2000 African Women's Championship

2000 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	11 – 25 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	60 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mercy Akide (7 goals)

The 2000 African Women's Championship was the fourth staging of the CAF Women's Championship, the women's football championship in Africa (CAF). The tournament took place in South Africa. Just like in 1998, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won the tournament for the fourth time, beating South Africa in the final 2–0, who was abandoned at the 73rd minute.

Qualifying Tournament

South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders were qualified automatically. All other teams had to enter qualifying.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réunion	w/o	Kenya	—	—

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• Kenya withdrew. Reunion advanced.

Final round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réunion	5–4	Egypt	4–3	1–1
Gabon	w/o1	Cameroon	0–3	—
Morocco	6–1	Algeria	3–0	3–1
Zimbabwe	8–0	Lesotho	4–0	4–0
Sierra Leone	w/o2	Ghana	—	—
Uganda	w/o2	DR Congo	—	—

• ¹ Gabon withdraw after the first leg. Cameroon advanced to final tournament.
• ² Sierra Leone and Congo-Kinshasa withdraw. Ghana and Uganda advanced to final tournament.

First leg in 29–30 July, Second leg in 11–13 August:

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Participating teams

Cameroon  Ghana  Morocco  Nigeria

Réunion  South Africa (hosts)  Uganda  Zimbabwe

Final tournament

 South Africa qualified as host.

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi-Finals.

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Uganda	3	1	1	1	4	6	-2	4
Réunion	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7
Ghana	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
Morocco	3	0	0	3	1	13	-12	0

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place playoff

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Final

• NOTE: Game abandoned in the 73rd minute, Nigeria leading 2- 0

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Awards

2000 Women's African Football Championship Winners
Nigeria Fourth title

External links

• Tournament at CAF website
• Tournament at RSSSF (includes qualifying)

African Women's Championship Tournaments 1991 1995 Nigeria 1998 South Africa 2000 Nigeria 2002 South Africa 2004 Nigeria 2006 Equatorial Guinea 2008 South Africa 2010 Equatorial Guinea 2012 Namibia 2014 Cameroon 2016 Qualification 1991 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Finals 1991 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Squads 1991 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Statistics Appearances Records and statistics No qualification took place in 1991 and 1995.

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