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South Africa Women's National Football Team
The South Africa women's national football team represents South Africa in women's international soccer and is run by the South African Football Association, the governing body for Soccer in South Africa. Nicknamed Banyana Banyana (The Girls in Sesotho). South Africa competed in two Olympic Games, two FIFA Women's World Cups, and 14 Women's African Cup of Nations, where they were runners up five times before winning once. They also competed at all 10 COSAFA Women's Championships, where they won seven times, came second thrice and finished in fourth place once. History Banyana Banyana's first official match was held on 30 May 1993 against Eswatini, which they won 14–0. Future Women's AFCON winning coach Desiree Ellis played in that game and scored three of the goals Their first international match outside of Africa was against China. They played two matches which they lost 8–0 and 13–0 with the latter being the heaviest defeat in their history. The team's first vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Football Association
The South African Football Association (colloquially known as SAFA) is the national administrative governing body that controls the sport of football in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). SAFA established in 1991. The South African Football Association is the second Football Association in South Africa to be named the ''South African Football Association'' and it is also the second football association in South Africa to affiliate to FIFA. The present day South African Football Association, unlike its predecessor allows for a mixed-race national team. SAFA was admitted to FIFA in 1992 and its senior team has since represented South Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup. During SAFA's time as the FIFA-affiliated football organisation, South Africa has also hosted several editions of the COSAFA Cup also the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Africa Cup Of Nations
The Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations and formerly the African Women's Championship, is a biennial international women's football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1998 as the qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup for African nations. Initially started as a home-and-away qualification competition, it got rechristened as a biennial tournament in 1998 and took on its current name as of the 2016 edition. Nigeria is the most successful nation in the history of the tournament since it became full-scale in 1998, winning 11 of the 14 editions so far and making it to at least the semi-final in every tournament they have played. Equatorial Guinea won as hosts of the 2008 and 2012 editions and South Africa are the current champions having won the latest 2022 edition to become the third African nation to ever win the tournament. Morocco, Ghana, and Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship is the 10th edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It takes place from 31 August to 11 September 2022 in South Africa. Tanzania are the defending champion by having defeated Malawi 1–0 goals on 9 October 2021 in the final. Participating nations ' * Note: South Africa entered their B team, as their A team was involved in friendly matches against Brazil at the same time as the tournament. Their matches thus do not count towards the FIFA ranking. Did not enter * * * Squads Venue Matches will be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, NMU Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Officials Referees * Itumeleng Methikga * Mathabo Kolokotoane Assistant Referees * Pélagie Rakotozafinoro * Maneo Tau * Mercy Zulu * Roda Mondlane Group stage *All matches were played at South Africa. *Times listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship is the eighth edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It takes place from 3 to 14 November in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. Participants Nine of the fourteen COSAFA member took take part in the competition. Tanzania from the CECAFA region entered as guests. Eswatini and Lesotho entered late because of uncertainety due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Namibia withdrew on 21 October 2020. The draw then was held on 22 October 2020. * * * * * * * * (guest) * * Squads Venues 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. As Group A has 4 teams, the results against the bottom-placed team in this group are not counted towards the best runner-up calculation. * All times are South African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship is the seventh edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It takes place from 31 July to 11 August in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. Participants Twelve of the fourteen COSAFA member took take part in the competition with Comoros entering the competition for the first time. Also rejoining the competition would be Eswatini who didn't compete in last year's tournament. The draw was held on 3 July. * * * * * * * * * * * * Venues 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 (UTC+2). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals Bronze medal match Final Statistics Goalsco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It took place from 12 to 22 September in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. Participants Twelve teams take part in the competition, 10 of the 14 COSAFA members and also Uganda and Cameroon as invited guest nations. The draw was held on 29 August. * * (invite) * * * * * * * * (invite) * * Venues 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 (UTC+2). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals Bronze medal match Final Statistics Goalscorers Awards The winners of the tournament awards were: * Player of the Tournament – Genevieve Ngo Mbeleck * Goalkeeper of the Tournament – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. The 2017 edition took place between 13 and 24 September 2017 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The tournament was won by South Africa. Participants Twelve teams took part in the competition 11 of the 14 COSAFA members and Kenya as invited guest from East Africa. * * * * * * * * * * * * Venues Draw The draw took place on 23 August 2017 at 2pm. Group stage * All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+2 UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. As standard time (year-round) Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals ---- Bronze medal match Final Statistics Goalscorers Awards Player of the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 COSAFA Women's Championship
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2010 African Women's Championship
The 2010 African Women's Championship was held in South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. Seven national teams joined the host nation following a series of knock-out home and away ties. This tournament was also a qualification tournament for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the two finalists, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea qualifying for the finals in Germany. Qualification A total of 23 national teams entered qualification which has held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, the 18 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The nine winners joined five other national teams in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals. Qualified teams * * * * * * * * Squads Group stage The final tournament was held in Gauteng, South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. The seven first round winners joined the host in the finals. The draw took place on 21 September. Matches were played at Sinaba Stadium in Daveyton and Makhulong Stadiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 African Women's Championship
The 2006 African Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. Originally scheduled to be held in Gabon in September, it took place in Nigeria for the 4th time from 28 October to 11 November 2006. Gabon withdrew as hosts due to "organizational reasons", thus CAF gave this tournament edition's hosting rights to Nigeria in May 2006. Initially, this edition of the tournament was scheduled for September 2006, but it was moved to October due to weather considerations. This edition of the tournament also doubled as the African qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. Nigeria won its 7th consecutive title, beating Ghana 1–0 in the final, although both finalists were guaranteed qualification to that edition of the international tournament in China. South Africa's Portia Modise was named player of the championship. Qualification The original hosts (Gabon) qualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 African Women's Championship
The 2000 African Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football and the second to be hosted by a country. It was held in South Africa between 11 and 25 November 2000. Nigeria won their 4th title, beating South Africa 2–0 in a final which got abandoned at the 73rd minute. Qualification South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between June and August 2000. Format Qualification took place on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If aggregate scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would apply, even adding the penalty shoot-out if scores were still level. No extra time period was used. The six winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage. Preliminary round ;Notes Qualification round ;Notes First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
