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, having been originally scheduled from 4 to 14 August and is the first to be sponsored by South African sports betting company, Hollywoodbets.

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies were the defending champions but got defeated and succeeded by Green Buffaloes 6–5 on penalties following a goalless draw after extra time.

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

Team Appearances Previous best performance Double Action Ladies Semi-finals (2021) Young Buffaloes Debut CD Costa do Sol Debut Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Champions (2021) Green Buffaloes Semi-finals (2021) Olympique de Moroni Debut

Venue This edition of the tournament was held entirely at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, South Africa. Durban Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium Capacity: 6,500

Draw The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 20 July 2022 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco. 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:

Group AGroup B Mamelodi Sundowns CD Costa do Sol Double Action Ladies Green Buffaloes Young Buffaloes Olympique de Moroni

Group stage Key to colours in group tablesGroup 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

Group B

Knockout stage Third place

Final The winners would qualify for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League as COSAFA representatives.

Statistics Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Ireen Lungu Green Buffaloes52 Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies3 3 Andisiwe Mgcoyi Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies2 Obonetse Ratharin Double Action Ladies5 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 RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Nadia Farranguana Costa Do Sol1 Tiisetso Makhubela Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Hadhirami Anlaouia Olympic de Moroni

Awards The CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers technical study group selected the following as the best of this edition of the tournament. AwardPlayer/CoachTeamBest Player Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi SundownsBest Goalkeeper Aisha Mbwana Green BuffaloesBest Coach

Squad of the tournament The CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers technical study group selected the following 11 players as the squad of the tournament.

Best XI PlayerTeam

References