{"id":39307,"date":"2025-10-20T17:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39307"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:21:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:21:25","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign2025-cosafa-womens-championship-postponed-due-to-lack-of-host-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign2025-cosafa-womens-championship-postponed-due-to-lack-of-host-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship postponed due to lack of host nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-138280\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"280\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-COSAFA-Womens-Championship-postponed-due-to-lack-of-host.jpg?resize=280%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=300%2C283&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=1024%2C967&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=768%2C725&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=1536%2C1451&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=280%2C264&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>The 2025 COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship has been postponed after the regional football governing body, the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), failed to secure a host nation for the annual tournament.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) on Monday, COSAFA confirmed that the decision was made following the \u201ccurrent unavailability of a host nation\u201d for this year\u2019s edition of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The association added that efforts are underway to engage potential hosts, with the tournament now expected to take place in the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOSAFA is engaging potential hosts to ensure the successful delivery of the tournament, which is now expected to take place in the first quarter of 2026. Further details regarding the new dates and venue will be communicated in due course,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The statement continues: \u201cZIFA acknowledges and supports COSAFA\u2019s commitment to maintaining the high standards of women\u2019s football across the Southern African region and looks forward to the tournament\u2019s rescheduled staging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged cosafa, COSAFA Women&rsquo;s Championship, ZIFA<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#COSAFA #Womens #Championship #postponed #due #lack #host #nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship has been postponed after the regional football governing body, the Council of Southern Africa Football&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[117,1675,1194,4829,2034,3195,2038,4289],"class_list":["post-39307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-championship","tag-cosafa","tag-due","tag-host","tag-lack","tag-nation","tag-postponed","tag-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39309,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39307\/revisions\/39309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}