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Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (French: Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe; Portuguese: Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the football playing nations in Southern Africa. It is affiliated to CAF.
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COSAFA organise several tournaments in the Southern African region, and its most renowned tournament is the COSAFA Cup.
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Executive committee
The 2008 annual general assembly saw the election of the new COSAFA Executive Committee. Previously the committee consisted of 14 members; the new committee now consists of seven members: the president, vice-president and five members, as well as the chief operations officer. The most recent committee was elected on 17 December 2016.[1]
The term of office of the COSAFA President is five years and that of the Vice President is four years. The other office bearer is three years.
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Member associations
All associations that joined in 1997 were founding members of COSAFA. Comoros is the only COSAFA member to also be a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations. Réunion's governing body, Réunionese Football League, is only an associate member of COSAFA.
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Competitions
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COSAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth.
Current title holders
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Controversy
On 17 October 2023, it was confirmed by COSAFA organisers that the 2023 Women's Championship winners Malawi would receive zero prize money[4] after their 2–1 over Zambia in the final.[5]
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