Mamelodi Sundowns learn CAF Women's Champions League qualifying opponents

By Chad Klate
10th August 2023

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies have learnt their initial opponents in the upcoming COSAFA Qualifiers for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League.

Sundowns Ladies are looking to return for the third edition of the women's continental championships, which will this year be hosted in Ivory Coast from 5-19 November 2023.

In order to qualify for the final tournament, The Brazilians will first need to get through a regional playoff tournament, which will this year feature eight teams – up from six – from Zambia, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Mozambique, and two new countries in Lesotho and Malawi.

Coach Jerry Tshabalala's side, who qualify by virtue of having won the Hollywoodbets Super League in 2022, has been drawn in Group B – alongside Olympic de Moroni (Comoros), Costa do Sol (Mozambique), and Young Buffaloes (Eswatini).

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The group winner will then contest the regional playoff final against the winner from Group A, with both sides qualifying for the final tournament in November.

The COSAFA qualifying tournament is set for Durban from 30 August - 8 September.

Sundowns have qualified for every edition of the CAF WCL since its inception in 2021, when they were also crowned inaugural champions.