2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
COSAFA Women's Champions League; Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League (sponsored name);
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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[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 A	Group B
Green Buffaloes Double Action Ladies Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Ntopwa FC	Mamelodi Sundowns CD Costa do Sol Young Buffaloes Olympique de Moroni

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	Semi-finals
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

30 August 2023