Malawi, the Defending champions of the HollywoodBets COSAFA Women’s have been drawn alongside Botswana, Madagascar and Mauritius in this Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women’s Championship.
The games will take place in Gqeberha, South Africa from October 22 to November 2.
There are 14 teams competing in this year’s tournament, making it the biggest women’s international competition yet staged on the African continent.
Malawi will hope to progress from Group B to the semifinals, but face a tough Botswana side who reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Group A consists of Namibia, E-swatini, Seychelles and hosts South Africa, who are record seven-time winners of the competition.
Zambia is in Group C along with Angola and Comoros, while Group D contains Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho.
Meanwhile, National Women’s Football League Chairperson Adeillade Migogo has expressed optimism that her team will perform well.
“We are very confident that the girls will perform well as they did last time,” she said.
During the 2022 tournament, Temwa Chawinga walked away with the Golden Boot having scored nine goals and Player of the Tournament Award.
Temwa is currently playing for the US-based club Kansas City Current where she is leading the National Women’s Soccer League with 18 goals, becoming one player in history with regular goals in a single season.
Tabitha Chawinga, Temwa’s sister was another great asset in the 2022 HollywoodBets having scored 6 goals and currently playing for French top-league outfit Olympic Lyonnais with 3 goals on record.
