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

Participants

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

Main article: 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship squads

Venues

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

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Südafrika (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  Komoren 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 Komoren
 Bericht
Südafrika 2–0 Angola
 Bericht
Komoren 1–1 Angola
 Bericht
  • Alegria 66'
Eswatini 0–5 Südafrika
Bericht
Angola 4–3 Eswatini
 Bericht
Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Südafrika 7–0 Komoren
 Bericht

Group B

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  Sambia 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]
Sambia 8–0 Lesotho
 Bericht
Malawi 9–0 Lesotho
 Bericht
Sambia 0–1 Malawi
Bericht

Group C

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  Tansania 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3  Simbabwe 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: [citation needed]
Simbabwe 0–1 Tansania
Bericht
Botswana 1–0 Tansania
 Bericht
Simbabwe 0–1 Botswana
Bericht
Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Best runner-up

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sambia 2 1 0 1 8 1 +7 3 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tansania 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

Semi-finals

[1]

Botswana 2–1 Sambia
 Bericht
Südafrika 6–2 Malawi
 Bericht
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

Botswana 1–2 Südafrika
 Bericht

Goalscorers

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

  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.
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