2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers explained

Tourney Name:CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
Year:2022
Dates:7 – 13 August 2022
Num Teams:6
Associations:14
Venues:1
Cities:1
Country:South Africa
City:Durban
Champion Other: Green Buffaloes
Count:1
Fourth Other: Olympic de Moroni
Matches:8
Goals:25
Player: Melinda Kgadiete
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023
Goalkeeper: Aisha Mbwana
Fair Play: Double Action Ladies

The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, commonly known as the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and for sponsorship purposes as the 2022 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League, was the 2nd edition of the annual qualification tournament for the CAF Women's Champions League organized by COSAFA for its nations. It took place in Durban, South Africa in consecutive years after having hosted the inaugural edition the previous year from 7 to 13 August 2022,[1] [2] having been originally scheduled from 4 to 14 August[3] and is the first to be sponsored by South African sports betting company, Hollywoodbets.

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies were the defending champions[4] but got defeated and succeeded by Green Buffaloes 6–5 on penalties following a goalless draw after extra time.[5]

Teams

The following teams took part in this edition of the tournament:

TeamAppearances Previous best performance
Semi-finals (2021)
Young Buffaloes Debut
CD Costa do SolDebut
Champions (2021)
Semi-finals (2021)
Olympique de Moroni Debut

Venue

This edition of the tournament was held entirely at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, South Africa.

Durban
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
Capacity: 6,500

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 20 July 2022 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco.[6] The six teams were drawn into 2 group of 3 teams with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages. The resultant groups are as follows:[7]

width=25%Group Awidth=25%Group B

Group stage

TiebreakersTeams were ranked according to the three points for a win system (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss) and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied meet in the last group stage round;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are in South African Standard Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

The winners would qualify for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League as COSAFA representatives.

Statistics

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Ireen Lungu Green Buffaloes5
2 Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies3
3 Andisiwe Mgcoyi Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies2
Obonetse Ratharin Double Action Ladies
5 Anita Mulenga Green Buffaloes 1
Hellen Chanda Green Buffaloes
Natasha Nanyangwe Green Buffaloes
Zanele Nhlapho Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Miche Minnies Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Rhoda Mulaudzi Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Ninika Costa Do Sol
Oteng Bonang Double Action Ladies
Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse Double Action Ladies
Hadhirami Anlaouia Olympic de Moroni

Own goals

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Nadia Farranguana Costa Do Sol1
Tiisetso Makhubela Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Hadhirami Anlaouia Olympic de Moroni

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers technical study group selected the following as the best of this edition of the tournament.

AwardPlayer/CoachTeam
Best Player Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi Sundowns
Best Goalkeeper Aisha Mbwana Green Buffaloes
Best Coach

Squad of the tournament

The CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers technical study group selected the following 11 players as the squad of the tournament.[8]

Best XI

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12 April 2022. COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments. COSAFA. 24 May 2022.
  2. Web site: 21 April 2022. 2022 COSAFA WCL Schedule. COSAFA. 24 July 2022.
  3. Web site: 21 April 2022. New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220421113718/https://www.cafonline.com/development/african-schools-programme/news/new-tournament-added-to-exciting-cosafa-calendar. 21 April 2022. CAFOnline.com. 24 May 2022. TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League/ COSAFA Qualifiers- 4-14 August.
  4. Web site: 4 September 2021. Sundowns crowned winners of TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers. COSAFA. 24 May 2022.
  5. Web site: 13 August 2022. Green Buffaloes stun Mamelodi Sundowns to win regional title. COSAFA. 22 August 2022.
  6. Web site: 20 July 2022. Inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League draw set for 20 July. COSAFA. 23 July 2022.
  7. Web site: 20 July 2022. Draw made for HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women's Champions League. COSAFA. 24 July 2022.
  8. Web site: 15 August 2022. Best XI of the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers. 17 August 2022. Green Buffaloes. Facebook. live. https://archive.today/20220907091115/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2354975577985213&set=a.1056315634517887&_rdc=1&_rdr. 7 September 2022. User-generated source converted for archiving purposes..