The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, commonly known as the 2023
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 3rd edition of the annual
women's association football club championship 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. It was sponsored by South African
sports betting company
Hollywoodbets
Hollywoodbets is a sports betting company based in South Africa. It is also known as Hollywood Sportsbook. It currently operates in South Africa, Mozambique, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The company offers betting via its website, mobisite, ...
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:
Venues
This edition of the tournament was held entirely at the
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Clermont, a township of Durban, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was selected as one of the 3 training venues of the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated i ...
and the
Princess Magogo Stadium (for the last day) in
Durban,
South Africa.
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 stage
;Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to
points
Point or points may refer to:
Places
* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States
* Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
* Point ...
(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
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 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
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Source:
Third place
Final
The winner would qualify for the
2023 CAF Women's Champions League
The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League was the 3rd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, it was hosted by Ivory Coast from 5 to 19 November 2023. The winners ...
as COSAFA representatives.
Statistics
Goalscorers
Own goals
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2023 CAF Women's Champions League
Qualifiers
2023 in African football
2023 in women's association football