Cosafa women’s champs fixtures released

Zim Now Writer

Fixtures for the 2023 Hollywood Bets Cosafa Women’s Championship to be played from October 4-15 in Durban, South Africa has been released for the 12 competing teams.

The tournament will open with a Group a clash between Madagascar and Eswatini at 12h00 CAT on Oct. 4, followed by a meeting between hosts South Africa and Malawi at 15h30 CAT.

Group B starts the following day when Angola take on Comoros at 12h00 CAT and defending champions Zambia meet Mozambique at 15h30 CAT.

Zimbabwe make a welcome return to the competition with their first fixture on October 6 against Lesotho at 12h00 CAT, before Namibia tackle Botswana at 15h30 CAT in the other match in Group C.

The group stages continue until the final round of matches on October 11, before the semi-finals are played two days later. The winners of Group A will play the best runner-up across the three pools, while the top two teams from Group B and Group C meet in the other semi-final.

The third-place playoffs will be staged at 12h00 CAT on October 15, with the grand final on the same day at 15h30 CAT.

South Africa have won seven of the previous 10 Cosafa Women’s Championships played, with Zimbabwe (2011), Tanzania (2021) and Zambia (2022).