1998 Women's African Football Championship

The 1998 Women's African Football Championship was the third staging of the CAF Women's Championship. It determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. The tournament took place in Nigeria.

Contents

Qualifying Tournament

First leg March 28–29, Second leg April 10–12:


Mozambique  3 – 0  Lesotho Mozambique

Lesotho  2 – 4  Mozambique Lesotho


South Africa  9 – 0  Swaziland South Africa

Swaziland  0 – 6  South Africa Swaziland


Egypt  1 – 1  Uganda Egypt

Uganda  0 – 1  Egypt Uganda


Ghana  11 – 0  Guinea Ghana

Guinea  0 – 8  Ghana Guinea


Congo DR  w / o  Namibia


Cameroon  w / o  Sierra Leone


Morocco  w / o  Kenya

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 20 0 9
 Congo DR 3 1 1 1 4 7 4
 Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 9 4
 Egypt 3 0 0 3 2 14 0
October 17, 1998
Nigeria  8 – 0  Morocco Nigeria

October 17, 1998
Congo DR  4 – 1  Egypt Nigeria

October 20, 1998
Morocco  4 – 1  Egypt Nigeria

October 20, 1998
Nigeria  6 – 0  Congo DR Nigeria

October 23, 1998
Morocco  0 – 0  Congo DR Nigeria

October 23, 1998
Nigeria  6 – 0  Egypt Nigeria

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Ghana 2 2 0 0 7 1 6
 Cameroon 2 1 0 1 4 5 3
 South Africa 2 0 0 2 2 7 0
 Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 18, 1998
Ghana  4 – 0  South Africa Nigeria

October 21, 1998
Cameroon  3 – 2  South Africa Nigeria

October 24, 1998
Ghana  3 – 1  Cameroon Nigeria

Semi-finals

October 27, 1998
Nigeria  6 – 0  Cameroon Nigeria

October 27, 1998
Ghana  4 – 1 (aet)  Congo DR Nigeria

Third place playoff

October 30, 1998
Congo DR  3 – 3 (aet)
(3–1 PSO)
 Cameroon Nigeria

Final

October 31, 1998
Nigeria  2 – 0  Ghana Gateway stadium, Abeokuta
Okosieme  43'
Mbachu  64'

Awards

 1998 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Third title

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