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COSAFA Women's Championship
The COSAFA Women's Championship is an association football tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). South Africa have won the most titles with seven wins. Zimbabwe won the 2011 edition. The next edition will take place in South Africa in September 2022.http://jwsports1.com/cameroon-uganda-feature-cosafa-womens-championship/ History Format Results G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member. Top scorers Participating nations ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Losing semi-finals *QF – Quarter-finals *GS – Group stage *Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament * – Did not qualify * – Withdrew * – Hosts *G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member. See also *Africa Women Cup of Nations The Women's Africa Cup of Nations, also called the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons and abbreviated to WAFCON, is an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of river systems; the Zambezi River being the most prominent. The Zambezi flows from the northwest corner of Zambia and western Angola to the Indian Ocean on the coast of Mozambique. Along the way, the Zambezi River flows over the mighty Victoria Falls on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is one of the largest waterfalls in the world and a major tourist attraction for the region. Southern Africa includes both subtropical and temperate climates, with the Tropic of Capricorn running through the middle of the region, dividing it into its subtropical and temperate halves. Countries commonly included in Southern Africa include Angola, Botswana, the Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noko Matlou
Noko Alice Matlou (born 30 September 1985) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera Federación side SD Eibar. She has represented the South Africa women's national team both as a striker and a defender. In 2008, Matlou became the first South African to be named African Women's Footballer of the Year. Club career At a club level, she plays for MaIndies. She has previously played for Development Ladies, Brazilian Ladies and the University of Johannesburg. Within footballing circles, she is nicknamed "Beep-Beep". Matlou trains with male footballers to enhance her game: "I train regularly with local male clubs and when I get on to the field with the women they simply cannot touch me." In 2008, she became the first South African to be named African Women's Footballer of the Year by the Confederation of African Football. International career Matlou made her debut for South Africa women's national football team ("Banyana Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COSAFA Women's Championship
The COSAFA Women's Championship is an association football tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). South Africa have won the most titles with seven wins. Zimbabwe won the 2011 edition. The next edition will take place in South Africa in September 2022.http://jwsports1.com/cameroon-uganda-feature-cosafa-womens-championship/ History Format Results G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member. Top scorers Participating nations ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Losing semi-finals *QF – Quarter-finals *GS – Group stage *Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament * – Did not qualify * – Withdrew * – Hosts *G: Invited guest team, non COSAFA member. See also *Africa Women Cup of Nations The Women's Africa Cup of Nations, also called the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons and abbreviated to WAFCON, is an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COSAFA Cup
The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been staged there in 1996. History The following teams have participated in the tournament in the past: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Additionally, seven non-COSAFA members have competed: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Senegal. Zimbabwe and Zambia have won the most titles with six wins, followed by South Africa with five wins. Zambia has been the most prolific side in the competition failing to reach the top 4 only four times since the tournament's inception. The first editions of the competition were a knockout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Women Cup Of Nations
The Women's Africa Cup of Nations, also called the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons and abbreviated to WAFCON, is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was first contested in 1991, but was not held biennially until 1998. Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, having won a record 11 titles, meaning they have won all but three of the previous tournaments. The three tournaments ''not'' won by Nigeria were won by Equatorial Guinea and South Africa; Equatorial Guinea won the two competitions in which it were the host. The competition has served as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup every other tournament since its inception in 1991. History In 2000, hosts South Africa met three-time champions Nigeria in the final game of the tournament. After Nigeria finished the first half ahead 1–0, Nigeria's Stella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 COSAFA Women's Championship
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 COSAFA Women's Championship
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibulele Holweni
Sibulele Cecilia Holweni (born 28 April 2001) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Sophakama/HPC and the South Africa women's national team. International career Holweni made her senior debut on 12 May 2019 in a 0–3 friendly loss to the United States. On 9 November 2020, Holweni scored five goals in the team's 7–0 win over Comoros in Group A of the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship. South Africa finished at the top of their group and advanced to the knockout stage. Honours South Africa * Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ... International goals :''Scores and results lis South Africa's goals tally first. References External links * 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Port Elizabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racheal Nachula
Racheal Nachula (born 14 January 1986) is a Zambian footballer and former sprinter who plays as a forward for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem and the Zambia women's national team. Athletics Specialized in the 400 metres, Nachula won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships, in a personal best time of 51.39 seconds. She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2006 World Junior Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, and the 2008 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final round. She won the silver medal in the 400 m at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, recording a time of 53.34 seconds. |
Linda Motlhalo
Linda Maserame Motlhalo (born 1 July 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a winger for SWPL 1 club Glasgow City and the South Africa women's national team. She is also known as the 'Randfontein Ronaldinho'. Early life Linda Motlhalo was born in Badirile, Brandvlei, in Randfontein, Gauteng, on 7 January 1998. Her family has a footballing history, with her father Johannes Motlhalo attempting to become a professional player. Although he failed to do so, his brother Joseph Motlhalo became a goalkeeper for Kaizer Chiefs F.C. between 1970 and 1985. Motlhalo attended TuksSport High School, during which time she was part of the South African High Performance Centre in Pretoria. Club career Houston Dash On 1 February 2018 Motlhalo signed with the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League. She was brought in by Dash head coach Vera Pauw who coached the South African national team from 2014 to 2016. Motlhalo made 21 NWSL appearances for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutendo Makore
Rutendo Makore (born 30 September 1992) is a Zimbabwean association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for the Zimbabwe women's national football team, Zimbabwe women's national team. She represented her country in their Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the Olympic match versus Germany it was Makore who set up a goal that took their goalkeeper Almuth Schult by surprise. The ball was rebounded but Kudakwashe Basopo made it a goal leaving the score at 6–1 against Zimbabwe.Behringer, Germany cruise past Zimbabwe in women’s soccer opener Nicholas Mendola, 3 August 2016, NBC sports, Retrieved 5 August 2016 International goals References External links * 199 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
