3rd COSAFA women's club competition
Tournament details Host country South Africa City Durban Dates 30 August – 8 September Teams 8 (from 14 associations) Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (2nd title) Runners-up Double Action Ladies Third place CD Costa do Sol Fourth place Green Buffaloes Tournament statistics Matches played 16 Goals scored 52 (3.25 per match) Top scorer(s) Andisiwe Mgcoyi , Chuene Morifi, Lelona Daweti (3 goals) Best player(s) Lesego RadiakanyoBest goalkeeper Andile DlaminiFair play award Double Action Ladies 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.[ 1] [ 2]
Participating teams The following 8 teams took part in this edition of the tournament:
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 .
Draw The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 10 August 2023 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT ) in Morocco .[ 3] 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.[ 4] [ 5]
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.
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 South African Standard Time (UTC+2 ).
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Double Action Ladies 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Semi-finals 2 Green Buffaloes 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 3 Lesotho Defence Force Ladies 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 4 Ntopwa FC 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: Group standings section in-page
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies 1–1 Ntopwa FC M. Mohlolo 86' Report V. Chikupila 45'
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Mamelodi Sundowns 3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Semi-finals 2 CD Costa do Sol 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 6 3 Young Buffaloes 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1 4 Olympic de Moroni 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
Source: Group standings section in-page
CD Costa do Sol 2–1 Young Buffaloes M. Janeiro 6' Goia 18' (pen.) Report T. Ngcamphalala 42'
CD Costa do Sol 2–1 Olympic de Moroni Goia 14' N. Maconho 75' Report J. Rima 57'
Olympic de Moroni 3–3 Young Buffaloes J. Rima 13' M. Rasoanandrasana 54' A. Razanampiavy 83' Report N. Dlamini 11' Tenanile Ngcamphalala 60' M. Dube 88'
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals Source:[ 6]
6 September 2023 (2023-09-06 )
12:00
Third place Green Buffaloes 1–2 CD Costa do Sol S. Phiri 87' Report N. Maconho 44' E. Cazembe 64'
Final The winner would qualify for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League as COSAFA representatives.[ 7]
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).
Own goals Rank Player Team Goals 1 Memory Nthala Green Buffaloes 1 Ntsatsi Khakanyo Lesotho Defence Force Ladies
References ^ "Draw on Thursday for CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers". COSAFA . 21 August 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023 . ^ "CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers to start on Wednesday". CAFOnline.com . 28 August 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023 . ^ "CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers 2023 in numbers". COSAFA . 11 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023 . ^ "Draw mechanics for CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifier 2023". COSAFA . 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023 . ^ "Champions Green Buffaloes get tough draw in Champions League qualifier". COSAFA . 10 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023 . ^ "CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers semi-finalists confirmed". CAFOnline.com . 4 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023 . ^ "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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