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 (occasionally known as the 2022 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League for sponsorship purposes), was the 2nd edition of the annual women's association football club championship organized by COSAFA for the women's clubs of member associations. It took place in South Africa for the second straight year from 7 to 13 August[1] having been originally scheduled from 4 to 14 August.[2][3]

2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
  • COSAFA Women's Champions League
  • Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League (sponsored name)
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityDurban
Dates7–13 August 2022
Teams6 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Green Buffaloes (1st title)
Runners-up Mamelodi Sundowns
Third place Double Actions Ladies
Fourth place Olympic de Moroni
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iren Lungu (5 goals)
Best player(s) Melinda Kgadiete

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC were the defending champions[4] but got defeated and succeeded by Green Buffaloes 6-5 on penalties following a goalless draw after 120 minutes.[5]

Participating teams

The following 6 teams took part in this tournament:

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Double Actions Ladies2ndSemi-finals (2021)
Young Buffaloes1st
CD Costa do Sol1st
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies2ndChampions (2021)
Green Buffaloes2ndSemi-finals (2021)
Olympique de Moroni1st

Venue

Th tournament was held entirely at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, South Africa.

Durban
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
Capacity:

Match officials

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 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 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MSW DAL CDS
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 2 1 1 0 9 2 +7 4 Final — 8–1
2 Double Actions Ladies 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Third place 1–1 —
3 CD Costa do Sol 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0 0–2 —
Source:
Mamelodi Sundowns 8–1 CD Costa do Sol
  • Kgadiete 2', 45'
  • Mgcoyi 30', 33'
  • Nhlapho 38' (pen.)
  • Minnies 54'
  • Farranguana 61' (o.g.)
  • Mulaudzi 69'
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Double Actions Ladies 1–1 Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Double Actions Ladies 2–0 CD Costa do Sol
  • Bonang 14'
  • Ontlametse 84'
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GB ODM YB
1 Green Buffaloes 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6 Final — 4–0
2 Olympic de Moroni 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3 Third place — 1–0
3 Young Buffaloes 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0 0–4 —
Source:
Young Buffaloes 0–4 Green Buffaloes
Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Green Buffaloes 4–0 Olympic de Moroni
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Olympic de Moroni 1–0 Young Buffaloes
  • Anlaouia 44'
 Report
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban, South Africa

Knockout stage

Third place
Double Actions Ladies 3–0 Olympic de Moroni
  • Rathari 25', 68'
  • 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 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
Obonetse Ratharin Double Actions 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 Actions Ladies
Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse Double Actions Ladies
Hadhirami Anlaouia Olympic de Moroni

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

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.

Award Player/Coach Team
Best Player Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi Sundowns
Best Goalkeeper
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. "2022 COSAFA WCL Schedule". COSAFA. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. "New tournament added to exciting COSAFA calendar". CAFOnline.com. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  3. "COSAFA set for another bumper year of tournaments". COSAFA. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  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. "EN, FR, PR: 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 Ladies FC. 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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