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:	12
Goals:	30
Top Scorer:	Siphilisiwe Ndlovu (3 goals)
Prevseason:	2023
Nextseason:	2025
Updated:	20 August 2024

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.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
		Champions (2022)
		Group stage (2021)
		Debut
University of the Western Cape		Debut
		Debut
União Desportiva de Lichinga		Debut
Ascent Soccer Academy		Debut
Young Buffaloes		Group stage (2022,2023)

Venues

Mpria Stadium^[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]}

width=50%	Seeded	width=50%	Unseeded
Ascent Soccer Academy(hosts) Green Buffaloes	Ongos SC Gaborone United University of the Western Cape Herentals Queens União Desportiva de Lichinga Young Buffaloes

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.

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 and they met in the last round of the group;
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.

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

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Siphilisiwe Ndlovu	Young Buffaloes	3
2		Herentals Queens	2
	Tenanile Ngcamphalala	Young Buffaloes
	Bongeka Gamede	UWC Ladies
	Alephar Chimbeta	Ascent Soccer Academy
	Faith Chinzimu	Ascent Soccer Academy
6	Natasha Nanyangwe		1
	Vanessa Chikupila
		FC Ongos
	Beverly Uueziua	FC Ongos
	Ndapewa Kateta	FC Ongos
		Herentals Queens
	Melody Chikore	Herentals Queens
	Egness Tumbare	Herentals Queens
		UWC Ladies
	Fikile Magama	UWC Ladies
	Noxolo Cesane	UWC Ladies
		Gaborone United
	Maungo Maponga	Gaborone United
	Keitumetse Dithebe	Gaborone United
	Yaone Modise	Gaborone United
	Celiwe Nkambule	Young Buffaloes
	Célia Miguel	União Desportiva de Lichinga

Notes and References

1. https://cosafa.com/caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-set-for-malawi/ caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-set-for-malawi
2. https://allafrica.com/stories/202407240493.html Africa: CAF Women's Champions League | Cosafa Qualifier 2024 in Numbers
3. https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2024/07/23/zimbabwes-representatives-in-caf-womens-champions-league-confirmed/ zimbabwes-representatives-in-caf-womens-champions-league-confirmed
4. 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.
5. 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
6. https://cosafa.com/2024-cosafa-wcl/ 2024 COSAFA WCL
7. 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.
8. https://www.bfa.co.bw/3336/caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-groups-revealed/ caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-groups-revealed
9. https://zambianfootball.co.zm/buffaloes-learn-cosafa-champions-league-opponents/ buffaloes-learn-cosafa-champions-league-opponents
10. https://cosafa.com/tough-pools-in-caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-2024/ tough-pools-in-caf-womens-champions-league-cosafa-qualifier-2024