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.
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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Goals scored | 25 (3.13 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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
editThe following teams took part in this edition of the tournament:
Team | Appearances | Previous best performance |
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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
editThis edition of the tournament was held entirely at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, South Africa.
Durban | |
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Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium | |
Capacity: 6,500 |
Draw
editThe 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 |
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Group stage
editKey to colours in group tables | |
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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
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Mamelodi Sundowns | 8–1 | CD Costa do Sol |
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Report | Ninika 77' (pen.) |
Double Action Ladies | 1–1 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
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Makhubela 19' (o.g.) | Report | Kgadiete 25' |
Double Action Ladies | 2–0 | CD Costa do Sol |
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Report |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Knockout stage
editThird place
editDouble Actions Ladies | 3–0 | Olympic de Moroni |
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Report |
Final
editThe winners would qualify for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League as COSAFA representatives.
Mamelodi Sundowns | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Green Buffaloes |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
5-6 |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editThere have been 25 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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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
editRank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Nadia Farranguana | Costa Do Sol | 1 |
Tiisetso Makhubela | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | ||
Hadhirami Anlaouia | Olympic de Moroni |
Awards
editThe 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 |
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Best Player | Melinda Kgadiete | Mamelodi Sundowns |
Best Goalkeeper | Aisha Mbwana | Green Buffaloes |
Best Coach |
Squad of the tournament
editThe CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers technical study group selected the following 11 players as the squad of the tournament.[8]
Best XI
editPos. | Player | Team |
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GK | ||
DF | ||
MF | ||
FW | ||
References
edit- ^ "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.
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