'

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals[]

Zambia 4–0 Botswana
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele
South Africa 3–1 Zimbabwe
 Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele

Bronze medal match[]

Botswana 0–3 Zimbabwe
Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele

Final[]

Zambia 0–1 South Africa
Report
Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

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

  • Comoros (against South Africa)
  • Madagascar (against South Africa)
  • Mauritius (against Zambia)

Awards[]

References[]

  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. ^ Jump up to: 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.

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