2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

COSAFA Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	1
Dates	26 August – 4 September
Teams	7 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mamelodi Sundowns (1st title)
Runners-up	Black Rhinos Queens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	42 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Melinda Kgadiete (Mamelodi Sundowns) (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Rutendo Makore (Black Rhino Queens)
Best goalkeeper	Precious Mudyiwa (Black Rhino Queens)
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The 2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, commonly known as the 2021 COSAFA Women's Champions League,^[1] was the inaugural edition of the annual qualification competition for the CAF Women's Champions League organized by COSAFA for its nations. This edition was held in two stadiums in Durban, South Africa from 26 August to 4 September 2021.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

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.

Venue

This edition of the tournament was held at the King Zwelithini Stadium and Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa.

Durban	Durban
King Zwelithini Stadium
Capacity: 10,000
Moses Mabhida Stadium
Capacity: 55,500

Match officials

Draw

The draw ceremony of the edition of the competition was held on 29 July 2021 11:00 CAT/SAST (09:00 UTC) in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[8]

Group summary

Group A	Group B
Mamelodi Sundowns Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Double Action Ladies Manzi Wanderers Ladies	Green Buffaloes Ongos Valley Ladies Black Rhinos Queens

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout 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.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times are in South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Mamelodi Sundowns (H)	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Qualified for the Knockout phase
2	Double Action Ladies	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	Manzini Wonderers	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1
4	Lesotho Defence Force Ladies	3	0	1	2	1	13	−12	1

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Black Rhinos Queens	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Qualified for the Knockout stage
2	Green Buffaloes	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Ongos Valley Ladies	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

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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				Final
	2 September – Durban
	Black Rhinos Queens	2
					4 September – Durban
	Double Action Ladies	0
					Black Rhinos Queens	0
	2 September – Durban
					Mamelodi Sundowns	3
	Mamelodi Sundowns	1
	Green Buffaloes	0

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 42 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Melinda Kgadiete	Mamelodi Sundowns	5
2	Andisiwe Mgcoyi		4
3	Lelona Daweti		3
	Lesego Radiakanyo	Double Action Ladies
5	Rutendo Makore	Black Rhinos Queens	2
	Cristobel Katona
	Marjory Nyaumwe
	Boitumelo Rabale	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Chantelle Esau
	Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse	Double Action Ladies
	Nomvula Sanga	Manzini Wonderers
11	Rhoda Mulaudzi	Mamelodi Sundowns	1
	Zanele Nhlapho
	Lerato Kgasago
	Nonhlanhla Mthandi
	Thembelihle Masibi
	Khunjulwa Mali
	Laone Moloi	Double Action Ladies
	Lone Kgalaeng
	Lesego Pineng
	Kholu Lebakeng	Lesotho Defence Force Ladies
	Anita Mulenga	Green Buffaloes
	Mavis Chirandu	Black Rhinos Queens

References