2024 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
City | Gqeberha |
Dates | 22 October – 2 November |
Teams | 14 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 19 (3.17 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Tenanile Ngcamphalala (3 goals) |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 24 October 2024. |
The 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship is the twelfth edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, also known as the 2024 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Championship for sponsorship purposes, the annual international women's association football championship contested by the women's national teams of Southern Africa and organised by COSAFA. The tournament will take place in Gqeberha, South Africa from 22 October to 2 November 2024.[1]
Malawi are the defending champions, having claimed their first title in the previous edition.[2]
Format
[edit]The competition format was unveiled at the official draw ceremony held in October 2024. The tournament will begin with a group stage featuring four groups (two groups of four teams and two groups of three teams). The top team from each group will progress to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the final, while, for the first time since 2020, no third-place match will be held.[3]
Teams
[edit]Participation
[edit]A record 14 COSAFA Member Associations have entered this year's edition, marking the first time all members are participating. Of the 14 teams competing, 12 featured in last year's 2023 edition. Mauritius will return to the tournament after missing the previous edition, while Seychelles will make their debut in the competition.[4]
Note: All appearance statistics exclude the 2008 edition.
Team | App | Last appearance |
Previous best performance | FIFA ranking August 2024 |
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Angola[5] | 7th | 2023 | Group stage (2006, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) | 148 |
Botswana[5] | 10th | 2023 | Runners-up (2020) | 153 |
Comoros[5] | 5th | 2023 | Group stage (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) | 188 |
Eswatini[6] | 10th | 2023 | Group stage (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) | 182 |
Lesotho[6] | 9th | 2023 | Group stage (2002, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023) | 176 |
Madagascar[6] | 5th | 2023 | Group stage (2017, 2018, 2019, 2023) | 190 |
Malawi[7] | 11th | 2023 | Champions (2023) | 156 |
Mauritius[7] | 4th | 2022 | Group stage (2017, 2019, 2022) | 194 |
Mozambique[8] | 10th | 2023 | Third place (2023) | 171 |
Namibia[8] | 8th | 2023 | Runners-up (2006) | 125 |
Seychelles[8] | 1st | — | Debut | 170 |
South Africa[9] | 11th | 2023 | Champions (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) | 50 |
Zambia[9] | 11th | 2023 | Champions (2022) | 62 |
Zimbabwe[9] | 10th | 2023 | Champions (2011) | 124 |
Squads
[edit]Draw
[edit]The final group stage draw took place at COSAFA House in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 8 October 2024 at 12:00 SAST (UTC+2).[10][11]
For this edition, the top three teams from the previous tournament, along with the host nation, were automatically placed into the following positions. South Africa, the host nation, to position A1; Malawi, the 2023 champions, were assigned to position B1; Zambia, the 2023 runners-up, to position C1; and Mozambique, the 2023 third-place team, to position D1. The remaining teams were seeded into three pots for the draw: Pot 1 included Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola; Pot 2 featured Eswatini, Madagascar, Comoros, and Lesotho; and Pot 3 contained Seychelles and Mauritius, who did not compete in the previous edition.[3]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Zimbabwe Botswana Namibia Angola |
Eswatini Madagascar Lesotho Comoros |
Mauritius Seychelles |
Venues
[edit]Gqeberha has been selected as the host city for this year's tournament, with two venues located within the city itself and one in the nearby iBhayi township, including the renowned Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Gqeberha | Ibhayi | ||
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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Gelvandale Stadium | Wolfson Stadium | |
Capacity: 42,486 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
Officials
[edit]- Referees
- Tania Marisa Duarte
- Nteboheleng Setoko
- Eness Gumbo
- Vistoria Nuusiku Shangula
- Antsino Twanyanyukwa
- Akhona Makalima
- Gloria Sambumba
- Mercy Chipo Mayimbo
- Grace Gimo
- Thanks Nyahuye
- Assistant Referees
Group stage
[edit]All times are local, SAST (UTC+2). The match schedule was announced by COSAFA on 9 October 2024.[12]
Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
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Group A
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Eswatini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | South Africa (H) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Namibia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
4 | Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Eswatini | 6–0 | Seychelles |
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South Africa | 1–0 | Namibia |
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Report |
Namibia | Match 7 | Seychelles |
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Report |
South Africa | Match 8 | Eswatini |
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Report |
Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Madagascar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Botswana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Malawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Mauritius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Madagascar | 5–1 | Mauritius |
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Report |
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Malawi | Match 10 | Madagascar |
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Report |
Madagascar | Match 13 | Botswana |
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Report |
Group C
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zambia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Comoros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group D
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Mozambique | 1–0 | Zimbabwe |
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Report |
Mozambique | Match 18 | Lesotho |
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Report |
Knockout stage
[edit]- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
31 October – Ibhayi | ||||||
Group B winners | ||||||
2 November – Ibhayi | ||||||
Group C winners | ||||||
Winner M19 | ||||||
31 October – Ibhayi | ||||||
Winner M20 | ||||||
Group A winners | ||||||
Group D winners | ||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Group B winners | Match 19 | Group C winners |
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Group A winners | Match 20 | Group D winners |
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Final
[edit]Winner M19 | Match 21 | Winner M20 |
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Goal scorers
[edit]There have been 19 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match (as of 24 October 2024).
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Broadcasting rights
[edit]Country | Broadcaster | Ref. |
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South Africa | SABC, SuperSport | [13] |
World | FIFA+ | [13] |
COSAFA on YouTube | [13] |
External links
[edit]- Official website
- 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship at Soccerway
References
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- ^ a b c "Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women's Championship profiles". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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