# 2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

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 | Durban | Durban |
| Durban | Durban | Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium | Princess Magogo Stadium |
| Durban | Durban | 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 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 | |

### 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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Young Buffaloes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |
| 4 | Olympic de Moroni | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | |

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

### Semi-finals

Source:

### Final

The winner would qualify for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League as COSAFA representatives.

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

### Own goals

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