2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
International football competition
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The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers is the 4th edition of the annual women's association football club championship organized by COSAFA for its nations. This edition will be held from August 15 to 24 in Blantyre, Malawi.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Malawi |
| City | Blantyre |
| Dates | 15–24 August 2024 |
| Teams | 8 (from 8 associations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | University of the Western Cape |
| Runners-up | Gaborone United Ladies |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 39 (2.6 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Siphilisiwe Ndlovu Bongeka Gamede(3 goals) |
| Best player |  Keitumetse Dithebe |
| Best goalkeeper | Siphesihle Dlamini |
| Fair play award | University of the Western Cape |
← 2023 2025 → | |
Mamelodi Sundowns entered the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League as the defending champions, which meant they were already qualified for the tournament.[6] As a result, they did not participate in the COSAFA Women’s Champions League to defend their regional title and were replaced by the University of the Western Cape. The University of the Western Cape defeated Gaborone United 9–8 via penalties in the final.[7]
Participating clubs
The following four teams contested in the qualifying tournament.
| Team | Appearances | Previous best performance |
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 Green Buffaloes | 4th | Champions (2022) |
 Ongos SC | 2nd | Group stage (2021) |
| Gaborone United | 1st | Debut |
| University of the Western Cape | 1st | Debut |
 Herentals Queens | 1st | Debut |
 União Desportiva de Lichinga | 1st | Debut |
 Ascent Soccer Academy | 1st | Debut |
| Young Buffaloes | 3rd | Group stage (2022, 2023) |
Venues
Match officials
Referees
Assistant Referees
Draw
The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 24 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC+2 (13:00 CAT) in Egypt. The seven teams were drawn into 2 groups with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[9][10][11][12][13]
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Group 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.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UWC | HRQ | FCO | GRB | |
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| 1 | UWC Ladies |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals | — | 0–1 | |||
| 2 | Herentals Queens |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | |||
| 3 | Ongos SC |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3[a] | 0–3 | — | ||||
| 4 | Green Buffaloes |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3[a] | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Notes:
- Head-to-head points: FC Ongos 3, Green Buffaloes 0.
| Herentals Queens | 3–1 | Ongos SC |
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Report | Kateta  90' |
| UWC Ladies | 0–1 | Green Buffaloes |
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| Report | Nanyangwe 76' |
| Green Buffaloes | 0–1 | Herentals Queens |
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| Report | Mafuruse 60' |
| Herentals Queens | 1–2 | UWC Ladies |
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| Moyo 81' |
Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GBU | YBU | UDL | ASA | |
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| 1 | Gaborone United |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | Young Buffaloes |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | — | 4–0 | 1–2 | |||
| 3 | União Desportiva de Lichinga |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | — | 1–0 | ||||
| 4 | Ascent Soccer Academy (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | — |
(H) Hosts
| Gaborone United | 0–0 | UD Lichinga |
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| Ascent Soccer Academy | 2–1 | Young Buffaloes |
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| Gaborone United | 1–1 | Young Buffaloes |
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| Modise 76' |
Report | Ngcamphalala 23' |
| UD Lichinga | 1–0 | Ascent Soccer Academy |
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| Miguel 74' |
Report |
| Young Buffaloes | 4–0 | UD Lichinga |
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Knockout stage
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 August – Blantyre | ||||||
| UWC Ladies | 6 | |||||
| 24 August – Blantyre | ||||||
| Young Buffaloes | 0 | |||||
| UWC Ladies (p) | 1 (9) | |||||
| 22 August – Blantyre | ||||||
| Gaborone United | 1 (8) | |||||
| Gaborone United | 1 | |||||
| Herentals Queens | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Gaborone United | 1–0 | Herentals Queens |
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| Modise 82' |
Report |
Final
Awards and statistics
Goal scorers
There have been 39 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of 23 August 2024).
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Siphilisiwe Ndlovu |
Young Buffaloes |
3 |
| Bongeka Gamede |
UWC Ladies | ||
| 2 | Tenanile Ngcamphalala |
Young Buffaloes |
2 |
| Maudy Mafuruse |
Herentals Queens | ||
| Alephar Chimbeta |
Ascent Soccer Academy | ||
| Faith Chinzimu | |||
| Yaone Modise |
Gaborone United | ||
| Laone Moloi | |||
| Sibulele Holweni |
UWC Ladies | ||
| Noxolo Cesane | |||
| 8 | Natasha Nanyangwe |
Green Buffaloes |
1 |
| Vanessa Chikupila | |||
| Twelikondjela Amukoto |
Ongos SC | ||
| Beverly Uueziua | |||
| Ndapewa Kateta | |||
| Alice Moyo |
Herentals Queens | ||
| Melody Chikore | |||
| Egness Tumbare | |||
| Maungo Maponga |
Gaborone United | ||
| Keitumetse Dithebe | |||
| Celiwe Nkambule |
Young Buffaloes | ||
| Célia Miguel |
União Desportiva de Lichinga | ||
| Fikile Magama |
UWC Ladies | ||
| Nondumiso Manengela | |||
| Ntombifikile Ndlovu | |||
| Tiffany Kortjie | |||
| Koketso Mamabolo |
Group Stage Best XI
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Group Stage Best XI Coach: Thinasonke Mbuli[14]
Overall Best XI
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Overall Best XI Coach: Thinasonke Mbuli[15]
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Player of the Tournament (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).[16]
| Golden Boot | ||
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| Siphilisiwe Ndlovu |
Bongeka Gamede | |
| 3 goals | 3 goals | |
| Player of the Tournament | ||
| Keitumetse Dithebe | ||
| Golden Glove | ||
| Siphesihle Dlamini | ||
| COSAFA WCL Fair Play Trophy | ||
| University of the Western Cape | ||