2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

The 2021 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, commonly known as the 2021 COSAFA Women's Champions League, was the inaugural edition of the annual qualification competition for the CAF Women's Champions League organized by COSAFA for its nations. This edition was held in two stadiums in Durban, South Africa from 26 August to 4 September 2021.

Teams
The following teams participated in this edition of the competition. CD Costa do Sol from Mozambique had its license rejected by CAF for failing to meet the competition's criteria.


 * Double Action Ladies
 * 🇸🇿 Manzini Wanderers Ladies
 * Lesotho Defence Force Ladies
 * 🇳🇦 Ongos Valley Ladies
 * Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
 * Green Buffaloes Women
 * Black Rhinos Queens

Venue
This edition of the tournament was held at the King Zwelithini Stadium and Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa.

Match officials
Referees
 * Letticia Viana
 * Antsino Twanyanyukwa
 * Itumeleng Methikga
 * Nteboheleng Setoko
 * Patience Mumba

Assistant Referees
 * Botsalo Mosimanewatlala
 * Mercy Zulu
 * Nobuhle Tsokela
 * Polotso Maapara
 * Eliza Sichinga
 * Siphiwayikhosi Cosma Nxumalo

Draw
The draw ceremony of the edition of the competition was held on 29 July 2021 11:00 CAT/SAST (09:00 UTC) in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Group stage
Teams are ranked according to the three points for a win system (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none/0 for a loss) and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
 * Tiebreakers
 * 1) Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 * 2) Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 * 3) Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 * 4) 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;
 * 5) Goal difference in all group matches;
 * 6) Goals scored in all group matches;
 * 7) Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
 * 8) 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);
 * 9) Drawing of lots.

All times are in South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Knockout stage
At the knockout stage, extra-time and penalty shoot-out may be used if necessary for tie-breakers if scores level after normal regulation time.