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2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Malawi
Dates	1–11 December 2022
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	Malawi
Fourth place	Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	75 (7.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rose Kadzere (8 Goals)
Best player(s)	Sinazo Ntshota
Best goalkeeper	Casey Gordon
Fair play award	Zambia
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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
Capacity: 41,100

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 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
3	Namibia	2	0	0	2	0	24	−24	0

Malawi	1–4	South Africa
Mbalangwe 66'		Mibe 14', 38' Mdelwa 41' Mogano 84'

Namibia	0–12	South Africa
		Motshegwe 2' Ntshota 4' Phahla 13' Sosibo 31', 65' Mdelwa 32', 48' Mibe 43', 46' Gonçalves 71' Correia 81' Nkosi 90'

Malawi	12–0	Namibia
Kadzere 23', 50', 55', 59', 65' Chinzimu 49', 58', 63', 82' Mgodi 53' Chinyamula 79' Baziliyo 84'

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
3	Comoros	2	0	0	2	0	18	−18	0

Zambia	5–0	Botswana
Chileshe 20', 72' Z. Zulu 22' Matipa 60' J. Zulu 90'

Botswana	8–0	Comoros
Ebineng 8', 44', 87' Ditsile 34', 55' Hangara 41' Mokopakgosi 42' Dilelo 89'

Zambia	10–0	Comoros
Pumulo 3', 62' (pen.), 65' (pen.) B. Zulu 17' Musialela 26' J. Zulu 33' Matipa 56', 80', 89' Mabamba 78'

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

Semi-finals

Zambia	2–2	Malawi
J. Zulu 3' (pen.) Z. Zulu 63'	Report	Kadzere 52', 76'
Penalties
J. Zulu Z. Zulu Musatila Chileshe	3–1	Chinzimu Kadzere Chinyamula Mulimbika

South Africa	3–0	Botswana
Mdelwa 25', 63' Ntshota 82'	Report

Third place match

Malawi	9–0	Botswana
Manda 2' Chinyamula 13', 31' Chinzimu 24', 40', 46' Kadzere 33' Mulimbika 62', 70'

Final

Zambia	3–4	South Africa
Kajiya 16' J. Zulu 21' Z. Zulu 50'		Ntshota 2', 66' Mdelwa 30' Mibe 84'

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

References

1. "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". www.cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football (CAF). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
2. "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". www.cosafa.com. Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
3. "South Africa win COSAFA women's championship Tanzania take over under-17 title". www.cosafa.com. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
4. "Zambia, South Africa both take gold at Region 5 Games Lilongwe 2022". cosafa.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
5. "Draw completed for COSAFA U-17 Womens Championship 2022". www.cosafa.com. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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