# 2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

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 | 2nd | Semi-finals (2021) |
| Young Buffaloes | 1st | Debut |
| CD Costa do Sol | 1st | Debut |
| Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 2nd | Champions (2021) |
| Green Buffaloes | 2nd | Semi-finals (2021) |
| Olympique de Moroni | 1st | Debut |

## Venue

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

## 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 A | Group B |
| Mamelodi Sundowns CD Costa do Sol Double Action Ladies | Green Buffaloes 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 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 4 | Final |
| 2 | Double Action Ladies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Third place |
| 3 | CD Costa do Sol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Green Buffaloes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Final |
| 2 | Olympic de Moroni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | Third place |
| 3 | Young Buffaloes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Final

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

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There have been 25 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Ireen Lungu | Green Buffaloes | 5 |
| 2 | Melinda Kgadiete | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 3 |
| 3 | Andisiwe Mgcoyi | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 2 |
| 3 | Obonetse Ratharin | Double Action Ladies | 2 |
| 5 | Anita Mulenga | Green Buffaloes | 1 |
| 5 | Hellen Chanda | Green Buffaloes | 1 |
| 5 | Natasha Nanyangwe | Green Buffaloes | 1 |
| 5 | Zanele Nhlapho | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 1 |
| 5 | Miche Minnies | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 1 |
| 5 | Rhoda Mulaudzi | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 1 |
| 5 | Ninika | Costa Do Sol | 1 |
| 5 | Oteng Bonang | Double Action Ladies | 1 |
| 5 | Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse | Double Action Ladies | 1 |
| 5 | Hadhirami Anlaouia | Olympic de Moroni | 1 |

### Own goals

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Nadia Farranguana | Costa Do Sol | 1 |
| 1 | Tiisetso Makhubela | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 1 |
| 1 | Hadhirami Anlaouia | Olympic de Moroni | 1 |

## Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers technical study group selected the following as the best of this edition of the tournament.
| Award | Player/Coach | Team |
| Best Player | Melinda Kgadiete | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Best Goalkeeper | Aisha Mbwana | Green Buffaloes |
| Best 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

* Pos.
* GK
* DF
* MF
* FW