Best finish: Winners (2011) FIFA Ranking: 125 CAF Ranking: 19 Last four COSAFA tournaments: 2017 – Runners-Up 2018 – Group Stages 2019 – Third 2020 – Group Stages 2021 – Group Stages 2022 – FIFA suspension Women’s football in Zimbabwe saw a resurgence a little over a decade ago after the side won the Southern
Best finish: Winners (2022) FIFA Ranking: 69 CAF Ranking: 7 Last five tournaments: 2018 – Fourth 2019 – Runners-Up 2020 – Semifinals 2021 – Third 2022 – Winners Zambia return to the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship as title holders after their stunning success over South Africa in the 2022 final, gifted to them by an
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
