No prize money for Cosafa women’s tourney
The Scorchers will not get any prize money from the just-ended HollywoodBets Cosafa Women’s Championship as the tournament has had no sponsor for some time, it has been established.
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) competitions and communications director clarified this in an interview yesterday following posts on various social media platforms that the Malawi Women’s National Football Team received about K464 million for their feat.
He said: “The Cosafa Women’s Championship has no sponsor and the players were aware of that because even when they qualified for the 2021 edition final, they did not get any prize money.
“The only time the tournament was sponsored was in 2017 by Kwesi TV when it was hosted by Zimbabwe.”
Zakazaka said only the men’s senior tournament has a sponsor for prize money.
Nevertheless, FAM president Walter Nyamilandu said in an interview yesterday that the association was consulting on how best to reward the Scorchers.
Scorchers captain Temwa Chawinga, who won the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament awards, said they were aware that the tournament does not have prize money.
“For us it was about national pride and I believe we achieved that. As for the rewards , it will be up to the authorities, be it government, FAM or other stakeholders to see if they can do something,” she said.
Malawi won the tournament after beating Zambia 2-1 in the final on Suday in Johannesburg, South Africa.
It was the first time for the Scorchers to win the regional showpiece since its inception in 2002.
In the men’s tournament, the champions get R500 000 (about K32 million), the runners-up receive R250 000 (about K16 million), the third-placed team gets R150 000 (about K9.6 million) and R100 000 (about K6.4 million) for the fourth-placed.
Indidividual awardees get R20 000 (about K1.3 million).
