2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

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2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
2023 COSAFA Women's Champion League logo.webp
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
City Durban
Dates30 August – 8 September
Teams8 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Third place Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol
Fourth place Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored52 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of South Africa.svg Andisiwe Mgcoyi , Flag of South Africa.svg Chuene Morifi, Flag of South Africa.svg Lelona Daweti (3 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Botswana.svg Lesego Radiakanyo
Best goalkeeper Flag of South Africa.svg Andile Dlamini
Fair play award Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
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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]

Contents

Participating teams

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

TeamAppearancesPrevious best performance
Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies 3rdSemi-finals (2021, 2022)
Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes2ndGroup stage (2022)
Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol2ndGroup stage (2022)
Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 3rdChampions (2021)
Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 3rdChampions (2022)
Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympique de Moroni2ndSemi-finals (2022)
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Defence Force Ladies2ndGroupe Stage (2021)
Flag of Malawi.svg Ntopwa FC1stDebut

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 Stadium Princess 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]

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 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies 321061+57 Semi-finals
2 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 321042+27
3 Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Defence Force Ladies301224−21
4 Flag of Malawi.svg Ntopwa FC301216−51
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Flag of Lesotho.svg 1–1 Flag of Malawi.svg Ntopwa FC
M. Mohlolo Soccerball shade.svg86' Report V. Chikupila Soccerball shade.svg45'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Green Buffaloes Flag of Zambia.svg 1–1 Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Mapepa Soccerball shade.svg50' Report Radiakanyo Soccerball shade.svg1'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Flag of Lesotho.svg 0–1 Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Report L. Senwelo Soccerball shade.svg58'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Green Buffaloes Flag of Zambia.svg 1–0 Flag of Malawi.svg Ntopwa FC
M. Chilenga Soccerball shade.svg26' Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Flag of Lesotho.svg 1–2 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
M. Nthala Soccerball shade.svg42' (o.g.) Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Ntopwa FC Flag of Malawi.svg 0–4 Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Report
Princess Magogo Stadium , Durban

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 3300160+169 Semi-finals
2 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol320146−26
3 Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes301249−51
4 Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni3012413−91
CD Costa do Sol Flag of Mozambique.svg 2–1 Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes
 Report T. Ngcamphalala Soccerball shade.svg42'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 8–0 Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
CD Costa do Sol Flag of Mozambique.svg 2–1 Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni
  • Goia Soccerball shade.svg14'
  • N. Maconho Soccerball shade.svg75'
 Report J. Rima Soccerball shade.svg57'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 4–0 Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Olympic de Moroni Flag of the Comoros.svg 3–3 Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes
  • J. Rima Soccerball shade.svg13'
  • M. Rasoanandrasana Soccerball shade.svg54'
  • A. Razanampiavy Soccerball shade.svg83'
 Report
  • N. Dlamini Soccerball shade.svg11'
  • Tenanile Ngcamphalala Soccerball shade.svg60'
  • M. Dube Soccerball shade.svg88'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 4–0 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol
 Report
Princess Magogo Stadium , Durban

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Source: [6]

Double Action Ladies Flag of Botswana.svg 2–0 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol
G. Ontlametse Soccerball shade.svg8', 90' Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban

Third place

Green Buffaloes Flag of Zambia.svg 1–2 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol
S. Phiri Soccerball shade.svg87' Report
  • N. Maconho Soccerball shade.svg44'
  • E. Cazembe Soccerball shade.svg64'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium , Durban

Final

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 41 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.42 goals per match (as of 4 september 2023).

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Andisiwe Mgcoyi Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 3
Flag of South Africa.svg Chuene Morifi
Flag of South Africa.svg Lelona Daweti
2 Flag of Mozambique.svg Goia Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol2
Flag of Madagascar.svg Joeline Rima Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni
Flag of Botswana.svg Leungo Senwelo Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Flag of South Africa.svg Tiisetso Makhubela Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Flag of South Africa.svg Miche Minnes
Flag of South Africa.svg Nonhlanhla Mthandi
4 Flag of Malawi.svg Vanessa Chikupila Flag of Malawi.svg Ntopwa FC1
Flag of Zambia.svg Siomala Mapepa Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Flag of Zambia.svg Maweta Chilenga
Flag of Zambia.svg Esther Banda
Flag of Botswana.svg Oteng Bonang Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Flag of Botswana.svg Leungo Senwelo
Flag of Botswana.svg Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse
Flag of Lesotho.svg Maseriti Mohlolo Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Defence Force Ladies
Flag of Eswatini.svg Tenanile Ngcamphalala Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes
Flag of Eswatini.svg Nothando Dlamini
Flag of Eswatini.svg Tenanile Ngcamphalala
Flag of Eswatini.svg Mazwi Dube
Flag of Mozambique.svg Marlene Janeiro Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol
Flag of Mozambique.svg Neide Maconho
Flag of Lesotho.svg Boitumelo Rabale Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Flag of Botswana.svg Refilwe Tholakele
Flag of South Africa.svg Gabonnelwe Kekana
Flag of South Africa.svg Zanele Nhlapo
Flag of Madagascar.svg Marie Rasoanandrasana Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympique de Moroni
Flag of Madagascar.svg Aimée Razanampiavy

Own goals

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Zambia.svg Memory Nthala Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 1
Flag of Lesotho.svg Ntsatsi Khakanyo Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Defence Force Ladies

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