2018 COSAFA Women's Championship

The 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It took place from 12 to 22 September in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.

2018 COSAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates12 – 22 September 2018
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Africa (5th title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Uganda
Fourth place Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored64 (2.91 per match)
Top scorer(s) Linda Motlhalo
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Genevieve Ngo Mbeleck
Best goalkeeper Ruth Atoru
Fair play award Zambia

Participants

Twelve teams take part in the competition, 10 of the 14 COSAFA members and also Uganda and Cameroon as invited guest nations.[1] The draw was held on 29 August.[2]

Venues
Groups A, B, C, Semifinals and Final Groups A and B
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 9 1 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Botswana 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
3  Malawi 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
4  Madagascar 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Botswana 2–0 Malawi
Keleboge  6'
Radikakanyo  78'		 Report
South Africa 2–1 Madagascar
Xesi  7'
Vilakazi  20'		 Report Rasoanandrasana  22' (pen.)
Madagascar 0–2 Malawi
Report
  • Kasenda  18'
  • Kapanda  81'
Botswana 0–1 South Africa
Report Seoposenwe  90+5'
South Africa 6–0 Malawi
  • Motlhalo  10', 88', 89'
  • Xesi  31', 45'
  • Mohlakoana  53'
 Report
Botswana 0–0 Madagascar
Report

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Cameroon 3 2 0 1 14 2 +12 6 Advance to knockout stage as best runner-up
3  Mozambique 3 1 0 2 3 12 −9 3
4  Lesotho 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source:
Cameroon 8–1 Mozambique
Mbappé  5', 54'
Mpeh  25', 75', 89'
Abena  58'
Meyong  71'
Nkada  85'		 Report Cuta  53'
Zambia 2–0 Lesotho
Zulu  36'
Banda  57'		 Report
Lesotho 1–2 Mozambique
Maloro  60' Report Cuta  47'
Lucia  72'
Zambia 1–0 Cameroon
Mweemba  38' Report
Zambia 3–0 Mozambique
 Report
Cameroon 6–0 Lesotho
 Report

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uganda 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Zimbabwe 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Namibia 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
4  Eswatini 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on Complate. Source:
Eswatini 3–4 Uganda
Sandiswa  62'
Thandizile  78'
Shongwe  90'		 Report Nassuna  3', 82' (pen.)
Norah  32'
Resty  45+2'
Zimbabwe 1–0 Namibia
Nyaumwe  18' Report
Zimbabwe 3–0 Eswatini
 Report
Namibia 0–0 Uganda
Report
Zimbabwe 1–2 Uganda
 Report
Eswatini 1–4 Namibia
Nkambule  90' Report van Wyk  5'
Katuta  7', 34'
Mulunga  43'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Zambia 0–1 Cameroon
Report Ngo  77'
South Africa 2–0 Uganda
Motlhalo  7'
Seoposenwe  67'		 Report

Bronze medal match
Zambia 0–1 Uganda
Report Akiror  33' (pen.)

Final
Cameroon 1–2 South Africa
Ngo  66' Report Jane  42', 90'

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 64 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

The winners of the tournament awards were:[3]

References
  1. "Cameroon, Uganda to feature in Cosafa Women's Championship". jwsports1.com. 24 August 2018.
  2. "Cameroon, Zambia to clash at COSAFA Women's Championship". COSAFA. 29 August 2018.
  3. "South Africa are 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship winners!". COSAFA. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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