COSAFA to conduct CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers draw on Thursday
The road to the third edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League officially gets mapped out on Thursday, 10 August, as the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) is set to conduct the official draw for its regional leg of the competition that serves as a qualifier to the continental showpiece.
09 August 2023
A total of 8 clubs from the COSAFA region will contest the title in Durban between 30 August – 8 September, with the winners set to earn the right to represent the region in Cote d’Ivoire where the CAF Women’s Champions League is set to take place in November.
Zambia’s Green Buffaloes are the current champions of the regional title of the competition after a famous win over the then champions, Sundowns Ladies in Durban last year through a 6-5 penalty shoot-out, following an evenly contested 0-0 stalemate.
Morocco’s AS Far are the current holders of the CAF Women’s Champions League after dethroning inaugural winners, Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies of South Africa in front of a packed Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat last year.
The eight clubs to be involved in the official draw on Thursday are as follows:
- Costa Do Sol (Mozambique)
- Double Action Ladies (Botswana)
- Green Buffaloes (Zambia)
- Lesotho Defence Force (Lesotho)
- Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
- Ntopwa FC (Malawi)
- Olympic De Moroni (Comoros)
- Young Buffaloes (Eswatini)
In line with CAF’s commitment to making African Football competitions globally competitive – the President of CAF Dr Patrice Motsepe last year announced a prize money of USD 400 000 for the winners.
Prize money breakdown:
- Winners: USD 400 000
- Runners-up: USD 250 000
- Semi-finalists (2) USD 200 000
- Third of Group (2) USD 150 000
- Fourth of Group (2) USD 100000
