2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers explained
| Tourney Name: | CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 15 August –24 August 2024 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Associations: | 8 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Country: | Malawi |
| City: | Blantyre |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 39 |
| Top Scorer: |  Siphilisiwe Ndlovu
Bongeka Gamede
(3 goals) |
| Player: | Keitumetse Dithebe |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Fair Play: | University of the Western Cape |
The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers is the 4th edition of the annual women's association football club championship organized by COSAFA for its nations. This edition will be held from August 15 to 24 in Blantyre, Malawi.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The winners of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.
Participating clubs
The following four teams contested in the qualifying tournament.
Venues
One stadium was shosen for the tournament.[6]
Match officials
Assistant Referees
Draw
The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 24 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC+2 (13:00 CAT) in Egypt. The seven teams were drawn into 2 groups with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
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Group stage
- TiebreakersTeams are 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.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Final
Awards and statistics
Goal scorers
Group Stage Best XI
Group Stage Best XI Coach:
Thinasonke Mbuli[12] Overall Best XI
Overall Best XI Coach:
Thinasonke Mbuli[13] Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Player of the Tournament (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).[14]
Notes and References
- https://cosafa.com/caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-set-for-malawi/ caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-set-for-malawi
- https://allafrica.com/stories/202407240493.html Africa: CAF Women's Champions League | Cosafa Qualifier 2024 in Numbers
- https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2024/07/23/zimbabwes-representatives-in-caf-womens-champions-league-confirmed/ zimbabwes-representatives-in-caf-womens-champions-league-confirmed
- Web site: 24 July 2024. 2024 CAF Women's Champions League: Results of the Zonal Qualifiers Draw. CAFOnline.com. 26 July 2024. 29 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240729110721/https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/2024-caf-womens-champions-league-results-of-the-zonal-qualifiers-draw/ . live.
- https://sportnewsafrica.com/breve/ldc-feminine-caf-la-date-du-tirage-au-sort-des-eliminatoires-connue/ ldc-feminine-caf-la-date-du-tirage-au-sort-des-eliminatoires-connue
- https://cosafa.com/2024-cosafa-wcl/ 2024 COSAFA WCL
- Web site: 24 July 2024. RE-WATCH: CAF Women’s Champions League 2024 Qualifiers Draw. . 2 August 2024. 2 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240802182640/https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/re-watch-caf-women-s-champions-league-2024-qualifiers-draw/ . live.
- https://www.bfa.co.bw/3336/caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-groups-revealed/ caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-groups-revealed
- https://zambianfootball.co.zm/buffaloes-learn-cosafa-champions-league-opponents/ buffaloes-learn-cosafa-champions-league-opponents
- https://cosafa.com/tough-pools-in-caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-2024/ tough-pools-in-caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-2024
- Web site: 2024-07-24 . UWC learn CAF Women's Champions League qualifying opponents soccer . 2024-08-22 . SABC . en.
- Web site: Kganyago . Lethabo . 2024-08-21 . UWC Dominate CAF WCL COSAFA Qualifiers Team . 2024-08-26 . iDiski Times . en-US.
- Web site: Kganyago . Lethabo . 2024-08-26 . UWC Quartet In CAF WCL COSAFA Qualifiers Best Team . 2024-08-26 . iDiski Times . en-US.
- https://cosafa.com/uwc-win-caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifiers/ EN, FR, PR: UWC win CAF Women’s Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers
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