2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityDurban
Dates7 – 13 August 2022
Teams6 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsZambia Green Buffaloes (1st title)
Runners-upSouth Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Third placeBotswana Double Action Ladies
Fourth placeComoros Olympic de Moroni
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zambia Ireen Lungu (5 goals)
Best player(s)South Africa Melinda Kgadiete
Best goalkeeperZambia Aisha Mbwana
Fair play awardBotswana Double Action Ladies
← 2021
2023 →

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.

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:

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Botswana Double Action Ladies 2nd Semi-finals (2021)
Eswatini Young Buffaloes 1st Debut
Mozambique CD Costa do Sol 1st Debut
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 2nd Champions (2021)
Zambia Green Buffaloes 2nd Semi-finals (2021)
Comoros Olympique de Moroni 1st Debut

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 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 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2 1 1 0 9 2 +7 4 Final
2 Botswana Double Action Ladies 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Third place
3 Mozambique CD Costa do Sol 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa8–1Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
 Report Ninika 77' (pen.)
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Double Action Ladies Botswana1–1South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Makhubela 19' (o.g.) Report Kgadiete 25'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Double Action Ladies Botswana2–0Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
  • O. Bonang 14'
  • G. Ontlametse 84'
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zambia Green Buffaloes 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6 Final
2 Comoros Olympic de Moroni 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3 Third place
3 Eswatini Young Buffaloes 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Young Buffaloes Eswatini0–4Zambia Green Buffaloes
Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Green Buffaloes Zambia4–0Comoros Olympic de Moroni
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Olympic de Moroni Comoros1–0Eswatini Young Buffaloes
H. Anlaouia 44' Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Knockout stage

Third place

Double Actions Ladies Botswana3–0Comoros Olympic de Moroni
  • O. Rathari 25', 68'
  • H. Anlaouia 80' (.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 South Africa0–0 (a.e.t.)Zambia 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.

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

Own goals

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Mozambique Nadia Farranguana Mozambique Costa Do Sol 1
South Africa Tiisetso Makhubela South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Comoros Hadhirami Anlaouia Comoros 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.

Award Player/Coach Team
Best Player South Africa Melinda Kgadiete South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Best Goalkeeper Zambia Aisha Mbwana Zambia 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. Player Team
GK
DF
MF
FW

References

  1. ^ "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". COSAFA. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 COSAFA WCL Schedule". COSAFA. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". CAFOnline.com. 21 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022. TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League/ COSAFA Qualifiers- 4-14 August
  4. ^ "Sundowns crowned winners of TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers". COSAFA. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Green Buffaloes stun Mamelodi Sundowns to win regional title". COSAFA. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League draw set for 20 July". COSAFA. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Draw made for HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women's Champions League". COSAFA. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Best XI of the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers". Green Buffaloes. 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022 – via Facebook. User-generated source converted for archiving purposes.