CAF Women's Champions League 2025: Here are the groups for the COSAFA qualifying tournament | OneFootball

Mamelodi Sundowns face a tough group, and suspense is guaranteed across all three pools.

CAF Women's Champions League

The draw for the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League qualifiers in the COSAFA zone has been revealed this Tuesday, August 5th. The teams in the starting blocks now know their path. The tournament will be held in South Africa from August 22 to 31, 2025, with 12 participants all vying for the sole ticket to the continental finals.

Double African champions (2021, 2023), Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC have landed in a Group A full of unknowns. Despite their status as favorites, the South Africans will need to stay sharp in a pool where every slip-up could prove costly. They’ll be up against Malawi's Ntopwa FC, as well as tournament newcomers Beauties FC (Namibia) and Zesco Ndola Girls (Zambia).

Group B will see Gaborone United Ladies FC (Botswana), Young Buffaloes (Eswatini), and Kick4Life (Lesotho) battle it out in what promises to be a tight race for a semifinal spot. Meanwhile, Herentals Queens from Zimbabwe are seeded in Group C, where they will take on CD Costa do Sol from Mozambique and Olympic de Moroni from Comoros.

According to the tournament format, the winners of each group move on to the semifinals, joined by the best second-placed team. However, for Group A, results against the team finishing last will not be considered in this calculation, since this group has four teams compared to three in the other two pools.