Eden University Women’s Super League Champions, ZESCO Ndola Girls will tomorrow learn their opponents in the 2025 CAF Women’s Champions League (CWCL) | COSAFA Qualifier.
The draws for the 2025 CAF Women’s Champions League (CWCL) | COSAFA Qualifier will take place on Tuesday, August 5 from 11h00 CAT (09h00 GMT).
The draws will be streamed live on COSAFA’s YouTube Channel, Facebook Page, and CAF TV. The CWCL | COSAFA Qualifier draw will take place at 11h00 CAT (09h00 GMT).
Two-time continental champions Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa, winners in 2021 and 2023, headline the CWCL COSAFA Qualifier draw.
They are joined by last year’s regional runners-up Gaborone United from Botswana, and Herentals Queens from Zimbabwe, who will serve as the third seeded team.
The 10 participating clubs will be split into three groups. Group A, featuring Sundowns, will contain four teams. Group B, led by Gaborone United, and Group C, led by Herentals Queens, will each include three clubs.
The seven unseeded sides include Olympic de Moroni of Comoros, Young Buffaloes FC of Eswatini, Ntopwa FC of Malawi, and Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol of Mozambique, all of whom have featured in the competition before. Kick4Life WFC from Lesotho, Beauties FC from Namibia, and Zesco Ndola Girls FC from Zambia will be making their tournament debuts.
Seven teams competed in the inaugural edition in 2021, followed by six in 2022, and eight in both 2023 and 2024. This year’s 10-team field is a new record. Only the top team from Johannesburg will advance to the CAF Women’s Champions League finals.
Three COSAFA clubs have previously qualified for the continental finals: Mamelodi Sundowns in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; Green Buffaloes from Zambia in 2022; and the University of the Western Cape in 2024.
A total of 16 clubs from 10 different countries have appeared across the first four editions of the CAF Women’s Champions League | COSAFA Qualifier.
The CWCL | COSAFA Qualifier will be staged at the University of Johannesburg’s AW Muller Stadium from August 22 to 31, with a record 10 clubs competing for the regional crown.
