Best finish: Winners (2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) FIFA Ranking: 45 CAF Ranking: 2 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Winners 2019 – Winners 2020 – Winners 2021 – Fourth 2022 – Runners-Up Continental champions South Africa are seven-time winners of the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship but will be looking to regain the title
Best finish: Second (2006) FIFA Ranking: 140 CAF Ranking: 24 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Group Stage 2019 – Group Stage 2020 – Group Stage 2021 – Group Stage 2017 – Fourth Namibia were semifinalists in the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship last year but narrowly lost 1-0 to hosts South Africa, before a 2-1 defeat
Best finish: Fourth (2002) FIFA Ranking: 173 CAF Ranking: 39 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Group Stage 2019 – Group Stage 2020 – Did not enter 2021 – Group Stage 2022 – Group Stage Mozambique were unbeaten at the 2022 HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship, but that fine showing was not enough to seal a semifinal
MALAWI Best finish: Second (2021) FIFA Ranking: 159 CAF Ranking: 32 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Group Stage 2019 – Group Stage 2020 – Semifinals 2021 – Runners-Up 2022 – Group Stage Malawi will be hoping to go one better than their historic first ever final appearance at the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship in 2021,
Best finish: Group Stages (2002, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022) FIFA Ranking: 168 CAF Ranking: 25 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Group Stage 2019 – Did not enter 2020 – Group Stage 2021 – Did not enter 2022 – Group Stage Lesotho have been somewhat regular competitors at the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championships
Best finish: Group Stages (2017, 2018, 2019) FIFA Ranking: – CAF Ranking: – Last five tournaments: 2018 – Group Stage 2019 – Group Stage 2020 – Did not enter 2021 – Did not enter 2022 – Did not enter Madagascar return to the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship for the first time since 2019, the year
The HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship will be played from October 4-15, when the best of the region’s talent will gather in the hope of lifting the prestigious trophy. The tournament has become a hugely popular fixture on the COSAFA calendar, not least for the quality of the football, but also the entertainment value, with some
Best finish: Group Stages (2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) FIFA Ranking: 176 CAF Ranking: 41 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Group Stage 2019 – Group Stage 2020 – Group Stage 2021 – Group Stage 2022 – Group Stage Eswatini featured in the early days of the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championships and after
Best finish: Group Stages (2019, 2020, 2022) FIFA Ranking: 182 CAF Ranking: 42 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Did not enter 2019 – Group Stage 2020 – Group Stage 2021 – Did not enter 2022 – Group Stage Comoros Islands will return to the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship for the fourth time after difficult showings
Best finish: Second (2020) FIFA Ranking: 149 CAF Ranking: 31 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Group Stage 2019 – Fourth 2020 – Runners-Up 2021 – Group Stage 2022 – Group Stage Botswana will be seeking to build on their quarterfinal showing at last year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco when they return to
