2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers explained

Tourney Name:CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
Year:2023
Dates:30 August – 8 September
Num Teams:8
Associations:14
Venues:1
Cities:1
Country:South Africa
City:Durban
Champion Other: Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Count:2
Second Other: Double Action Ladies
Third Other: CD Costa do Sol
Fourth Other: Green Buffaloes
Matches:16
Goals:52
Fair Play: Double Action Ladies
Player: Lesego Radiakanyo
Goalkeeper: Andile Dlamini
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, commonly known as the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League, was the 3rd edition of the annual women's association football club championship organized by COSAFA for its nations. It was sponsored by South African sports betting company Hollywoodbets and took place in Durban, South Africa for the third straight year from 30 August to 8 September.[1] [2]

Participating teams

The following 8 teams took part in this edition of the tournament:

TeamAppearances Previous best performance
Semi-finals (2021, 2022)
Young Buffaloes Group stage (2022)
CD Costa do SolGroup stage (2022)
Champions (2021)
Champions (2022)
Olympique de Moroni Semi-finals (2022)
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Groupe Stage (2021)
Ntopwa FC Debut

Venues

This edition of the tournament was held entirely at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium and the Princess Magogo Stadium (for the last day) in Durban, South Africa.

Durban
Sugar Ray Xulu StadiumPrincess Magogo Stadium
Capacity: 6,500Capacity: 12,000

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 10 August 2023 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco.[3] The eight teams were drawn into 2 group of 4 teams with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[4] [5]

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Group stage

TiebreakersTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking 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 South African Standard Time (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Source:[6]

Final

The winner would qualify for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League as COSAFA representatives.[7]

Statistics

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Andisiwe Mgcoyi Mamelodi Sundowns3
Chuene Morifi
Lelona Daweti
2 Goia CD Costa do Sol2
Joeline Rima Olympic de Moroni
Leungo Senwelo
Tiisetso Makhubela Mamelodi Sundowns
Miche Minnes
Nonhlanhla Mthandi
4 Vanessa Chikupila Ntopwa FC1
Siomala Mapepa Green Buffaloes
Maweta Chilenga
Esther Banda
Oteng Bonang Double Action Ladies
Leungo Senwelo
Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse
Maseriti Mohlolo Lesotho Defence Force Ladies
Tenanile Ngcamphalala Young Buffaloes
Nothando Dlamini
Tenanile Ngcamphalala
Mazwi Dube
Marlene Janeiro CD Costa do Sol
Neide Maconho
Boitumelo Rabale Mamelodi Sundowns
Gabonnelwe Kekana
Zanele Nhlapo
Marie Rasoanandrasana Olympique de Moroni
Aimée Razanampiavy

Own goals

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Memory Nthala1
Ntsatsi Khakanyo Lesotho Defence Force Ladies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21 August 2023. Draw on Thursday for CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers. COSAFA. 24 July 2023.
  2. Web site: 28 August 2023. CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers to start on Wednesday. CAFOnline.com. 11 September 2023.
  3. Web site: 11 August 2023. CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers 2023 in numbers. COSAFA. 13 August 2023.
  4. Web site: 9 August 2023. Draw mechanics for CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifier 2023. COSAFA. 13 August 2023.
  5. Web site: 10 August 2023. Champions Green Buffaloes get tough draw in Champions League qualifier. COSAFA. 13 August 2023.
  6. Web site: 4 September 2023. CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers semi-finalists confirmed. CAFOnline.com. 11 September 2023.
  7. Web site: 6 September 2023. Sundowns to face Double Action in CAF Women’s Champs Lge COSAFA qualifier final. CAFOnline.com. 11 September 2023.