2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

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2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
City Durban
Dates7 – 13 August 2022
Teams6 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Third place Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Fourth place Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Zambia.svg Ireen Lungu (5 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of South Africa.svg Melinda Kgadiete
Best goalkeeper Flag of Zambia.svg Aisha Mbwana
Fair play award Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
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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.

Contents

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:

TeamAppearancesPrevious best performance
Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies 2ndSemi-finals (2021)
Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes1stDebut
Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol1stDebut
Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 2ndChampions (2021)
Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 2ndSemi-finals (2021)
Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympique de Moroni1stDebut

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]

Group AGroup B

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage
Tiebreakers

Teams 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 211092+74 Final
2 Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies 211031+24 Third place
3 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol2002110−90
Source: [ citation needed ]
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 8–1 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol
 Report Ninika Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Double Action Ladies Flag of Botswana.svg 1–1 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Makhubela Soccerball shade.svg19' (o.g.) Report Kgadiete Soccerball shade.svg25'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Double Action Ladies Flag of Botswana.svg 2–0 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol
  • O. Bonang Soccerball shade.svg14'
  • G. Ontlametse Soccerball shade.svg84'
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 220080+86 Final
2 Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni210114−33 Third place
3 Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes200205−50
Source: [ citation needed ]
Young Buffaloes Flag of Eswatini.svg 0–4 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Green Buffaloes Flag of Zambia.svg 4–0 Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Olympic de Moroni Flag of the Comoros.svg 1–0 Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes
H. Anlaouia Soccerball shade.svg44' Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Knockout stage

Third place

Double Actions Ladies Flag of Botswana.svg 3–0 Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni
  • O. Rathari Soccerball shade.svg25', 68'
  • H. Anlaouia Soccerball shade.svg80' (.og)
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Final

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

Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 0–0 (a.e.t.) Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Report
Penalties
5-6
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 25 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Zambia.svg Ireen Lungu Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 5
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Melinda Kgadiete Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 3
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Andisiwe Mgcoyi Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 2
Flag of Botswana.svg Obonetse Ratharin Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
5 Flag of Zambia.svg Anita Mulenga Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes1
Flag of Zambia.svg Hellen Chanda Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Flag of Zambia.svg Natasha Nanyangwe Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Flag of South Africa.svg Zanele Nhlapho Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Flag of South Africa.svg Miche Minnies Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Flag of South Africa.svg Rhoda Mulaudzi Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Flag of Mozambique.svg Ninika Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa Do Sol
Flag of Botswana.svg Oteng Bonang Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Flag of Botswana.svg Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Flag of the Comoros.svg Hadhirami Anlaouia Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni

Own goals

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Mozambique.svg Nadia Farranguana Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa Do Sol1
Flag of South Africa.svg Tiisetso Makhubela Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Flag of the Comoros.svg Hadhirami Anlaouia Flag of the Comoros.svg 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 Flag of South Africa.svg Melinda Kgadiete Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Best Goalkeeper Flag of Zambia.svg Aisha Mbwana Flag of Zambia.svg 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

Pos.PlayerTeam
GK
DF
MF
FW

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