2006 Women's African Football Championship

2006 African Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Nigeria
Dates 28 October - 11 November 2006
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (7th title)
Runners-up  Ghana
Third place  South Africa
Fourth place  Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 54 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Perpetua Nkwocha
(7 goals)
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The 2006 Women's African Football Championship was originally scheduled to be held in Gabon, but due to "organisational reasons" Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition.[1] Nigeria took over hosting rights,[2] hosted the final tournament between October 28 and November 11,[3] and won the tournament after defeating Ghana 1–0 in the final. South Africa's Portia Modise was named Player of the Championship.

Contents

Qualifying Tournament

Eight teams make it through to the main tournament in Nigeria, and the teams played in a single-elimination tournament until eight teams remained for the finals.

Preliminary round


 Benin  1 – 0  Malawi Benin

Malawi  0 – 0  Benin Malawi

São Tomé and Príncipe  0 – 3  Togo São Tomé and Príncipe

Togo  6 – 0  São Tomé and Príncipe Togo

Senegal  4 – 0  Central African Republic Senegal

Central African Republic  n / p  Senegal Central Africa

Mozambique  9 – 0  Namibia Mozambique

Namibia  n / p  Mozambique Namibia

Djibouti  w / o  Lesotho

Zambia  w / o  Botswana

Libya  w / o  Swaziland

First round

Winners, in bold, progressed to the second round. Matches were played on 11 March and 12 March 2006 (1st leg), and 25 March and 26 March 2006 (2nd leg).[3]


 Morocco  0 – 2  Mali Morocco

Mali  4 – 1  Morocco Mali

Benin  1 – 1  Côte d'Ivoire Benin

Côte d'Ivoire  1 – 1 (3-4p)  Benin Cote d'Ivoire

Angola  3 – 2  Equatorial Guinea Angola

Equatorial Guinea  3 – 1  Angola Equatorial Guinea

South Africa  6 – 2  Mozambique South Africa

Mozambique  1 – 6  South Africa Mozambique

Congo  9 – 0  Togo Congo

Togo  1 – 3  Congo Togo

Congo DR  3 – 0  Zambia Congo DR

Zambia  2 – 3  Congo DR Zambia

Senegal  7 – 0  Guinea Senegal

Guinea  1 – 5  Senegal Guinea

Kenya  8 – 0  Djibouti Kenya

Djibouti  n / p  Kenya Djibouti

Egypt  w / o  Eritrea

Algeria  w / o  Libya

Tanzania  w / o  Uganda

Ethiopia  o / o  Zimbabwe

Second round

Matches took place on 23 July and 6 August.[3] The winners qualify for the final tournament in Nigeria, which will take place from October 28 to November 11.[3]


 Algeria  1 – 0  Egypt Algeria

Egypt  0 – 3  Algeria Egypt

Mali  3 – 1  Benin Mali

Benin  0 – 1  Mali Benin

South Africa  3 – 0  Tanzania South Africa

Tanzania  0 – 4  South Africa Tanzania

Cameroon  4 – 0  Kenya Cameroon

Kenya  0 – 5  Cameroon Kenya

Congo DR  3 – 0  Senegal Congo DR

Senegal  2 – 0  Congo DR Senegal

Ghana  w / o  Congo

Nigeria  w / w  Equatorial Guinea

Final tournament

First round

The finals will take place in Warri at Warri Township Stadium. There will be two groups, A and B, with a semi-finals and finals.

Group A

Equatorial Guinea arrived at Murtala Mohammed Airport in a private chartered plane, which did not have clearance to land. The players were not allowed to disembark for three hours, and despite organising officials trying to remedy the situation, the Equatorial Guinea players apparently left for home, unhappy with the treatment they received by airport officials.[4] However, their first match went ahead on time.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Nigeria 9 3 3 0 0 12 2
 South Africa 6 3 2 0 1 6 2
 Equatorial Guinea 1 3 0 1 2 5 9
 Algeria 1 3 0 1 2 3 13
October 28, 2006
 South Africa  4 – 0  Algeria Warri Township Stadium
Phewa  1', 35'
Nompumelolo  38'
Solomon  90'		 (BBC)
October 28, 2006
 Nigeria  4 – 2  Equatorial Guinea Oleh
Uwak  4', 9'
Nkwocha  34'
Ajayi  89'		 Report Chinasa Okoro  16'
Essiane  22'
October 31, 2006
 Algeria  0 – 6  Nigeria Warri Township Stadium
(BBC) Ajayi  8'
Nkwocha  20', 90+'
Madu  35'
Ekpo  56'
Uwak  89'
October 31, 2006
 Equatorial Guinea  0 – 2  South Africa Oleh
Report Nkosi  63'
Solomon  75'
November 3, 2006
 Equatorial Guinea  3 – 3  Algeria Oghara Township Stadium
Anonman  2'
Essiane  72', 78'		 Report Boumrar  35'
Bouhani  56', 76'
November 3, 2006
 Nigeria  2 – 0  South Africa Oleh
Uwak  4', 43' (BBC)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Ghana 9 3 3 0 0 6 2
 Cameroon 4 3 1 1 1 4 3
 Mali 3 3 1 0 2 3 5
 Congo DR 1 3 0 1 2 4 7
October 29, 2006
 Mali  0 – 1  Ghana Oghara
(BBC) Rumanatu  56'
October 29, 2006
 Cameroon  1 – 1  Congo DR Ughelli
Ngono  1' (10 sec) (BBC) Milandu  57'
November 1, 2006
 Ghana  2 – 1  Cameroon Ughelli
Aminkwa  28', 90+' (BBC) Francoise  53'
November 1, 2006
 Mali  3 – 2  Congo DR Oghara
Doumbia  36'
Diarra  69', 90'		 (BBC) Zuma  28'
Mafuta  85'
November 4, 2006
 Congo DR  1 – 3  Ghana Ughelli
Vumongo  51' (BBC) Amankwa  22', 32'
Okoe  84'
November 4, 2006
 Cameroon  2 – 0  Mali Warri Township Stadium
Bekombo  42'
Ngo  74'		 (BBC)

Semi-finals

November 7, 2006
 Nigeria  5 – 0  Cameroon Warri Township Stadium
Uwak  33'
Nkwocha  45', 46', 54'
Ekpo  61'		 Report
November 7, 2006
 Ghana  1 – 0  South Africa Oghara
Okoe  88' (pen.) Report

Third place match

November 10, 2006
 Cameroon  2 – 2
4–5 PSO		  South Africa Oleh
Bella  48' (pen.)
Ngono  81'		 Report Modise  4'
Makhanya  61'

Final match

November 11, 2006
 Nigeria  1 – 0  Ghana Warri Township Stadium
Nkwocha  13' Report

25,000 people watched the match, which was described by the BBC as "a drab encounter". Both teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Awards

 2006 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Seventh title

References and notes

  1. ^ Gabon pulls out of hosting AWC, from BBC, retrieved 29 May 2006
  2. ^ Nigeria: AWC :Adamu's Absence Not Affecting Preparation, from allafrica.com, retrieved 6 July 2006
  3. ^ a b c d Africa - Women's Championship 2006, from RSSSF, retrieved November 3, 2006
  4. ^ E/Guinea Flies into Trouble, Return to Malabo, from thisdayonline.com, retrieved 29 October 2006

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