Earlier within the day, Zambia secured third place with a 3-1 win over Zimbabwe within the playoff.
Namibia got here from behind to safe their first-ever Hollywoodbets COSAFA Girls’s Championship title with a 2-1 win over document seven-time winners South Africa within the last on the New Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Sunday.
The hosts struck first by means of Nthabiseng Majiya within the opening half, however Muhinatjo Hanavi and Reminiscence Ngonda discovered the web for Namibia, their winner coming within the first half of additional time.
Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis made three modifications to the facet that defeated Zimbabwe within the semi-finals two days earlier. Sibongakonke Mzobe, Bongiwe Thusi and Bonolo Mokoma began forward of
Sibulele Holweni, Gabriela Salgado and Isabella Ludwig, with Nonhlanhla Mthandi captaining the facet on the day.
The Courageous Gladiators have been unchanged from their semi-final victory in opposition to Zambia in what was Zenatha Coleman’s last match of the match.
A repeat of the 2006 last, gained by South Africa, it was a cagey affair with neither facet posing a lot of a menace within the opening half.
Banyana had the primary likelihood when Mokoma struck the crossbar from vary simply after 20 minutes.
The breakthrough got here seven minutes after the half-hour mark, Majiya netting her second objective of the match from a Sinegugu Zondi help.
Namibia responded after the break. Substitute Millicent Hikuam tried to degree from outdoors the field however fired vast.
Coleman got here shut twice, first taking pictures over the bar after which forcing Banyana goalkeeper Casey Gordon right into a goal-line clearance from a set-piece.
The equaliser lastly arrived 9 minutes into the second half when substitute Hanavi caught Gordon off her line with a long-range effort.
Each side probed for a winner in an open alternate.
Thorisho Mphelo was denied by the Namibian goalkeeper late in regulation time, whereas Ngonda had a
tame effort saved on the different finish.
The match went into additional time, and Ngonda put Namibia forward contained in the opening two minutes, ending from a Coleman help.
South Africa almost pressured penalties within the second half of additional time, however substitute Salgado was
denied by the woodwork.
Earlier within the day, Zambia secured third place with a 3-1 win over Zimbabwe within the playoff.
Agnes Phiri scored twice within the first half, whereas Mercy Chipasula added a 3rd on the stroke of half-time to seal victory and the bronze medal for the outgoing champions.
Zimbabwe’s comfort objective got here from Rutendo Makore in first-half damage time, her third of the match.
The 2017 prime scorer joined Malawi duo Deborah Henry and Ireen Khumalo, together with Lesotho’s Makhotso Moalosi, on the prime of the scoring charts.
Within the particular person awards, Namibia’s Melissa Matheus gained the Golden Glove, whereas her teammate Coleman was named Participant of the Event.
The Golden Boot went to Makore, and South Africa claimed the Truthful Play prize.
“Congratulations to all of the groups that participated within the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Girls’s Championship,” mentioned Hollywoodbets Head of Operations, Morgan Shandu.
“It has been inspiring to observe the unimaginable motion on the match. The calibre of soccer displayed over the previous few weeks has, indisputably, demonstrated that girls’s soccer in Southern Africa is prospering.
“The fervour, willpower and ability proven by each staff converse volumes concerning the shiny way forward for the game.”
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Third-place Play-off – New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Zambia 3 (E. Phiri 4′, 28′, Chipasula 45′) Zimbabwe 1 (Makore 45′)
Ultimate – New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Namibia 2 (Hanavi 54′, Ngonda 92′) South Africa 1 (Majiya 37′)
After extra-time
TOURNAMENT STATS
Matches Performed: 19
Targets scored: 46
Greatest victory: Malawi 8 Lesotho 1 (Group A, February 21)
Most objectives in a recreation: 9 – Malawi 8 Lesotho 1 (Group A, February 21)
GOALSCORERS
3 objectives – Deborah Henry (Malawi), Ireen Khumalo (Malawi), Rutendo Makore
(Zimbabwe), Makhotso Moalosi (Lesotho)
2 – Nthabiseng Majiya (South Africa), Nonjabuliso Mokgale (Eswatini), Eneless
Phiri (Zambia)
1 – Leena Alweendo (Namibia), Susan Banda (Zambia), Amelia Banze
(Mozambique), Juliana Blou (Namibai), Regina Chanda (Zambia), Vanessa
Chikupila (Malawi), Ethel Chinyere (Zimbabwe), Mercy Chipasula (Zambia), Avell
Chitundu (Zambia), Muhinatjo Hanavi (Namibia), Millicent Hikuam (Namibia),
Sibulele Holweni (South Africa), Arminda Lopes (Angola), Cristina Makua
(Angola), Nolofatso Mamela (Botswana), Cina Manuel (Mozambique), Vitumbiko
Mkandawire (Malawi), Bonolo Mokoma (South Africa), Thorisho Mphelo (South
Africa), Nonhlanhla Mthandi (South Africa), Kabange Mupopo (Zambia), Agness
Musesa (Zambia), Reminiscence Ngonda (Namibia), Olivia Phikani (Malawi), Aimee
Razanampiavy (Madagascar), Gabriela Salgado (South Africa), Maria Viera
(Angola), Praynance Zvawanda (Zimbabwe)
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