Malawi at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Malawi at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Malawi at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Malawi
CGF code	MAW
CGA	Malawi Olympic Committee
Website	moc.org.mw
in Birmingham, England; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	22 (6 men and 16 women) in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; ; 2026; 2030;
Other related appearances
	Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Malawi competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.^[1] Having made its Games debut in 1970, it was Malawi's fourteenth appearance to date.

Competitors

Malawi's team consisted of 22 athletes competing in five sports.^[2]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Boxing	2	1	3
Judo	1	1	2
Netball	—	12	12
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	6	16	22

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stern Liffa	100 m	10.49	3	Did not advance
Stern Liffa	200 m	21.43	5	Did not advance
Farook Mponda	200 m	22.61	7	Did not advance
Farook Mponda	400 m	49.12	7	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Asimenye Simwaka	200 m	23.28	3 Q	23.59	5	Did not advance
Asimenye Simwaka	400 m	52.19	3 Q	51.70	2 Q	51.55	6

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elias Bonzo	Men's Light welterweight	Ume (PNG) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Luwis Mbewe	Men's Welterweight	Bye	Deen Kargbo (SLE) W 4 - 1	Croft (WAL) L RSC	Did not advance
Natasha Maya	Women's Featherweight	—	Kenosi (BOT) L 0 - 5	Did not advance

A squad of two judoka was entered as of 8 July 2022.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Austin Chikwapula	Men's -66 kg	Short (SCO) L 00 - 10	Did not advance				9
Harriet Boniface	Women's -48 kg	Bye	Likmabam (IND) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	Tari (VAN) W 10 - 00	Platten (ENG) L 00 - 10	5

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 28 July 2021), Malawi qualified for the tournament.^[4]^[5]

Partial fixtures were announced in November 2021,^[6] then updated with the remaining qualifiers in March 2022.^[7]

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Malawi women	Women's tournament	England L 41 - 66	Northern Ireland W 54 - 41	New Zealand L 50 - 69	Trinidad and Tobago W 70 - 30	Uganda L 43 - 56	4	Did not advance	Seventh place match Wales W 62 - 56	7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	5	5	0	321	169	+152	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	4	1	325	188	+137	8	Semi-finals
3	Uganda	5	3	2	256	206	+50	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	2	3	258	262	−4	4
5	Northern Ireland	5	1	4	155	299	−144	2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	5	136	327	−191	0

Source: Birmingham 2022
(H) Hosts

30 July 2022 14:00	Report	England	66–41	Malawi		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gareth Fowler
		Cardwell 31/33 (94%) Harten 21/25 (84%) Housby 14/18 (78%)		Chimaliro 4/5 (80%) Kumwenda 18/21 (86%) Mvula 19/22 (86%)

31 July 2022 12:00	Report	Malawi	54–41	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Tracy-Ann Griffiths
		Chimaliro 4/4 (100%) Kumwenda 29/32 (91%) Mvula 15/19 (79%) Simtowe 6/6 (100%)		Bowman 1/3 (33%) Crosbie 18/22 (82%) Magee 22/27 (81%)

1 August 2022 20:00	Report	New Zealand	69–50	Malawi		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Joshua Bowring
		Nweke 52/55 (95%) Selby-Rickit 13/15 (87%) Wilson 4/5 (80%)		Chimaliro 5/6 (83%) Kumwenda 27/31 (87%) Mvula 14/17 (82%) Simtowe 4/4 (100%)

3 August 2022 18:00	Report	Malawi	70–30	Trinidad and Tobago		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Anso Kemp
		Chimaliro 16/16 (100%) Kumwenda 27/28 (96%) Mvula 22/26 (85%) Simtowe 5/6 (83%)		Cooper 2/4 (50%) Hollingsworth 5/9 (56%) Noel 23/26 (88%)

4 August 2022 16:00	Report	Malawi	43–56	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gary Burgess
		Chimaliro 14/15 (93%) Kumwenda 22/23 (96%) Mvula 4/6 (67%) Simtowe 3/3 (100%)		Cholhok 31/33 (94%) Eyaru 22/23 (96%) Proscovia 3/3 (100%)

5 August 2022 14:30	Report	Wales	56–62	Malawi		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Ken Metekingi Kate Wright
		Creak 8/10 (80%) Roberts 1/2 (50%) Rowe 47/49 (96%)		Chimaliro 3/4 (75%) Kumwenda 49/50 (98%) Simtowe 10/11 (91%)

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tsinde Kumbatira	50 m freestyle	27.84	69	Did not advance
Tsinde Kumbatira	50 m butterfly	31.04	54	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jessica Makwenda	50 m freestyle	Disqualified		Did not advance
Jessica Makwenda	50 m butterfly	34.75	52	Did not advance

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Associations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Eswatini Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Malawi at the Commonwealth Games
1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2026 2030
Malawi competed as part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1962