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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Membership</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola"><img alt="Angola" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mozambican_Football_Federation" title="Mozambican Football Federation">Mozambique</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia"><img alt="Namibia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Namibia_Football_Association" title="Namibia Football Association">Namibia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles"><img alt="Seychelles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/23px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/35px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/46px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seychelles_Football_Federation" title="Seychelles Football Federation">Seychelles</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_African_Football_Association" title="South African Football Association">South Africa</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia"><img alt="Zambia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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language </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">President</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe"><img alt="Zimbabwe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Chiyangwa" title="Phillip Chiyangwa">Phillip Chiyangwa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cosafa.com">www<wbr />.cosafa<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Council of Southern Africa Football Associations</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe</i>; <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral</i>), officially abbreviated as <b>COSAFA</b>, is an association of the <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> playing nations in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a>. It is affiliated to <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a>. </p><p>COSAFA organise several tournaments in the Southern African region, and its most renowned tournament is the <a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Cup" title="COSAFA Cup">COSAFA Cup</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_committee">Executive committee</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=COSAFA&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Executive committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Chief_operations_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief operations officer">chief operations officer</a>. The most recent committee was elected on 17 December 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-17_Dec_2016_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17_Dec_2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Occupation </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">President </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola"><img alt="Angola" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Artur de Almeida e Silva </td> <td> <ul><li>President of The Angolan Football Federation</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Vice-president: </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia"><img alt="Namibia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Frans Mbidi </td> <td> <ul><li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Namibia_Football_Association" title="Namibia Football Association">Namibia Football Association</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Members </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique"><img alt="Mozambique" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Alberto Simanga </td> <td> <ul><li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Mozambican_Football_Federation" title="Mozambican Football Federation">Mozambican Football Federation</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia"><img alt="Zambia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Kamanga" title="Andrew Kamanga">Andrew Kamanga</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Zambia" title="Football Association of Zambia">Football Association of Zambia</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola"><img alt="Angola" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Pedro Neto </td> <td> <ul><li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Angolan_Football_Federation" title="Angolan Football Federation">Angolan Football Federation</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius"><img alt="Mauritius" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Sameer Sobha </td> <td> <ul><li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Football_Association" title="Mauritius Football Association">Mauritius Football Association</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi"><img alt="Malawi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Walter Nyamilandu-Manda </td> <td> <ul><li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Malawi" title="Football Association of Malawi">Football Association of Malawi</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_associations">Member associations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=COSAFA&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member associations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All associations that joined in 1997 were founding members of COSAFA. <a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a> is the only COSAFA member to also be a member of the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Arab_Football_Associations" title="Union of Arab Football Associations">Union of Arab Football Associations</a>. <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a>'s governing body, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9unionese_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Réunionese Football League">Réunionese Football League</a>, is only an associate member of COSAFA. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Year of membership">Year</span> </th> <th>Governing body </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angolan_Football_Federation" title="Angolan Football Federation">Angola</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Angolan_Football_Federation" title="Angolan Football Federation">Angolan Football Federation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Football_Association" title="Botswana Football Association">Botswana</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Football_Association" title="Botswana Football Association">Botswana Football Association</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Comoros_Football_Federation" title="Comoros Football Federation">Comoros</a></span> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comoros_Football_Federation" title="Comoros Football Federation">Comoros Football Federation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/23px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/35px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/45px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_Football_Association" title="Eswatini Football Association">Eswatini</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_Football_Association" title="Eswatini Football Association">Eswatini Football Association</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Football_Association" title="Lesotho Football Association">Lesotho</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Football_Association" title="Lesotho Football Association">Lesotho Football Association</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Football_Federation" title="Malagasy Football Federation">Madagascar</a></span> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Football_Federation" title="Malagasy Football Federation">Malagasy Football Federation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Malawi" title="Football Association of Malawi">Malawi</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Malawi" title="Football Association of Malawi">Football Association of Malawi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Football_Association" title="Mauritius Football Association">Mauritius</a></span> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Football_Association" title="Mauritius Football Association">Mauritius Football Association</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambican_Football_Federation" title="Mozambican Football Federation">Mozambique</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mozambican_Football_Federation" title="Mozambican Football Federation">Mozambican Football Federation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_Football_Association" title="Namibia Football Association">Namibia</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namibia_Football_Association" title="Namibia Football Association">Namibia Football Association</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/23px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/35px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/46px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_Football_Federation" title="Seychelles Football Federation">Seychelles</a></span> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_Football_Federation" title="Seychelles Football Federation">Seychelles Football Federation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_African_Football_Association" title="South African Football Association">South Africa</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_African_Football_Association" title="South African Football Association">South African Football Association</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Zambia" title="Football Association of Zambia">Zambia</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Zambia" title="Football Association of Zambia">Football Association of Zambia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Football_Association" title="Zimbabwe Football Association">Zimbabwe</a></span> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Football_Association" title="Zimbabwe Football Association">Zimbabwe Football Association</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=COSAFA&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_competitions" title="List of association football competitions">List of association football competitions</a> and <a href="/wiki/FIFA_International_Match_Calendar" title="FIFA International Match Calendar">FIFA International Match Calendar</a></div> <p>COSAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_title_holders">Current title holders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=COSAFA&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current title holders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/Sports" title="Portal:Current events/Sports">Portal:Current events/Sports</a>, <a href="/wiki/2025_in_association_football" title="2025 in association football">2025 in association football</a>, <a href="/wiki/2025_in_sports" title="2025 in sports">2025 in sports</a>, and <a href="/wiki/FIFA_International_Match_Calendar" title="FIFA International Match Calendar">FIFA International Match Calendar</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see <a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_sports" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports">Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports</a>.</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Competition </th> <td width="1%" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </td> <th>Year </th> <th>Champions </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Runners-up </th> <td width="1%" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </td> <th>Next edition<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Dates </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">National teams </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Cup" title="COSAFA Cup">COSAFA Cup</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Cup" title="2024 COSAFA Cup">2024</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Cup#Final" title="2024 COSAFA Cup">final</a>)</small></span> </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola_national_football_team" title="Angola national football team">Angola</a></span> </td> <td>4th </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_football_team" title="Namibia national football team">Namibia</a></span> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_COSAFA_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 COSAFA Cup (page does not exist)">2025</a></span> </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-20_Challenge_Cup" title="COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup">COSAFA U-20 Championship</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2024</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="South Africa national under-20 soccer team">South Africa</a> </td> <td>9th </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zambia_national_under-20_football_team" title="Zambia national under-20 football team">Zambia</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2026</a> </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-17_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="COSAFA U-17 Challenge Cup">COSAFA U-17 Championship</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2024</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zambia_national_under-17_football_team" title="Zambia national under-17 football team">Zambia</a> </td> <td>4th </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola_national_under-17_football_team" title="Angola national under-17 football team">Angola</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 COSAFA Under-17 Championship (page does not exist)">2025</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Schools_Cup" title="COSAFA Schools Cup">COSAFA Boys Schools Cup</a> </td> <td>2023 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_under-15_soccer_team" title="South Africa national under-15 soccer team">South Africa</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malawi_national_under-15_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malawi national under-15 football team (page does not exist)">Malawi</a> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>September </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=COSAFA_Beach_Soccer_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship (page does not exist)">COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Beach_Soccer_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship">2024</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Morocco_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Morocco national beach soccer team">Morocco</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_reference_name_B"><a href="#endnote_reference_name_B">g</a></sup> </td> <td>1st </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Mozambique national beach soccer team">Mozambique</a> </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">National teams (women) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA Women's Championship">COSAFA Women's Championship</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="4" style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2024 COSAFA Women's Championship">2024</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship#Final" title="2024 COSAFA Women's Championship">final</a>)</small></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zambia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Zambia women's national football team">Zambia</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="South Africa women's national soccer team">South Africa</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="4" style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 COSAFA Women's Championship (page does not exist)">2025</a> </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-20_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship">COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_U-20_Women%27s_Championship" title="2024 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship">2024</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zambia_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Zambia women's national under-20 football team">Zambia</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="South Africa women's national under-20 soccer team">South Africa</a> </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-17_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship">COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_U-17_Girls%27_Championship" title="2024 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship">2024</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zambia_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Zambia women's national under-17 football team">Zambia</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Lesotho women's national under-17 football team">Lesotho</a> </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Schools_Cup" title="COSAFA Schools Cup">COSAFA Girls Schools Cup</a> </td> <td>2023 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_under-15_soccer_team" title="South Africa women's national under-15 soccer team">South Africa</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana_women%27s_national_under-15_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Botswana women's national under-15 football team (page does not exist)">Botswana</a> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>27-29 Oct </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Club teams (women) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Women%27s_Champions_League" title="COSAFA Women's Champions League">COSAFA Women's Champions League</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_CAF_Women%27s_Champions_League_COSAFA_Qualifiers" title="2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers">2024</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/2024_CAF_Women%27s_Champions_League_COSAFA_Qualifiers#Final" title="2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers">Final</a>)</small></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_African_Football_Association" title="South African Football Association"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/UWC_Ladies_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="UWC Ladies FC">University of the Western Cape</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Football_Association" title="Botswana Football Association"><img alt="Botswana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gaborone_United_Ladies" title="Gaborone United Ladies">Gaborone United Ladies</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CAF_Women%27s_Champions_League_COSAFA_Qualifiers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers (page does not exist)">2025</a></span> </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_reference_name_B"><b><a href="#ref_reference_name_B">^g</a></b></span> invited guest-nation</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=COSAFA&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 17 October 2023, it was confirmed by COSAFA organisers that the <a href="/wiki/2023_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2023 COSAFA Women's Championship">2023 Women's Championship</a> winners <a href="/wiki/Malawi_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Malawi women's national football team">Malawi</a> would receive zero prize money<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Cup" title="COSAFA Cup">COSAFA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-20_Challenge_Cup" title="COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup">U-20 Challenge Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-17_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="COSAFA U-17 Challenge Cup">U-17 Challenge Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA Women's Championship">COSAFA Women's Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-20_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship">COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_COSAFA_U-20_Women%27s_Championship" title="2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship">2019</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-17_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship">COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Women%27s_Champions_League" title="COSAFA Women's Champions League">COSAFA Women's Champions League</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=COSAFA_Beach_Soccer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="COSAFA Beach Soccer (page does not exist)">COSAFA Beach Soccer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_COSAFA_Beach_Soccer_Championship" title="2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship">2023</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Schools_Cup" title="COSAFA Schools Cup">COSAFA Schools Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#2255a6 ; color: #c02038;;width:1%">Associations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angolan_Football_Federation" title="Angolan Football Federation">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Football_Association" title="Botswana Football Association">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_Football_Federation" title="Comoros Football Federation">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_Football_Association" title="Eswatini Football Association">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Football_Association" title="Lesotho Football Association">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Football_Federation" title="Malagasy Football Federation">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Malawi" title="Football Association of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Football_Association" title="Mauritius Football Association">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambican_Football_Federation" title="Mozambican Football Federation">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_Football_Association" title="Namibia Football Association">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_Football_Federation" title="Seychelles Football Federation">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Football_Association" title="South African Football Association">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Zambia" title="Football Association of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Football_Association" title="Zimbabwe Football Association">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#2255a6 ; color: #c02038;;width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#2255a6 ; color: #c02038;;width:6em">Men's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angola_national_football_team" title="Angola national football team">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_national_football_team" title="Botswana national football team">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_national_football_team" title="Comoros national football team">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_national_football_team" title="Eswatini national football team">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_national_football_team" title="Lesotho national football team">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_national_football_team" title="Madagascar national football team">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawi_national_football_team" title="Malawi national football team">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_national_football_team" title="Mauritius national football team">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_national_football_team" title="Mozambique national football team">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_football_team" title="Namibia national football team">Nambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_national_football_team" title="Seychelles national football team">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa national football team">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambia_national_football_team" title="Zambia national football team">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_football_team" title="Zimbabwe national football team">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#2255a6 ; color: #c02038;;width:6em">Women's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angola_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Angola women's national football team">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Botswana women's national football team">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Comoros women's national football team">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Eswatini women's national football team">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Lesotho women's national football team">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Madagascar women's national football team">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawi_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Malawi women's national football team">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mauritius women's national football team">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mozambique women's national football team">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Namibia women's national football team">Nambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Seychelles women's national football team">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa women's national football team">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Zambia women's national football team">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Zimbabwe women's national football team">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#2255a6 ; color: #c02038;;width:6em">Men's under-20</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angola_national_under-20_football_team" title="Angola national under-20 football team">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_national_under-20_football_team" title="Botswana national under-20 football team">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_national_under-20_football_team" title="Comoros national under-20 football team">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_national_under-20_football_team" title="Eswatini national under-20 football team">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_national_under-20_football_team" title="Lesotho national under-20 football team">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_national_under-20_football_team" title="Madagascar national under-20 football team">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawi_national_under-20_football_team" title="Malawi national under-20 football team">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_national_under-20_football_team" title="Mauritius national under-20 football team">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_national_under-20_football_team" title="Mozambique national under-20 football team">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_under-20_football_team" title="Namibia national under-20 football team">Nambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_national_under-20_football_team" title="Seychelles national under-20 football team">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_under-20_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa national under-20 football team">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambia_national_under-20_football_team" title="Zambia national under-20 football team">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_under-20_football_team" title="Zimbabwe national under-20 football team">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#2255a6 ; color: #c02038;;width:6em">Women's under-20</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angola_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Angola women's national under-20 football team">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Botswana women's national under-20 football team">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comoros_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comoros women's national under-20 football team (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eswatini_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eswatini women's national under-20 football team (page does not exist)">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Lesotho women's national under-20 football team">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madagascar_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madagascar women's national under-20 football team (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawi_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Malawi women's national under-20 football team">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mauritius_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mauritius women's national under-20 football team (page does not exist)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Mozambique women's national under-20 football team">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Namibia women's national under-20 football team">Nambia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seychelles_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seychelles women's national under-20 football team (page does not exist)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa women's national under-20 football team">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambia_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Zambia women's national under-20 football team">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zimbabwe_women%27s_national_football_under-20_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zimbabwe women's national football under-20 team (page does not exist)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#2255a6 ; color: #c02038;;width:6em">Men's under-17</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angola_national_under-17_football_team" title="Angola national under-17 football team">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Botswana national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comoros_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comoros national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eswatini_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eswatini national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesotho_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lesotho national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madagascar_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madagascar national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawi_national_under-17_football_team" title="Malawi national under-17 football team">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_national_under-17_football_team" title="Mauritius national under-17 football team">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mozambique_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mozambique national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_under-17_football_team" title="Namibia national under-17 football team">Nambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_national_under-17_football_team" title="Seychelles national under-17 football team">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_under-17_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa national under-17 football team">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambia_national_under-17_football_team" title="Zambia national under-17 football team">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zimbabwe_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zimbabwe national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> 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does not exist)">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Lesotho women's national under-17 football team">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madagascar_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madagascar women's national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malawi_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malawi women's national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mauritius_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mauritius women's national under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mozambique_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mozambique women's national under-17 football 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href="/wiki/2002_COSAFA_Cup" title="2002 COSAFA Cup">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_COSAFA_Cup" title="2003 COSAFA Cup">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_COSAFA_Cup" title="2004 COSAFA Cup">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_COSAFA_Cup" title="2005 COSAFA Cup">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_COSAFA_Cup" title="2006 COSAFA Cup">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_COSAFA_Cup" title="2007 COSAFA Cup">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_COSAFA_Cup" title="2008 COSAFA Cup">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_COSAFA_Cup" title="2009 COSAFA Cup">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_COSAFA_Cup" title="2013 COSAFA Cup">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_COSAFA_Cup" title="2015 COSAFA Cup">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_COSAFA_Cup" title="2016 COSAFA Cup">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_COSAFA_Cup" title="2017 COSAFA Cup">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_COSAFA_Cup" title="2018 COSAFA Cup">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_COSAFA_Cup" title="2019 COSAFA Cup">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_COSAFA_Cup" title="2021 COSAFA Cup">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_COSAFA_Cup" title="2022 COSAFA Cup">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_COSAFA_Cup" title="2023 COSAFA Cup">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Cup" title="2024 COSAFA Cup">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA Women's Championship">Women</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 COSAFA Women's Championship (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 COSAFA Women's Championship (page does not exist)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 COSAFA Women's Championship (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2011 COSAFA Women's Championship">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2017 COSAFA Women's Championship">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2018 COSAFA Women's Championship">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2019 COSAFA Women's Championship">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2020 COSAFA Women's Championship">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2021 COSAFA Women's Championship">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2022 COSAFA Women's Championship">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2023 COSAFA Women's Championship">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="2024 COSAFA Women's Championship">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-20_Challenge_Cup" title="COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup">Men U20</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_COSAFA_U-20_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 COSAFA U-20 Cup (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2009 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2010 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2011 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2013 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2017 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2019 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2022 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_U-20_Cup" title="2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-20_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship">Women U20</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_COSAFA_U-20_Women%27s_Championship" title="2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_U-20_Women%27s_Championship" title="2024 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-17_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="COSAFA U-17 Challenge Cup">Men U17</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_COSAFA_U-17_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 COSAFA U-17 Cup (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_COSAFA_U-17_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001 COSAFA U-17 Cup (page does not exist)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_COSAFA_U-17_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 COSAFA U-17 Cup (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_COSAFA_U-17_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 COSAFA U-17 Cup (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2019 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2020 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2021 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2022 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_Under-17_Championship" title="2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-17_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship">Women U17</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_COSAFA_U-17_Women%27s_Championship" title="2019 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_COSAFA_Women%27s_U17_Championship" title="2020 COSAFA Women's U17 Championship">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_COSAFA_Women%27s_U-17_Championship" title="2021 COSAFA Women's U-17 Championship">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_COSAFA_U-17_Women%27s_Championship" title="2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_COSAFA_U-17_Girls%27_Championship" title="2024 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sub-regions_of_the_Confederation_of_African_Football" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:CAF_sub-regions" title="Template:CAF sub-regions"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:CAF_sub-regions" title="Template talk:CAF sub-regions"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:CAF_sub-regions" title="Special:EditPage/Template:CAF sub-regions"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sub-regions_of_the_Confederation_of_African_Football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Sub-regions of the <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">Confederation of African Football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="National_teams" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">National teams</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #8fbc8f;"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_North_African_Football_Federations" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of North African Football Federations">UNAF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Tunisia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Tunisia women's national football team">women</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carte_Afrique_CAF.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png/200px-Carte_Afrique_CAF.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png/300px-Carte_Afrique_CAF.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #ffd700;"><a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="West Africa Football Union">WAFU</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benin_national_football_team" title="Benin national football team">Benin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Benin_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Benin women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso_national_football_team" title="Burkina Faso national football team">Burkina Faso</a> (<a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Burkina Faso women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde_national_football_team" title="Cape Verde national football team">Cape Verde</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Cape Verde women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team" title="Ivory Coast national football team">Ivory Coast</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ivory Coast women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambia_national_football_team" title="Gambia national football team">Gambia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gambia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Gambia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_national_football_team" title="Ghana national football team">Ghana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea_national_football_team" title="Guinea national football team">Guinea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guinea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Guinea women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_national_football_team" title="Guinea-Bissau national football team">Guinea-Bissau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Guinea-Bissau women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberia_national_football_team" title="Liberia national football team">Liberia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Liberia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali_national_football_team" title="Mali national football team">Mali</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mali_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mali women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania_national_football_team" title="Mauritania national football team">Mauritania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mauritania_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mauritania women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niger_national_football_team" title="Niger national football team">Niger</a> (<a href="/wiki/Niger_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Niger women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal_national_football_team" title="Senegal national football team">Senegal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Senegal_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Senegal women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_national_football_team" title="Sierra Leone national football team">Sierra Leone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sierra Leone women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togo_national_football_team" title="Togo national football team">Togo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Togo_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Togo women's national football team">women</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #db7093;"><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Football_Federations%27_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Central African Football Federations' Union">UNIFFAC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_national_football_team" title="Cameroon national football team">Cameroon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cameroon_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Cameroon women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_national_football_team" title="Central African Republic national football team">Central African Republic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Central African Republic women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_national_football_team" title="Chad national football team">Chad</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chad_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Chad women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DR_Congo_national_football_team" title="DR Congo national football team">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> (<a href="/wiki/DR_Congo_women%27s_national_football_team" title="DR Congo women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea_national_football_team" title="Equatorial Guinea national football team">Equatorial Guinea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Equatorial Guinea women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabon_national_football_team" title="Gabon national football team">Gabon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gabon_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Gabon women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congo_national_football_team" title="Congo national football team">Republic of the Congo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Congo_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Congo women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_national_football_team" title="São Tomé and Príncipe national football team">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> (<a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_women%27s_national_football_team" title="São Tomé and Príncipe women's national football team">women</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #4682b4;"><a href="/wiki/CECAFA" title="CECAFA">CECAFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burundi_national_football_team" title="Burundi national football team">Burundi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Burundi_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Burundi women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_national_football_team" title="Djibouti national football team">Djibouti</a> (<a href="/wiki/Djibouti_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Djibouti women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrea_national_football_team" title="Eritrea national football team">Eritrea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eritrea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Eritrea women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_national_football_team" title="Ethiopia national football team">Ethiopia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ethiopia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_national_football_team" title="Kenya national football team">Kenya</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kenya_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Kenya women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_national_football_team" title="Rwanda national football team">Rwanda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rwanda_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Rwanda women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia_national_football_team" title="Somalia national football team">Somalia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Somalia_women%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Somalia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan_national_football_team" title="South Sudan national football team">South Sudan</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Sudan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="South Sudan women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_national_football_team" title="Sudan national football team">Sudan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sudan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sudan women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_national_football_team" title="Tanzania national football team">Tanzania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tanzania_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Tanzania women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_national_football_team" title="Uganda national football team">Uganda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Uganda_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Uganda women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanzibar_national_football_team" title="Zanzibar national football team">Zanzibar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zanzibar_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Zanzibar women's national football team">women</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #deb887;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">COSAFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angola_national_football_team" title="Angola national football team">Angola</a> (<a href="/wiki/Angola_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Angola women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_national_football_team" title="Botswana national football team">Botswana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Botswana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Botswana women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_national_football_team" title="Comoros national football team">Comoros</a> (<a href="/wiki/Comoros_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Comoros women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_national_football_team" title="Eswatini national football team">Eswatini</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eswatini_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Eswatini women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_national_football_team" title="Lesotho national football team">Lesotho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lesotho_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Lesotho women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_national_football_team" title="Madagascar national football team">Madagascar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Madagascar_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Madagascar women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawi_national_football_team" title="Malawi national football team">Malawi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Malawi_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Malawi women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_national_football_team" title="Mauritius national football team">Mauritius</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mauritius_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mauritius women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_national_football_team" title="Mozambique national football team">Mozambique</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mozambique_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mozambique women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_football_team" title="Namibia national football team">Namibia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Namibia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Namibia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_national_football_team" title="Seychelles national football team">Seychelles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seychelles_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Seychelles women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa national football team">South Africa</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambia_national_football_team" title="Zambia national football team">Zambia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zambia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Zambia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_football_team" title="Zimbabwe national football team">Zimbabwe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Zimbabwe women's national football team">women</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #007F00;"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Arab_Football_Associations" title="Union of Arab Football Associations">UAFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algeria_national_football_team" title="Algeria national football team">Algeria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Algeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Algeria women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bahrain_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Bahrain women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_national_football_team" title="Comoros national football team">Comoros</a> (<a href="/wiki/Comoros_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Comoros women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_national_football_team" title="Djibouti national football team">Djibouti</a> (<a href="/wiki/Djibouti_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Djibouti women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt_national_football_team" title="Egypt national football team">Egypt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Egypt_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Egypt women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_national_football_team" title="Iraq national football team">Iraq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iraq_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Iraq women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_national_football_team" title="Jordan national football team">Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jordan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Jordan women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_football_team" title="Kuwait national football team">Kuwait</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kuwait_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Kuwait women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_national_football_team" title="Lebanon national football team">Lebanon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lebanon_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Lebanon women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya_national_football_team" title="Libya national football team">Libya</a> (<a href="/wiki/Libya_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Libya women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania_national_football_team" title="Mauritania national football team">Mauritania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mauritania_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mauritania women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco_national_football_team" title="Morocco national football team">Morocco</a> (<a href="/wiki/Morocco_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Morocco women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman_national_football_team" title="Oman national football team">Oman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oman_women%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Oman women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_national_football_team" title="Palestine national football team">Palestine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Palestine_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Palestine women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_national_football_team" title="Qatar national football team">Qatar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Qatar_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Qatar women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia_national_football_team" title="Somalia national football team">Somalia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Somalia_women%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Somalia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_national_football_team" title="Sudan national football team">Sudan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sudan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sudan women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria_national_football_team" title="Syria national football team">Syria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Syria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Syria women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_national_football_team" title="Tunisia national football team">Tunisia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tunisia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Tunisia women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">United Arab Emirates</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_women%27s_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates women's national football team">women</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen_national_football_team" title="Yemen national football team">Yemen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yemen_women%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemen women's national football team">women</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Associations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Associations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #8fbc8f;"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_North_African_Football_Federations" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of North African Football Federations">UNAF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Alg%C3%A9rienne_de_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération Algérienne de Football">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Football_Association" title="Egyptian Football Association">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Football_Federation" title="Libyan Football Federation">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Royale_Marocaine_de_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Tunisienne_de_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération Tunisienne de Football">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Football_Federation" title="Sahrawi Football Federation">Western Sahara</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carte_Afrique_CAF.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png/200px-Carte_Afrique_CAF.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png/300px-Carte_Afrique_CAF.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #ffd700;"><a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="West Africa Football Union">WAFU</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benin_Football_Federation" title="Benin Football Federation">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkinab%C3%A9_Football_Federation" title="Burkinabé Football Federation">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Football_Federation" title="Cape Verdean Football Federation">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivorian_Football_Federation" title="Ivorian Football Federation">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambia_Football_Federation" title="Gambia Football Federation">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Football_Association" title="Ghana Football Association">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinean_Football_Federation" title="Guinean Football Federation">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberia_Football_Association" title="Liberia Football Association">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_Football_Federation" title="Malian Football Federation">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_de_Football_de_la_R%C3%A9public_Islamique_de_Mauritanie" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération de Football de la Républic Islamique de Mauritanie">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerien_Football_Federation" title="Nigerien Football Federation">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigeria Football Association">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_Football_Federation" title="Senegalese Football Federation">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Football_Association" title="Sierra Leone Football Association">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togolese_Football_Federation" title="Togolese Football Federation">Togo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #db7093;"><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Football_Federations%27_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Central African Football Federations' Union">UNIFFAC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cameroonian_Football_Federation" title="Cameroonian Football Federation">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Football_Federation" title="Central African Football Federation">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadian_Football_Federation" title="Chadian Football Federation">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congolese_Association_Football_Federation" title="Congolese Association Football Federation">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatoguinean_Football_Federation" title="Equatoguinean Football Federation">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabonese_Football_Federation" title="Gabonese Football Federation">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congolese_Football_Federation" title="Congolese Football Federation">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9an_Football_Federation" title="São Toméan Football Federation">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #4682b4;"><a href="/wiki/CECAFA" title="CECAFA">CECAFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Burundi" title="Football Federation of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djiboutian_Football_Federation" title="Djiboutian Football Federation">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_National_Football_Federation" title="Eritrean National Football Federation">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Football_Federation" title="Ethiopian Football Federation">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Kenya_Federation" title="Football Kenya Federation">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwandese_Association_Football_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Rwandese Association Football Federation">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Football_Federation" title="Somali Football Federation">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan_Football_Association" title="South Sudan Football Association">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_Football_Association" title="Sudan Football Association">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_Football_Federation" title="Tanzania Football Federation">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Uganda_Football_Associations" title="Federation of Uganda Football Associations">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanzibar_Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Zanzibar Football Association">Zanzibar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #deb887;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">COSAFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angolan_Football_Federation" title="Angolan Football Federation">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Football_Association" title="Botswana Football Association">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Comorienne_de_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération Comorienne de Football">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_Association_of_Eswatini" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football Association of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Football_Association" title="Lesotho Football Association">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Football_Federation" title="Malagasy Football Federation">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Malawi" title="Football Association of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Football_Association" title="Mauritius Football Association">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambican_Football_Federation" title="Mozambican Football Federation">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_Football_Association" title="Namibia Football Association">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_Football_Federation" title="Seychelles Football Federation">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Football_Association" title="South African Football Association">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Zambia" title="Football Association of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Football_Association" title="Zimbabwe Football Association">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #007F00;"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Arab_Football_Associations" title="Union of Arab Football Associations">UAFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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Football Federation">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Football_Federation" title="Somali Football Federation">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_Football_Association" title="Sudan Football Association">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Football_Association" title="Syrian Football Association">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Tunisienne_de_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération Tunisienne de Football">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association" title="United Arab Emirates Football Association">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen_Football_Association" title="Yemen Football Association">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Africa_Football_3.svg/15px-Africa_Football_3.svg.png" 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competitions</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="Africa Cup of Nations">Africa Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Nations_Championship" title="African Nations Championship">African Nations Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futsal_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="Futsal Africa Cup of Nations">Futsal Africa Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_Soccer_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations">Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="Women's Africa Cup of Nations">Women's Africa Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_Women%27s_Olympic_qualifying_tournament" title="CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament">Women's Olympic Qualification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_African_Games" title="Football at the African Games">African Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Youth competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U-23_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-23 Africa Cup of Nations">U-23 Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-20_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-20 Africa Cup of Nations">U-20 Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-17_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-17 Africa Cup of Nations">U-17 Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_African_Games" title="Football at the African Games">African Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_U-20_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification">U-20 World Cup qualification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_U-17_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification">U-17 World Cup qualification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_U-17_Girls_Integrated_Football_Tournament" title="CAF U-17 Girls Integrated Football Tournament">U-17 GIFT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Club competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Football_League" title="African Football League">Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_Champions_League" title="CAF Champions League">Champions League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_Confederation_Cup" title="CAF Confederation Cup">Confederation Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_Super_Cup" title="CAF Super Cup">Super Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_Women%27s_Champions_League" title="CAF Women's Champions League">Women's Champions League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="African Cup Winners' Cup">Cup Winners' Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_Cup" title="CAF Cup">CAF Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Asian_Club_Championship" title="Afro-Asian Club Championship">Afro-Asian Club Championship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sub-regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #007F00;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #8fbc8f;"><a href="/wiki/UNAF" title="UNAF">Northern Africa (UNAF)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Men's <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-23_Tournament" title="UNAF U-23 Tournament">U-23 T.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-20_Tournament" title="UNAF U-20 Tournament">U-20 T.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-18_Tournament" title="UNAF U-18 Tournament">U-18 T.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-17_Tournament" title="UNAF U-17 Tournament">U-17 T.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-15_Tournament" title="UNAF U-15 Tournament">U-15 T.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_Club_Cup" title="UNAF Club Cup">Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Cup_of_Champions" title="North African Cup of Champions">Club CC</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Cup_Winners_Cup" title="North African Cup Winners Cup">Club CWC</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Super_Cup" title="North African Super Cup">Club SC</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Futsal_Tournament" title="North African Futsal Tournament">Futsal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_Women%27s_Tournament" title="UNAF Women's Tournament">Women's</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-20_Women%27s_Tournament" title="UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_Women%27s_Club_Tournament" title="UNAF Women's Club Tournament">Club</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carte_Afrique_CAF.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png/200px-Carte_Afrique_CAF.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png/300px-Carte_Afrique_CAF.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Carte_Afrique_CAF.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #007F00;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ffd700;"><a href="/wiki/West_African_Football_Union" title="West African Football Union">Western Africa (WAFU)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Men's <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WAFU_Nations_Cup" title="WAFU Nations Cup">Nations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFU_U-20_Championship" title="WAFU U-20 Championship">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_African_Club_Championship" title="West African Club Championship">Club</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Am%C3%ADlcar_Cabral_Cup" title="Amílcar Cabral Cup">Amílcar Cabral Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li></ul></li> <li>Women's <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WAFU_Zone_A_Women%27s_Cup" title="WAFU Zone A Women's Cup">Zone A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFU_Zone_B_Women%27s_Cup" title="WAFU Zone B Women's Cup">Zone B</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #007F00;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #db7093;"><a href="/wiki/UNIFFAC" title="UNIFFAC">Central Africa (UNIFFAC)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UNIFAC_Cup" title="UNIFAC Cup">UNIFAC Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNIFFAC_Cup" title="UNIFFAC Cup">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UDEAC_Cup" title="UDEAC Cup">UDEAC Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CEMAC_Cup" title="CEMAC Cup">CEMAC Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNIFFAC_Clubs_Cup" title="UNIFFAC Clubs Cup">Club</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #007F00;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #4682b4;"><a href="/wiki/CECAFA" title="CECAFA">Eastern Africa (CECAFA)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Men's <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_U-23_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_U-20_Championship" title="CECAFA U-20 Championship">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_U-17_Championship" title="CECAFA U-17 Championship">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_U-15_Championship" title="CECAFA U-15 Championship">U-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagame_Interclub_Cup" title="Kagame Interclub Cup">Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_Nile_Basin_Cup" title="CECAFA Nile Basin Cup">Nile Basin Cup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="CECAFA Women's Championship">Women's</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #007F00;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #deb887;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Southern Africa (COSAFA)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Cup" title="COSAFA Cup">Men's</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-20_Challenge_Cup" title="COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-17_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="COSAFA U-17 Challenge Cup">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA Women's Championship">Women's</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-20_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_U-17_Women%27s_Championship" title="COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Women%27s_Champions_League" title="COSAFA Women's Champions League">COSAFA Women's Champions League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Schools_Cup" title="COSAFA Schools Cup">COSAFA Schools Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Arab_Football_Associations" title="Union of Arab Football Associations">UAFA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Arab_Cup" title="FIFA Arab Cup">Arab Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Cup_U-20" title="Arab Cup U-20">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Cup_U-17" title="Arab Cup U-17">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Women%27s_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab Women's Championship">W-Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_U-17_Women%27s_Cup" title="Arab U-17 Women's Cup">U-17 W-Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Pan_Arab_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Pan Arab Games">Pan Arab Games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Mediterranean_Games" title="Football at the Mediterranean Games">Mediterranean Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games">Islamic Solidarity Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Jeux_de_la_Francophonie" title="Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie">Jeux de la Francophonie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA%E2%80%93CAF_Meridian_Cup" title="UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup">UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Asian_Cup_of_Nations" title="Afro-Asian Cup of Nations">Afro-Asian Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Club</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Arab_Football_Associations" title="Union of Arab Football Associations">UAFA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Club_Champions_Cup" title="Arab Club Champions Cup">Champions Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="Arab Cup Winners' Cup">CWC</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Super_Cup" title="Arab Super Cup">SC</a> 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