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2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

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Tournament details
Host country	Malawi
City	Blantyre
Dates	15 August –24 August 2024
Teams	8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	University of the Western Cape
Runners-up	Gaborone United Ladies
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	39 (2.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Siphilisiwe Ndlovu Bongeka Gamede (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Keitumetse Dithebe
Best goalkeeper	Siphesihle Dlamini
Fair play award	University of the Western Cape
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The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers is the 4th edition of the annual women's association football club championship organized by COSAFA for its nations. This edition will be held from August 15 to 24 in Blantyre, Malawi.

The winners of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Participating clubs

The following four teams contested in the qualifying tournament.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Green Buffaloes	4th	Champions (2022)
Ongos SC	2nd	Group stage (2021)
Gaborone United	1st	Debut
University of the Western Cape	1st	Debut
Herentals Queens	1st	Debut
União Desportiva de Lichinga	1st	Debut
Ascent Soccer Academy	1st	Debut
Young Buffaloes	3rd	Group stage (2022,2023)

Venues

One stadium was shosen for the tournament.

Match officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 24 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC+2 (13:00 CAT) in Egypt. The seven teams were drawn into 2 groups with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams are 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 and they met in the last round of the group;
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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UWC	HRQ	FCO	GRB
1	UWC Ladies	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Semi-finals		—			0–1
2	Herentals Queens	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6			1–2	—	3–1
3	Ongos SC	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3			0–3		—
4	Green Buffaloes	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3				0–1	1–2	—

1. ^ Head-to-head points: FC Ongos 3, Green Buffaloes 0.

Herentals Queens	3–1	Ongos SC
Mafuruse 20' Tumbare 29' Chikore 70'	Report	Kateta 90'

UWC Ladies	0–1	Green Buffaloes
	Report	Nanyangwe 76'

Green Buffaloes	0–1	Herentals Queens
	Report	Mafuruse 60'

Ongos SC	0–3	UWC Ladies
	Report	Holweni 20' (pen.) Magama 31' Gamede 56'

Green Buffaloes	1–2	Ongos SC
Chikupila 63'	Report	Uueziua 24' Amukoto 39'

Herentals Queens	1–2	UWC Ladies
Moyo 81'	Report	Cesane 46' Gamede 61'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GBU	YBU	UDL	ASA
1	Gaborone United	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Semi-finals		—	1–1	0–0
2	Young Buffaloes	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4				—	4–0	1–2
3	União Desportiva de Lichinga	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4					—	1–0
4	Ascent Soccer Academy (H)	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3						—

Gaborone United	0–0	UD Lichinga
	Report

Ascent Soccer Academy	2–1	Young Buffaloes
Chinzimu 2' Chimbeta 45'	Report	Ngcamphalala 12'

Gaborone United	1–1	Young Buffaloes
Modise 76'	Report	Ngcamphalala 23'

UD Lichinga	1–0	Ascent Soccer Academy
Miguel 74'	Report

Young Buffaloes	4–0	UD Lichinga
Ndlovu 8', 85', 90+1' Nkambule 12'	Report

Gaborone United	3–2	Ascent Soccer Academy
Dithebe 18' Maponga 48' Moloi 76'	Report	Chinzimu 6' Chimbeta 30'

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
	22 August – Blantyre
	UWC Ladies	6
					24 August – Blantyre
	Young Buffaloes	0
					UWC Ladies (p)	1 (9)
	22 August – Blantyre
					Gaborone United	1 (8)
	Gaborone United	1
	Herentals Queens	0

Semi-finals

Gaborone United	1–0	Herentals Queens
Modise 82'	Report

UWC Ladies	6–0	Young Buffaloes
Manengela 10' (pen.) Gamede 26' Ndlovu 61' Kortjie 74' Mamabolo 78' Holweni 90' (pen.)	Report

Final

UWC Ladies	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Gaborone United
Cesane 71'		Moloi 79'
Penalties
Maponya Gamede Cesane Kortjie Ndlovu Dlamini Magama Mhlongo Mhlakaza	9–8	Mochawe Modise Dithebe Moloi Ontlametse Busang Baeletsi Maponga Tlamma

Awards and statistics

Goal scorers

There have been 39 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of 23 August 2024).

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Siphilisiwe Ndlovu	Young Buffaloes	3
	Bongeka Gamede	UWC Ladies
2	Tenanile Ngcamphalala	Young Buffaloes	2
	Maudy Mafuruse	Herentals Queens
	Alephar Chimbeta	Ascent Soccer Academy
	Faith Chinzimu
	Yaone Modise	Gaborone United
	Laone Moloi
	Sibulele Holweni	UWC Ladies
	Noxolo Cesane
8	Natasha Nanyangwe	Green Buffaloes	1
	Vanessa Chikupila
	Twelikondjela Amukoto	Ongos SC
	Beverly Uueziua
	Ndapewa Kateta
	Alice Moyo	Herentals Queens
	Melody Chikore
	Egness Tumbare
	Maungo Maponga	Gaborone United
	Keitumetse Dithebe
	Celiwe Nkambule	Young Buffaloes
	Célia Miguel	União Desportiva de Lichinga
	Fikile Magama	UWC Ladies
	Nondumiso Manengela
	Ntombifikile Ndlovu
	Tiffany Kortjie
	Koketso Mamabolo

Group Stage Best XI

Group Stage Best XI Coach: Thinasonke Mbuli

Overall Best XI

Overall Best XI Coach: Thinasonke Mbuli

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Player of the Tournament (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).

Golden Boot
Siphilisiwe Ndlovu	Bongeka Gamede
3 goals	3 goals
Player of the Tournament
Keitumetse Sithebe
Golden Glove
Siphesihle Dlamini
COSAFA WCL Fair Play Trophy
University of the Western Cape

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