The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, commonly known as the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League (occasionally known as the 2022 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League for sponsorship purposes), was the 2nd edition of the annual women's association footballclub championship organized by COSAFA for the women's clubs of member associations. It took place in South Africa for the second straight year from 7 to 13 August[1] having been originally scheduled from 4 to 14 August.[2][3]
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC were the defending champions[4] but got defeated and succeeded by Green Buffaloes 6-5 on penalties following a goalless draw after 120 minutes.[5]
Participating teams
The following 6 teams took part in this tournament:
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Draw
The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 20 July 2022 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco.[6] 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:[7]
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage
Tiebreakers
Teams were 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.
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);