COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship

See also: COSAFA U-17 Challenge Cup

The COSAFA Women's U17 Championship is an annual football tournament for women's under-17 teams from Southern Africa organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The tournament was introduced to develop the woman's game and strengthen the region's nation's competitiveness in the continental qualifiers.^[1] Invited from CECAFA, Uganda become the first champions after beating South Africa in the inaugural 2019 final in Mauritius.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Even the second edition was won by a CECAFA representant, this time Tanzania won over Zambia in the final.^[7]

COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship

Founded	2019
Region	Southern Africa (COSAFA)
Number of teams	14 (Maximum)
Current champions	Zambia (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Zambia (3 titles)
Website	cosafa.com
2025 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship

Results

Ed.	Year	Host	Final			Third place game / Losing Semi-finalists			Num. teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2019	Port Louis	Uganda[G]	2–1[6]	South Africa	Zambia	3–0[8]	Botswana	8[9]
2	2020	Port Elizabeth	Tanzania[G]	1–1 (4–3 p)	Zambia	South Africa	Round-robin	Zimbabwe	5
3	2021	Maseru	Zambia	4–0	Botswana	Namibia			3
4	2022	Lilongwe	South Africa	4–3	Zambia	Malawi	9–0	Botswana	6
5	2024	Johannesburg	Zambia	15–0	Lesotho	Madagascar and  Mozambique			12
6	2025	Windhoek	Zambia	3–0	Malawi	Mozambique	3–2	Zimbabwe	9

Guest team (G): An invited guest team, not a member of COSAFA.

Awards

Tournament	Best player	Top scorer	Goals	Best goalkeeper	Fair Play Award
Mauritius 2019	Jessica Wade[10]	Juliet Nalukenge[11]	18	Daphine Nyayenga[12]	Botswana
South Africa 2020	Tisilile Lungu	Aisha Masaka	10	Chitete Munsaka	Zambia
Lesotho 2021	Lubasi Pumulo	Lucy Kajiya	3		Botswana
Malawi 2022	Sinazo Ntshota	Rose Kadzere	8	Casey Gordon	Zambia
South Africa 2024	Mercy Chipasula	Mercy Chipasula	13	Loveness Chingwele	Lesotho
Namibia 2025	Ruth Mukoma	Nancy Lebang	7	Bukata Kakumbi	Malawi

All time goal scorers

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of November 2024.^[13]

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Juliet Nalukenge	18
2	Mercy Chipasula	13
2	Fauzia Najjemba	13
3	Oyisa Marhasi	11
4	Jessica Wade (footballer)	10
4	Aisha Masaka	10