2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. The 2017 edition took place between 13 and 24 September 2017 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | |
Dates | 13 – 24 September 2017 |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 101 (4.59 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (10 goals) |
Best player(s) | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Fair play award | |
The tournament was won by South Africa.[1]
Participants
Twelve teams took part in the competition 11 of the 14 COSAFA members and Kenya as invited guest from East Africa.
Venues
Bulawayo | |
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Barbourfields Stadium | Luveve Stadium |
Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 8,000 |
20.130910410°S 28.569635152°E | 20.104379867°S 28.506098985°E |
Draw
The draw took place on 23 August 2017 at 2pm.[2]
Group stage
- All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+2).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 |
(H) Host.
Notes:
- Zimbabwe advanced to the semi-finals as best runners-up.
Zambia | 6–3 | |
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Sosala M. Zulu Banda Nachula |
Report | Ta. Chawinga |
Zimbabwe | 4–0 | |
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Makore |
Report |
Madagascar | 3–6 | |
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Farafaniaina Razafindrabe |
Report | Ta. Chawinga Te. Chawinga |
Zambia | 7–1 | |
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M. Zulu Banda Chanda Sosala Chileshe Nachula |
Report | Farafaniaina |
Zimbabwe | 3–3 | |
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Makore |
Report | Te. Chawinga Ta. Chawinga |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
(G) Guest.
Kenya | 5–2 | |
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Atieno Adam Owiti |
Report | Lucia |
Kenya | 11–0 | |
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Adam Atieno Mukhwana Salano Nixon Rassoie |
Report |
Mozambique | 2–2 | |
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Lucia Betinha |
Report | Nkambule Nq. Dlamini |
Mauritius | 0–3 | |
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Report | Lucia Cuta Betinha |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
South Africa | 3–0 | |
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Smeda Esau Kgatlana |
Report |
South Africa | 3–1 | |
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Kgatlana Esau |
Report | Blou |
South Africa | 1–1 | |
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Esau |
Report | Tholakele |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Zambia | 3–3 | |
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Banda Chanda M. Zulu |
Report | Smeda Jane |
Penalties | ||
M. Zulu G. Zulu Chisamu Mukwasa |
3–5 |
Bronze medal match
Final
South Africa | 2–1 | |
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Kgatlana Smeda |
Report | Makore |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 101 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 4.59 goals per match.
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Lucia Mocambique Thembi Kgatlana Leandra Smeda
3 goals
Mwanalima Adam Sophie Farafaniaina Temwa Chawinga Chantelle Esau
2 goals
Bonang Otlhagile Lucy Mukhwana Boitumelo Rabele Betinha Alfredo Vistoria Shangula Anna-Marie Shikusho Celiwe Nkambule Grace Chanda Racheal Nachula Noria Sosala
1 goal
Boitumelo Gammu Refilwe Tholakele Mercy Achieng Dorcas Nixon Phoeby Owiti Cheris Salano Mamy Razafindrabe Cidalia Cuta Juliana Blou Zenatha Coleman Refiloe Jane Nqobile Dlamini Nobuhle Mdluli Nomvula Sanga Rhoda Chileshe Berita Kabwe Priviledge Mupeti Marjory Nyaumwe
1 own goal
Awards
Player of the Tournament was South Africa’s Chrestinah Kgatlana. Golden Boot winner was Zimbabwe's Rutendo Makore with 10 goals. Zimbabwe goalkeeper Chido Dzingirai won the Golden Glove award The Fair Play award was given to Kenya.[4]
References
- "Banyana win COSAFA Women's Championship". timeslive.co.za. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- "All set for 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship draw!". COSAFA. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- "Zambia clinched the bronze medal". COSAFA. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- "Award winners for COSAFA Women's Championship announced". cosafa.com. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.