2025 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
City | Johannesburg |
Dates | 22 – 31 August 2025 |
Teams | 10 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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The 2025 COSAFA Women's Champions League, officially known as the 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League for sponsorship reasons, will be the fifth edition of the annual international women's club football competition organized by COSAFA to decide the region's qualifier for the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League. The tournament is scheduled to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 22 to 31 August 2025.[1]
Entrants
10 of the fourteen COSAFA member associations entered teams for the competition, with Comoros and Lesotho returning after not participating in the previous edition.
Team | App. | Last | Previous best performance |
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2nd | 2024 | Runners-up (2024) |
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3rd | 2023 | Fourth place (2022 |
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4th | 2024 | Semi-finals (2024) |
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1st | Debut | |
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2nd | 2023 | Group stage (2023) |
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3rd | 2023 | Third place (2023) |
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1st | Debut | |
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4th | 2023 | Champions (2021, 2023) |
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1st | Debut | |
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2nd | 2024 | Semi-finals (2024) |
Associations that did not enter a team:
Venue
City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Johannesburg | AW Muller Stadium | ~5,000 |
Match officials
Referees
Assistant Referees
Draw
The official draw was held on 5 August 2025 in Johannesburg. The seeded teams were:[2][3][4]
Seeded | Unseeded |
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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 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible semi-finals |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible semi-finals |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible semi-finals |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knockout stage
References
- ^ "CAF Women's Champions League – COSAFA Qualifiers: Draw Revealed". CAFOnline.com. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "CAF Women's Champions League - COSAFA Qualifier and Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations _ COSAFA Qualifier draws on Tuesday". COSAFA. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Fixtures released for CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifier". COSAFA. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Draws concluded for CWCL and U17 AFCON COSAFA Qualifiers". COSAFA. Retrieved 10 August 2025.