The 2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, commonly known as the 2021
COSAFA Women's Champions League
The CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, branded as the COSAFA Women's Champions League, is an annual qualification tournament for the CAF Women's Champions League organized by COSAFA for its nations. Established in 2021, it has been ...
, was the inaugural edition of the annual qualification competition for the
CAF Women's Champions League
The CAF Women's Champions League (french: Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF; ar, دوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات), sometimes abbreviated as ''CAF WCL'', is an annual international women's association football club compet ...
organized by
COSAFA
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (french: Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe; pt, Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the footbal ...
for its nations. This edition was held in two stadiums in
Durban,
South Africa from 26 August to 4 September 2021.
Teams
The following teams participated in this edition of the competition.
CD Costa do Sol from
Mozambique had its license rejected by CAF for failing to meet the competition's criteria.
*
Double Action Ladies
* Manzini Wanderers Ladies
* Lesotho Defence Force Ladies
*
Tura Magic Ladies FC
*
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
*
Green Buffaloes Women
* Black Rhinos Queens
Venue
This edition of the tournament was held at the
King Zwelithini Stadium and
Moses Mabhida Stadium in
Durban,
South Africa.
Match officials
Referees
* Letticia Viana
* Antsino Twanyanyukwa
* Itumeleng Methikga
* Nteboheleng Setoko
* Patience Mumba
Assistant Referees
* Botsalo Mosimanewatlala
* Mercy Zulu
* Nobuhle Tsokela
* Polotso Maapara
* Eliza Sichinga
* Siphiwayikhosi Cosma Nxumalo
Draw
The draw ceremony of the edition of the competition was held on 29 July 2021 11:00
CAT/
SAST
South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa as well as Eswatini and Lesotho. The zone is two hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+02:00) and is the same as Central Africa Time. Daylight saving time is not observed in e ...
(09:00
UTC) in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Group summary
Group stage
;Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to the
three points for a win system (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none/0 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;
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Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
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 and they met in the last round of the group;
#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+02:00).''
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
At the knockout stage, extra-time and penalty shoot-out may be used if necessary for tie-breakers if scores level after normal regulation time.
Bracket
Semi-finals
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Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
References
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2021 CAF Women's Champions League
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