Draws concluded for CWCL and U17 AFCON COSAFA Qualifiers
The draws have been concluded for the CAF Women’s Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers and TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations | COSAFA Qualifiers 2026 after they were held in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
CAF WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | COSAFA QUALIFIERS DRAW
Two-time winners Mamelodi Sundowns have been drawn into a tough Group A at the CAF Women’s Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers that will be played in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 22-31.
Sundowns will face Ntopwa FC from Malawi, Beauties FC of Namibia and Zesco Ndola Girls of Zambia in the pool stage. The latter two are debutantes in this year’s competition.
Group B contains last year’s beaten finalists Gaborone United Ladies FC of Botswana, Eswatini’s Young Buffaloes and Kick4Life of Lesotho in what looks another tight pool.
Herentals Queens’s Zimbabwe are the seeded team in Group C and will take on CD Costa do Sol of Mozambique and Olympic de Moroni from Comoros.
The top team in each pool advances to the semifinals along with the best second-placed side. In the case of Group A, the results against the team that finish bottom of the pool will be disregarded for that calculation.
Sundowns were winners of the CAF Women’s Champions League in 2021 and 2023, and have appeared in all four continental finals. They lost on penalties to Green Buffaloes from Zambia in the 2022 COSAFA Qualifiers final but still advanced as defending continental champions.
Sundowns did not appear in the regional qualifiers in 2024 as defending champions in Africa, with that tournament won by compatriots University of the Western Cape.
CAF WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | COSAFA QUALIFIERS
GROUP A: Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Ntopwa FC (Malawi), Beauties FC (Namibia), Zesco Ndola Girls (Zambia)
GROUP B: Gaborone United Ladies FC (Botswana), Young Buffaloes (Eswatini), Kick4Life (Lesotho)
GROUP C: Herentals Queens (Zimbabwe), CD Costa do Sol (Mozambique), Olympic de Moroni (Comoros)
TOTALENERGIES CAF UNDER-17 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS | COSAFA QUALIFIERS 2026
Regional powerhouses Zambia and South Africa have been drawn together in Group B at the TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations | COSAFA Qualifiers 2026 which are to be staged in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 11-20, 2025.
They are joined in the pool by Madagascar and Malawi in what looks a Group of Death, with only the top team in each pool and the best second-placed side advancing to the semifinals.
Zambia are the defending champions in the competition and the most successful side in its history, while South Africa are next on the list of most prolific winners.
Hosts Zimbabwe are the seeded team in Group A along with Mozambique, Comoros and Eswatini.
Group C contains last year’s beaten finalists Angola, Botswana, Mauritius and Lesotho.
In the previous edition, the top three teams advanced to the TotalEnergies CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations finals, which in turn served as the qualifiers for the newly expanded 48-team FIFA Under-17 World Cup, which includes 10 teams from the African continent.
TOTALENERGIES CAF UNDER-17 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS | COSAFA QUALIFIERS 2026
GROUP A: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Comoros, Eswatini
GROUP B: Zambia, South Africa, Madagascar, Malawi
GROUP C: Angola, Botswana, Mauritius, Lesotho
