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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.

2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates3–14 November 2020
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Africa (7th title)
Runners-up Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored64 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Sibulele Holweni (8 goals)
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Participants edit

Nine of the fourteen COSAFA member took take part in the competition. Tanzania from the CECAFA region entered as guests.[1] Eswatini and Lesotho entered late because of uncertainety due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Namibia withdrew on 21 October 2020.[3] The draw then was held on 22 October 2020.[4]

Squads edit

Main article: 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship squads

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. 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.[5]

Group A edit

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
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2020. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Eswatini  4–2  Comoros
 Report
South Africa  2–0  Angola
 Report
Comoros  1–1  Angola
 Report
  • Alegria   66'
Eswatini  0–5  South Africa
Report
Angola  4–3  Eswatini
 Report
Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth
South Africa  7–0  Comoros
 Report

Group B edit

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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: [citation needed]
Zambia  8–0  Lesotho
 Report
Malawi  9–0  Lesotho
 Report
Zambia  0–1  Malawi
Report

Group C edit

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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: [citation needed]
Zimbabwe  0–1  Tanzania
Report
Botswana  1–0  Tanzania
 Report
Zimbabwe  0–1  Botswana
Report
Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Best runner-up edit

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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

Semi-finals edit

[1]

Botswana  2–1  Zambia
 Report
South Africa  6–2  Malawi
 Report
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.[6]

Final edit

Botswana  1–2  South Africa
 Report

Goalscorers edit

There were 64 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.27 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ "Tanzania set to light up COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship!". COSAFA. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ Korir, Tony (17 October 2020). "eSwatini, Lesotho to feature In COSAFA championships". Binti Sports. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Namibia withdraws from COSAFA women's & U-17 championships due to lack of preparation". Xinhua News Agency. 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Fantastic clashes headline COSAFA Women's Championship draw". COSAFA. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023.
  5. ^ "2020 COSAFA Women's and Women's U17 Championships Guide" (PDF). COSAFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Semifinal line-up complete at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship!". COSAFA. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links edit

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