COSAFA Women's Championship 2018

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COSAFA Women's Championship 2018
2018 COSAFA Women's Championship
Number of nations 12
winner South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa (5th title)
venue Port Elizabeth South Africa
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Opening game September 12, 2018
Endgame 22nd September 2018
Games 22nd
Gates 74  (⌀: 3.36 per game)

The 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship , the southern African women's soccer championship , is scheduled to take place in Port Elizabeth ( Nelson Mandela Bay ) in South Africa from September 12-22, 2018 . The tournament is organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). For the first time in the tournament, the rule applies that the coaches of the women's national football team must also be women. It won the South African selection for the fifth time overall.

Participant and mode

12 teams have confirmed their participation in the tournament. These play in the group stage in three groups of four teams each. The group first and the best second in the group qualify for the semi-finals. The draw was scheduled to take place on August 16, 2018, but has been postponed to August 29, 2018. Uganda and Cameroon were invited as guest nations.

BotswanaBotswana Botswana
CameroonCameroon Cameroon (visiting team)
LesothoLesotho Lesotho
MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar
MalawiMalawi Malawi
MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique
NamibiaNamibia Namibia
ZambiaZambia Zambia
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa (defending champion)
ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland
UgandaUganda Uganda (visiting team)

Venues

The tournament is to take place in two stadiums.

Football stadiums of the COSAFA Cup 2018
Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth
Wolfson Stadium Gelvandal Stadium
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 3,000

Finals

Group stage

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa  3  3  0  0 009: 100  +8 09
 2. BotswanaBotswana Botswana  3  1  1  1 002: 100  +1 04th
 3. MalawiMalawi Malawi  3  1  0  2 002: 800  −6 03
 4th MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar  3  0  1  2 001: 400  −3 01
September 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Botswana - Malawi 2-0
September 12, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
South Africa - Madagascar 2: 1
September 14, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in Wolfson Stadium
Madagascar - Malawi 0: 2
September 14, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Botswana - South Africa 0: 1
September 17, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
South Africa - Malawi 6-0
September 17, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. in Gelvandale Stadium
Botswana - Madagascar 0-0

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ZambiaZambia Zambia  3  3  0  0 006-000  +6 09
 2. CameroonCameroon Cameroon  3  2  0  1 014: 200 +12 06th
 3. MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique  3  1  0  2 003:120  −9 03
 4th LesothoLesotho Lesotho  3  0  0  3 001:100  −9 00
September 13, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Cameroon - Mozambique 8: 1
September 13, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Zambia - Lesotho 2-0
September 15, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Lesotho - Mozambique 1: 2
September 15, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Zambia - Cameroon 1-0
September 18, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Zambia - Mozambique 3-0
September 18, 2018 at 3 p.m. in Gelvandale Stadium
Cameroon - Lesotho 6-0

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. UgandaUganda Uganda  3  2  1  0 006: 400  +2 07th
 2. ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe  3  2  0  1 005: 200  +3 06th
 3. NamibiaNamibia Namibia  3  1  1  1 004: 200  +2 04th
 4th SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland  2  0  0  2 003: 700  −4 00
September 12, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Swaziland - Uganda 3: 4
September 13, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Zimbabwe - Namibia 1-0
September 14, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Zimbabwe - Swaziland 3-0
September 15, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Namibia - Uganda 0-0
September 17, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Wolfson Stadium
Zimbabwe - Uganda 1: 2
17 September 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in Gelvandale Stadium
Swaziland - Namibia 1: 4

Main round

Semifinals

September 20, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in Wolfson Station
ZambiaZambia Zambia - CameroonCameroon Cameroon 0: 1
September 20, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. in Wolfson Station
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa - UgandaUganda Uganda 2-0

3rd place match

September 21, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Wolfson Station
ZambiaZambia Zambia - UgandaUganda Uganda 0: 1

final

September 22, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in Wolfson Station
CameroonCameroon Cameroon - South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1: 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ COSAFA urges for women coaches. Daily Nation, July 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ The 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship set for Port Elizabeth. COSAFA, August 21, 2018.
  3. ^ Cameroon, Zambia to clash at COSAFA Women's Championship. COSAFA, August 29, 2018.