2008 African Women's Championship
2008 Campeonato Femenino de Fútbol de África | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Equatorial Guinea |
Dates | 15 November - 29 November 2008 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Equatorial Guinea (1st title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Third place | Nigeria |
Fourth place | Cameroon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 37 (2.31 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Genoveva Añonma (6 goals) |
The 2008 Women's African Football Championship is of 15-29 November 2008 in Equatorial Guinea. The central African country is the first time host of the tournament. Eight national teams played in group matches and then against each other.
Qualification
A total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals.[1]
First round
Was played between 30 November and 16 December 2007. Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and South Africa had a bye to the second round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Morocco | 1–3 | Algeria | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Zimbabwe | 6–3 | Zambia | 3–1 | 3–2 |
Eritrea | 2–4 | Tanzania | 2–3 | 0–1 |
Botswana | 1–9 | Namibia | 0–3 | 1–6 |
Senegal | 1–3 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Tunisia | w/o | Egypt | — | — |
Burundi | w/o | Congo | — | — |
Guinea | w/o | Benin | — | — |
Egypt, Burundi and Benin withdrew their matches.
Second round
Played between 24 February and 8 March 2008.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tunisia | 2–1 | Algeria | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Congo | 5–2 | DR Congo | 4–1 | 1–1 |
Zimbabwe | 1–6 | South Africa | 1–4 | 0–2 |
Tanzania | 1–5 | Cameroon | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Namibia | 1–13 | Nigeria | 0–3 | 1–10 |
Guinea | 0–11 | Mali | 0–8 | 0–3 |
Ivory Coast | 1–4 | Ghana | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Participants
Therefore, the following eight teams will take part at the African Championship:
Tunisia and Congo will compete at the African Championship for the first time.
Final tournament
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Mali | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
2008-11-18 17:30 UTC+1 |
Equatorial Guinea | 5 – 2 | Congo |
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S. Simporé 1' Chinasa 9' Amarachi 46' Añonma 65' 90' (pen.) |
Passou N'Diaye 5' Mabonzo 14' |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Knockout stage
Semi-Finals
Third Place match
2008-11-28 15:00 UTC+1 |
Nigeria | 1 – 1 | Cameroon |
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Eke 28' | Onguene Aboudi 64' | |
Penalties | ||
Eke Ekpo Chiejine George Nkwocha |
4 – 3 | Ngo Ndoumbouk Manie Bella Onguene Aboudi Mbida |
Final match
Awards
Equatorial Guinea's Genoveva Añonma was announced player of the tournament[2] and also won the top scorer award with six goals.
2008 Women's African Football Championship Winners |
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Equatorial Guinea First title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
References
- ↑ cafonline.com: RESULTS AND STATISTICS/ African Women Championship
- ↑ "Coupe d'Afrique des Nations : la Guinée Equatoriale championne". le football au féminin. 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
External links
- Tournament at soccerway.com
- RSSSF
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