The 2025 COSAFA Women's Champions League, officially known as the 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was 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 was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 22 to 31 August 2025.
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.
Associations that did not enter a team:
Venue
Match officials
Referees
- Nonjabulo Nonhle Ndlela
- Chipo MAYIMBO Mercy
- Nteboheleng Theresia SETOKO
- Gloria keke SAMBUMBA
- Nuusiku Vistoria SHANGULA
- Seonyatseng Joyce Tshephe
- Eness M. GUMBO
Assistant Referees
- Eveline Lungameni AUGUSTINUS
- Tahinjanahary Martine Hasiniaina
- Roda Artimisa MONDLANE
- Leungo Tsogang
- Maneo Evodia TAU
- Lumbizai Musawa
- Nandipha MENZE
- Hasimbola Rasoloniaina
Video assistant referees
- GIMO Grace
- Claris Sekai SIMANGO
- Nuusiku Vistoria SHANGULA
- Eness M. GUMBO
- Lumbizai Musawa
- Nonjabulo Nonhle Ndlela
- Nandipha MENZE
Draw
The official draw was held on 5 August 2025 in Johannesburg. The seeded teams were:
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
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Group B
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Group C
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Best runners-up ranking
Since Group A only had four teams, the results against fourth-placed teams were omitted for this ranking.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Awards and statistics
Goalscorers
Own goals
Group Stage Best XI
The COSAFA Technical Study Group has announced the group stage Best XI as follows:
Coach: Godfrey Sapula
Overall Best XI
The COSAFA Technical Study Group has announced the tournament's Best XI as follows:
Coach: Khalid Niyonzima
Awards
The COSAFA Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.
References