2002 Women's African Football Championship

The 2002 Women's African Football Championship was the fifth staging of the CAF Women's Championship. It determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. The tournament took place in Nigeria.

Contents

Qualifying Tournament

First round

First leg August 10 & 11, second leg August 24:


Eritrea  2 – 2  Tanzania Eritrea

Tanzania  3 – 2  Eritrea Tanzania


São Tomé and Príncipe  0 – 2  Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Gabon  6 – 0  São Tomé and Príncipe Gabon


Côte d'Ivoire  3 – 3  Mali Cote d'Ivoire

Mali  1 – 1  Côte d'Ivoire Mali


Angola  3 – 0  Equatorial Guinea Angola

Equatorial Guinea  1 – 3  Angola Equatorial Guinea


Zambia  w / o  Botswana


Ethiopia  w / o  Swaziland


Senegal  w / o  Guinea-Bissau

Second round

First leg September 21 & 22, second leg October 11–13:


Gabon  0 – 0  Cameroon Gabon

Cameroon  4 – 0  Gabon Cameroon


Zambia  1 – 4  South Africa Zambia

South Africa  4 – 0  Zambia South Africa


Tanzania  0 – 5  Zimbabwe Tanzania

Zimbabwe  5 – 0  Tanzania Zimbabwe


Senegal  0 – 3  Ghana Senegal

Ghana  3 – 1  Senegal Ghana


Ethiopia  2 – 0  Uganda Ethiopia

Uganda  2 – 2  Ethiopia Uganda


Angola  1 – 0  Congo DR Angola

Congo DR  1 – 0 (4-5p)  Angola Congo DR


Mali  0 – 0  Morocco Mali

Morocco  0 – 0 (4-5p)  Mali Morocco

Final tournament

Nigeria was qualified as host.

First round

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Ghana 3 3 0 0 6 0 9
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 8 2 6
 Mali 3 0 1 2 3 9 1
 Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 2 8 1
December 7, 2002
Nigeria  3 – 0  Ethiopia Nigeria

December 7, 2002
Mali  0 – 2  Ghana Nigeria

December 10, 2002
Ethiopia  2 – 2  Mali Nigeria

December 10, 2002
Nigeria  0 – 1  Ghana Nigeria

December 13, 2002
Nigeria  5 – 1  Mali Nigeria

December 13, 2002
Ghana  3 – 0  Ethiopia Nigeria

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 3 2 1 0 6 3 7
 Cameroon 3 1 1 1 2 2 4
 Angola 3 0 2 1 2 3 2
 Zimbabwe 3 0 2 1 2 4 2
December 8, 2002
South Africa  2 – 1  Cameroon Nigeria

December 8, 2002
Angola  1 – 1  Zimbabwe Nigeria

December 11, 2002
Cameroon  0 – 0  Zimbabwe Nigeria

December 11, 2002
South Africa  1 – 1  Angola Nigeria

December 14, 2002
Cameroon  1 – 0  Angola Nigeria

December 14, 2002
South Africa  3 – 1  Zimbabwe Nigeria

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

December 17, 2002
Ghana  3 – 2 (aet)  Cameroon Nigeria

December 18, 2002
South Africa  0 – 5  Nigeria Nigeria

Third place playoff

December 20, 2002
Cameroon  3 – 0  South Africa Nigeria

Final

December 20, 2002
Ghana  0 – 2  Nigeria Nigeria

Awards

 2002 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Fifth title

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