2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
COSAFA Women's Champions League; Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League (sponsored name);
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Durban
Dates	7 – 13 August 2022
Teams	6 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Green Buffaloes (1st title)
Runners-up	Mamelodi Sundowns
Third place	Double Action Ladies
Fourth place	Olympic de Moroni
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	25 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ireen Lungu (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Melinda Kgadiete
Best goalkeeper	Aisha Mbwana
Fair play award	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
Double Action Ladies	2nd	Semi-finals (2021)
Young Buffaloes	1st	Debut
CD Costa do Sol	1st	Debut
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	2nd	Champions (2021)
Green Buffaloes	2nd	Semi-finals (2021)
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	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
Mamelodi Sundowns CD Costa do Sol Double Action Ladies	Green Buffaloes Young Buffaloes Olympique de Moroni

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.

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied meet in the last group stage round;
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);
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	Mamelodi Sundowns	2	1	1	0	9	2	7	4	Final
2	Double Action Ladies	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	4	Third place
3	CD Costa do Sol	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 August 2022

12:00

Mamelodi Sundowns	8–1	CD Costa do Sol
Kgadiete 2', 45' Mgcoyi 30', 33' Z. Nhlapho 38' (pen.) M. Minnies 54' N. Farranguana 61' (o.g.) Mulaudzi 69'	Report	Ninika 77' (pen.)

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

9 August 2022

12:00

Double Action Ladies	1–1	Mamelodi Sundowns
Makhubela 19' (o.g.)	Report	Kgadiete 25'

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

11 August 2022

12:00

Double Action Ladies	2–0	CD Costa do Sol
O. Bonang 14' G. Ontlametse 84'	Report

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Green Buffaloes	2	2	0	8	0	8	6	Final
2	Olympic de Moroni	2	1	1	1	4	−3	3	Third place
3	Young Buffaloes	2	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 August 2022

15:30

Young Buffaloes	0–4	Green Buffaloes
	Report	Lungu 32', 84' Chanda 42' Mulenga 67'

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

9 August 2022

15:30

Green Buffaloes	4–0	Olympic de Moroni
Lungu 29', 63', 70' (pen.) N. Nanyangwe 59'	Report

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

11 August 2022

15:30

Olympic de Moroni	1–0	Young Buffaloes
H. Anlaouia 44'	Report

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Knockout stage

Third place

13 August 2022

12:00

Double Actions Ladies	3–0	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.

13 August 2022

15:30

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0 (a.e.t.)	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	Ireen Lungu	Green Buffaloes	5
2	Melinda Kgadiete	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	3
3	Andisiwe Mgcoyi	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	2
3	Obonetse Ratharin	Double Action Ladies	2
5	Anita Mulenga	Green Buffaloes	1
	Hellen Chanda	Green Buffaloes
	Natasha Nanyangwe	Green Buffaloes
	Zanele Nhlapho	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
	Miche Minnies	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
	Rhoda Mulaudzi	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
	Ninika	Costa Do Sol
	Oteng Bonang	Double Action Ladies
	Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse	Double Action Ladies
	Hadhirami Anlaouia	Olympic de Moroni

Own goals

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nadia Farranguana	Costa Do Sol	1
	Tiisetso Makhubela	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
	Hadhirami Anlaouia	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	Melinda Kgadiete	Mamelodi Sundowns
Best Goalkeeper	Aisha Mbwana	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

^ "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". COSAFA. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "2022 COSAFA WCL Schedule". COSAFA. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "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
^ "Sundowns crowned winners of TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers". COSAFA. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "Green Buffaloes stun Mamelodi Sundowns to win regional title". COSAFA. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League draw set for 20 July". COSAFA. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "Draw made for HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women's Champions League". COSAFA. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "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.

[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.

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