Namibia crowned 2025 COSAFA Champions

Namibia has been crowned champions of the 2025 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Championship. Namibia came from behind to beat hosts Banyana Banyana 2-1 in extra-time.

ℂ𝕆𝕊𝔸𝔽𝔸 𝕎𝕆𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕊 ℂℍ𝔸𝕄ℙ𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ
Namibia have produced a HUGE upset to defeat Banyana Banyana and to win the COSAFA Womens Championship!!!#SABCSportFootball pic.twitter.com/K0AcR0KwJT
— SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) March 1, 2026

It took 36 minutes for Nthabiseng Majiya to put Banyana in the lead after a defensive blunder by Namibia. But Mudinatjo Hanavi scored a brilliant goal for Namibia nine minutes into the second half. Then Namibia took the lead early in extra time through Memory Ngonda.

GOALLLL!!!!!
Nthabiseng Majiya scores the opener for Sasol Banyana Banyana in the Final of the COSAFA Championship
South Africa 1 – 0 Namibia pic.twitter.com/vbfSzI4DKW
— SAFA.net (@SAFA_net) March 1, 2026

The goal was enough to lead Namibia to their first COSAFA crown.
On Friday, Banyana beat Zimbabwe 4-2 on penalties. In the earlier semi-final, Namibia caused a major upset when they beat defending champions Zambia 1-nil.
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