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2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

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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 Radiakanyo
Best goalkeeper	Andile Dlamini
Fair play award	Double Action Ladies
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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.

Participating teams

The following 8 teams took part in this edition of the tournament:

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Double Action Ladies	3rd	Semi-finals (2021, 2022)
Young Buffaloes	2nd	Group stage (2022)
CD Costa do Sol	2nd	Group stage (2022)
Mamelodi Sundowns	3rd	Champions (2021)
Green Buffaloes	3rd	Champions (2022)
Olympique de Moroni	2nd	Semi-finals (2022)
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies	2nd	Groupe Stage (2021)
Ntopwa FC	1st	Debut

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.

Durban		Durban
		Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium	Princess Magogo Stadium
		Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 12,000

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 10 August 2023 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco. 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.

Group 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 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

Lesotho Defence Force Ladies	1–1	Ntopwa FC
M. Mohlolo 86'	Report	V. Chikupila 45'

Green Buffaloes	1–1	Double Action Ladies
Mapepa 50'	Report	Radiakanyo 1'

Lesotho Defence Force Ladies	0–1	Double Action Ladies
	Report	L. Senwelo 58'

Green Buffaloes	1–0	Ntopwa FC
M. Chilenga 26'	Report

Lesotho Defence Force Ladies	1–2	Green Buffaloes
M. Nthala 42' (o.g.)	Report	N. Khakanyo 8' (o.g.) Banda 81'

Ntopwa FC	0–4	Double Action Ladies
	Report	Radiakanyo 7', 84' O. Bonang 38' G. Ontlametse 49' (pen.)

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

CD Costa do Sol	2–1	Young Buffaloes
M. Janeiro 6' Goia 18' (pen.)	Report	T. Ngcamphalala 42'

Mamelodi Sundowns	8–0	Olympic de Moroni
Morifi 10' Makhubela 37', 58' Rabale 50' Mthandi 56' Tholakele 62' G. Kekana 84' Minnies 90+4'	Report

CD Costa do Sol	2–1	Olympic de Moroni
Goia 14' N. Maconho 75'	Report	J. Rima 57'

Mamelodi Sundowns	4–0	Young Buffaloes
Daweti 10', 61', 90' Mgcoyi 73'	Report

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'

Mamelodi Sundowns	4–0	CD Costa do Sol
Nhlapho 17' (pen.) Minnies 60' Mgcoyi 72', 77'	Report

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				Final
	6 September – Durban
	Double Action Ladies	2
					8 September – Durban
	CD Costa do Sol	0
					Double Action Ladies	0
	6 September – Durban
					Mamelodi Sundowns	2
	Mamelodi Sundowns	3
	Green Buffaloes	1
					Third Place match
					8 September – Durban
					Green Buffaloes	1
					CD Costa do Sol	2

Semi-finals

Source:

Double Action Ladies	2–0	CD Costa do Sol
G. Ontlametse 8', 90'	Report

Mamelodi Sundowns	3–1	Green Buffaloes
Nhlapho 32' Morifi 60' Makhubela 81' (.pen)	Report	Mulenga 11'

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.

Mamelodi Sundowns	2–0	Double Action Ladies
Morifi 5' Mthandi 53'	Report

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).

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andisiwe Mgcoyi	Mamelodi Sundowns	3
	Chuene Morifi
	Lelona Daweti
2	Goia	CD Costa do Sol	2
	Joeline Rima	Olympic de Moroni
	Leungo Senwelo	Double Action Ladies
	Tiisetso Makhubela	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Miche Minnes
	Nonhlanhla Mthandi
4	Vanessa Chikupila	Ntopwa FC	1
	Siomala Mapepa	Green Buffaloes
	Maweta Chilenga
	Esther Banda
	Oteng Bonang	Double Action Ladies
	Leungo Senwelo
	Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse
	Maseriti Mohlolo	Lesotho Defence Force Ladies
	Tenanile Ngcamphalala	Young Buffaloes
	Nothando Dlamini
	Tenanile Ngcamphalala
	Mazwi Dube
	Marlene Janeiro	CD Costa do Sol
	Neide Maconho
	Boitumelo Rabale	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Refilwe Tholakele
	Gabonnelwe Kekana
	Zanele Nhlapo
	Marie Rasoanandrasana	Olympique de Moroni
	Aimée Razanampiavy

Own goals

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Memory Nthala	Green Buffaloes	1
	Ntsatsi Khakanyo	Lesotho Defence Force Ladies

References

1. "Draw on Thursday for CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers". COSAFA. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers to start on Wednesday". CAFOnline.com. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
3. "CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers 2023 in numbers". COSAFA. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
4. "Draw mechanics for CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifier 2023". COSAFA. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
5. "Champions Green Buffaloes get tough draw in Champions League qualifier". COSAFA. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
6. "CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers semi-finalists confirmed". CAFOnline.com. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
7. "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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