2021 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship was 9th edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It will take place from 28 September to 9 October 2021 in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.
South Africa are the defending champion by having defeated Botswana 1–2 goals on 14 November 2020. They were beaten by Malawi in the semi-finals 3–2.
Participants
Nine of the fourteen COSAFA member took take part in the competition. South Sudan and Tanzania from the CECAFA region entered as guests. Comoros withdrew and were replaced by guests Uganda from the CECAFA region. The draw was held on 12 August 2021.*
Venue
Matches will be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.Officials
Referees- Chipo Mayimbo Mercy
- Mercy Kayria
- Antsino Twanyanyukwa
- Hapinnes Mbandambanda
- Claris Simango
- Faith Mloyi
- Maneo Tau
- Olinda Couana
- Mercy Zulu
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.All times are South African Standard Time.
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Knockout stage
Bracket
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.