2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	1
Dates	26 August–4 September
Teams	7 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Black Rhinos Queens FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	42 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andisiwe Mgcoyi; Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC; (4 goals)

The 2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers[1] is the 1st edition of the CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, a women's club football championship organised by the COSAFA for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition will held from 26 August–4 September 2021 in South Africa.[2][3][4][5][6]

The winner of the tournament will qualify for the inaugural 2021 CAF Women's Champions League which will held later this year.

Participating teams

The following seven teams will contest in the league. Costa do Sol FC from Mozambique was not selected by CAF. CAF has decided to reject the club's license for failing to meet the criteria for this competition.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Double Actions Ladies	1st	n/a
Manzini Wonderers	1st	n/a
LDF LFC	1st	n/a
Tura Magic	1st	n/a
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	1st	n/a
Green Buffaloes	1st	n/a
Black Rhinos Queens	1st	n/a

Venue

Matches will held at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban, South Africa.


Durban	Durban
King Zwelithini Stadium
Capacity: 10,000

Match officials

Referees

Letticia Viana (Eswatini)
Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
Itumeleng Methikga (Botswana)
Nteboheleng Setoko (Lesotho)
Patience Mumba (Zambia)

Assistant Referees

Botsalo Mosimanewatlala (Botswana)
Mercy Zulu (Zambia)
Nobuhle Tsokela (South Africa)
Polotso Maapara (Lesotho)
Eliza Sichinga (Malawi)
Siphiwayikhosi Cosma Nxumalo (Eswatini)

Draw

The draw ceremony of the championship were held on 29 July 2021 11:00 local time at Johannesburg, South Africa.[7]

Group summary

Group A	Group B
Mamelodi Sundowns Lesotho Defence Force LFC Double Action Ladies Manzi Wanderers LFC	Green Buffaloes LFC Tura Magic LFC Black Rhinos Queens FC

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (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 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 South African Standard Time (UTC+2).

Group A

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

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: Goalzz
(H) Host

26 August 2021