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

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COSAFA Women's Champions League, was the 2nd edition of the annual qualification tournament for the

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organized by

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for its nations. It took place in

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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

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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

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Teams

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

Venue

This edition of the tournament was held entirely at the

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Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 20 July 2022 at 11:00

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. 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 stage

;Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to the

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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; #

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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; #

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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

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Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Third place

Final

The winners would qualify for the

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as COSAFA representatives.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Own goals

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers technical study group selected the following as the best of this edition of the tournament.

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

References

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