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2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
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Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityDurban
Dates30 August – 8 September
Teams8 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (2nd title)
Runners-upBotswana Double Action Ladies
Third placeMozambique CD Costa do Sol
Fourth placeZambia Green Buffaloes
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored52 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Andisiwe Mgcoyi ,South Africa Chuene Morifi,South Africa Lelona Daweti (3 goals)
Best player(s)Botswana Lesego Radiakanyo
Best goalkeeperSouth Africa Andile Dlamini
Fair play awardBotswana Double Action Ladies
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International football competition

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.

Participating teams

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

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Botswana Double Action Ladies 3rd Semi-finals (2021, 2022)
Eswatini Young Buffaloes 2nd Group stage (2022)
Mozambique CD Costa do Sol 2nd Group stage (2022)
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3rd Champions (2021)
Zambia Green Buffaloes 3rd Champions (2022)
Comoros Olympique de Moroni 2nd Semi-finals (2022)
Lesotho Lesotho Defence Force Ladies 2nd Groupe Stage (2021)
Malawi Ntopwa FC 1st Debut

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.

2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers is located in South AfricaDurbanDurban Durban
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium Princess Magogo Stadium
Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 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. 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.

Group A Group 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Botswana Double Action Ladies 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Semi-finals
2 Zambia Green Buffaloes 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
3 Lesotho Lesotho Defence Force Ladies 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
4 Malawi Ntopwa FC 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: Group standings section in-page
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Lesotho1–1Malawi Ntopwa FC
M. Mohlolo 86' Report V. Chikupila 45'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Green Buffaloes Zambia1–1Botswana Double Action Ladies
Mapepa 50' Report Radiakanyo 1'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, DurbanReferee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Lesotho0–1Botswana Double Action Ladies
Report L. Senwelo 58'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Green Buffaloes Zambia1–0Malawi Ntopwa FC
M. Chilenga 26' Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Lesotho1–2Zambia Green Buffaloes
M. Nthala 42' (o.g.) Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Ntopwa FC Malawi0–4Botswana Double Action Ladies
Report
Princess Magogo Stadium, Durban

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Semi-finals
2 Mozambique CD Costa do Sol 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 6
3 Eswatini Young Buffaloes 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
4 Comoros Olympic de Moroni 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
Source: Group standings section in-page
CD Costa do Sol Mozambique2–1Eswatini Young Buffaloes
Report T. Ngcamphalala 42'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa8–0Comoros Olympic de Moroni
Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
CD Costa do Sol Mozambique2–1Comoros Olympic de Moroni
  • Goia 14'
  • N. Maconho 75'
 Report J. Rima 57'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa4–0Eswatini Young Buffaloes
Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Olympic de Moroni Comoros3–3Eswatini Young Buffaloes
  • J. Rima 13'
  • M. Rasoanandrasana 54'
  • A. Razanampiavy 83'
 Report
  • N. Dlamini 11'
  • Tenanile Ngcamphalala 60'
  • M. Dube 88'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa4–0Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
Report
Princess Magogo Stadium, Durban

Knockout stage

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 6 September – Durban
 
 BotswanaDouble Action Ladies 2
 8 September – Durban
 Mozambique CD Costa do Sol0
 BotswanaDouble Action Ladies0
 6 September – Durban
 South AfricaMamelodi Sundowns2
 South AfricaMamelodi Sundowns 3
 
 Zambia Green Buffaloes 1
 Third Place match
 
 8 September – Durban
 
 Zambia Green Buffaloes 1
 
 Mozambique CD Costa do Sol2

Semi-finals

Source:

Double Action Ladies Botswana2–0Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
G. Ontlametse 8', 90' Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa3–1Zambia Green Buffaloes
Report Mulenga 11'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban

Third place

Green Buffaloes Zambia1–2Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
S. Phiri 87' Report
  • N. Maconho 44'
  • E. Cazembe 64'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban

Final

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

Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa2–0BotswanaDouble Action Ladies
Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban


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).

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

Own goals

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Zambia Memory Nthala Zambia Green Buffaloes 1
Lesotho Ntsatsi Khakanyo Lesotho Lesotho Defence Force Ladies

References

  1. "Draw on Thursday for CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers". COSAFA. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. "CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers to start on Wednesday". CAFOnline.com. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. "CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers 2023 in numbers". COSAFA. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. "Draw mechanics for CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifier 2023". COSAFA. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. "Champions Green Buffaloes get tough draw in Champions League qualifier". COSAFA. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. "CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers semi-finalists confirmed". CAFOnline.com. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  7. "Sundowns to face Double Action in CAF Women's Champs Lge COSAFA qualifier final". CAFOnline.com. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

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