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2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship

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2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Malawi
Dates1–11 December 2022
Teams6 (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 played10
Goals scored75 (7.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Malawi Rose Kadzere
(8 Goals)
Best player(s)South Africa Sinazo Ntshota
Best goalkeeperSouth Africa 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.[1][2]

Zambia was the defending champion having defeated Botswana four to nil in the final on 6 December 2021.[3]

South Africa won their maiden title after beating Zambia four goals to three.[4] Malawi, the hosts, clinched the bronze medal after crashing Botswana nine goals to nil on third-place match.

Participating nations

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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

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All matches were played at these ground in Malawi.

Lilongwe
2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship is located in Malawi
Lilongwe
Lilongwe
2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship (Malawi)
Bingu National Stadium
Capacity: 41,100
BINGU NATIONAL STADIUM.jpg

Draw

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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[5]

Group summary

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Group A Group B

 Malawi
 Namibia
 South Africa

 Botswana
 Comoros
 Zambia

Group stages

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Group A

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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
Source: COSAFA
(H) Hosts
Malawi 1–4 South Africa
  • Mbalangwe 66'
 [ Report]
Namibia 0–12 South Africa
[ Report]
Malawi 12–0 Namibia
 [ Report]

Group B

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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
Source: COSAFA
Zambia 5–0 Botswana
 [ Report]
Botswana 8–0 Comoros
 [ Report]
Zambia 10–0 Comoros
 [ Report]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 December — Lilongwe
 
 
 Zambia 2 (3)
 
11 December — Lilongwe
 
 Malawi 2 (1)
 
 Zambia3
 
8 December — Lilongwe
 
 South Africa4
 
 South Africa 3
 
 
 Botswana 0
 
Third Place match
 
 
10 December — Lilongwe
 
 
 Malawi9
 
 
 Botswana0

Semi-finals

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Zambia 2–2 Malawi
 Report
Penalties
 3–1
Referee: Njaka Raharimanantaoa (Madagascar)
South Africa 3–0 Botswana
 Report

Third place match

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Malawi 9–0 Botswana
 [ Report]

Final

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Zambia 3–4 South Africa
 [ Report]

Awards

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

Goalscorers

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There were 75 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 7.5 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  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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