2014 Sasol League National Championship

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2014 Sasol League National Championship
Tournament details
Country South Africa
City Port Elizabeth
Venue(s) Isaac Wolfson Stadium
Dates9 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
Teams9
Defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Final positions
Champions Cape Town Roses
Runner-up Palace Super Falcons
Third place Coal City Wizards
Fourth place Kanatla Ladies
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Nocawe Skiti
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The 2014 Sasol League National Championship was the 6th edition of the Sasol League National Championship since it was formed in 2009. It was held at Isaac Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth. [1]

Contents

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies were defending champions. [2] They failed to qualify for this edition as Palace Super Falcons were Gauteng Sasol League champions.

Cape Town Roses defeated Palace Super Falcons 2-1 in the final. [3]

Participating teams

All nine teams qualified through winning their provincial leagues. [4]

TeamProvincial League
Coastal United LadiesEastern Cape Sasol League
Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies Free State Sasol League
Palace Super Falcons Gauteng Sasol League
Durban Ladies KwaZulu Natal Sasol League
Kanatla Ladies Limpopo Sasol League
Coal City Wizards Mpumalanga Sasol League
Royal WizardsNorthern Cape Sasol League
TitansNorth West Sasol League
Cape Town Roses Western Cape Sasol League

Draw

The draw for the 2014 championship took place on 20 November 2014. The nine teams were divided into the following three groups: [5]

Group AGroup BGroup C
  • Royal Wizards

Group stages

Tiebreakers

Teams 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Cape Town Roses 2200212+196Knockout Stages
2Coastal United Ladies20023520
3Royal Wizards0000017170
Source: [ citation needed ]
Cape Town Roses 52Coastal United Ladies
Cape Town Roses 160Royal Wizards
Royal Wizards01Coastal United Ladies

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Palace Super Falcons 2200101+96Knockout Stages
2 Durban Ladies 21014513
3 Coal City Wizards 200221080
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Kanatla Ladies 220042+26Knockout Stages
2 Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies 210152+33
3Titans20021650
Source: [ citation needed ]
Kanatla Ladies 21Titans

Ranking of third-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 C Titans20021650 #Knockout stage
2 B Coal City Wizards 200221080
3 A Royal Wizards2002017170
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
12 December – Isaac Wolfson Stadium
 
 
Cape Town Roses 3
 
14 December – Isaac Wolfson Stadium
 
Kanatla Ladies 0
 
Cape Town Roses 2
 
12 December – Isaac Wolfson Stadium
 
Palace Super Falcons 1
 
Palace Super Falcons 7
 
 
Coal City Wizards 1
 
Third place
 
 
12 December – Isaac Wolfson Stadium
 
 
Coal City Wizards 5
 
 
Kanatla Ladies 2

Quarter finals

Coal City Wizards 31Titans
Palace Super Falcons 70Coastal United Ladies

Semi-finals

3rd/4th play off

Final

Cape Town Roses 21 Palace Super Falcons

Final standings

RankTeamPrize money
1 Cape Town Roses R50 000
2 Palace Super Falcons R35 000
3 Coal City Wizards R25 000
4 Kanatla Ladies R20 000
5 Durban Ladies R18 000
6TitansR16 000
7 Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies R14 000
8Coastal United LadiesR12 000
9Royal WizardsR10 000

Awards

The following were rated best in the tournament:

AwardWinnerClub
Diski Queen of the Tournament
Queen of Queens of the Tournament
Top goalscorer of the Tournament Nocawe Skiti Cape Town Roses
Coach of the Tournament
Best goalkeeper
Young Queen of the Tournament
Referee of the Tournament

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