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2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

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.

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 →

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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]
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
Double Action Ladies  1–1  Mamelodi Sundowns
Makhubela   19' (o.g.) Report Kgadiete   25'
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Green Buffaloes 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6 Final
2   Olympic de Moroni 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3 Third place
3   Young Buffaloes 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Young Buffaloes  0–4  Green Buffaloes
Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Green Buffaloes  4–0  Olympic de Moroni
  • Lungu   29', 63', 70' (pen.)
  • N. Nanyangwe   59'
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Olympic de Moroni  1–0  Young Buffaloes
H. Anlaouia   44' Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Knockout stage edit

Third place edit

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 edit

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

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

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

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
  Obonetse Ratharin   Double Action Ladies
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 edit

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Nadia Farranguana   Costa Do Sol 1
  Tiisetso Makhubela   Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
  Hadhirami Anlaouia   Olympic de Moroni

Awards edit

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 edit

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 edit

Pos. Player Team
GK
DF
MF
FW

References edit

  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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