2006 African Women's 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) Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha
(7 goals)

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.

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


Malawi  0–0  Benin





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


Mali  4–1  Morocco


Ivory Coast  1 – 1 (3-4p)  Benin




Congo  9–0  Togo


Togo  1–3  Congo



Senegal  7–0  Guinea


Guinea  1–5  Senegal


Kenya  8–0  Djibouti


Egypt  w / o  Eritrea


Algeria  w / o  Libya


Tanzania  w / o  Uganda


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


Egypt  0–3  Algeria


Mali  3–1  Benin


Benin  0–1  Mali



Kenya  0–5  Cameroon



Ghana  w / o  Congo


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 93300122
 South Africa 6320162
 Equatorial Guinea 1301259
 Algeria 13012313

October 28, 2006
South Africa  4–0  Algeria
Phewa  1', 35'
Nompumelolo  38'
Solomon  90'
(BBC)

October 28, 2006
Nigeria  4–2  Equatorial Guinea
Uwak  4', 9'
Nkwocha  34'
Ajayi  89'
Report Chinasa Okoro  16'
Essiane  22'

October 31, 2006
Algeria  0–6  Nigeria
(BBC) Ajayi  8'
Nkwocha  20', 90+'
Madu  35'
Ekpo  56'
Uwak  89'

October 31, 2006
Equatorial Guinea  0–2  South Africa
Report Nkosi  63'
Solomon  75'

November 3, 2006
Equatorial Guinea  3–3  Algeria
Añonma  2'
Essiane  72', 78'
Report Boumrar  35'
Bouhani  56', 76'

November 3, 2006
Nigeria  2–0  South Africa
Uwak  4', 43' (BBC)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Ghana 9330062
 Cameroon 4311143
 Mali 3310235
 DR Congo 1301247

October 29, 2006
Mali  0–1  Ghana
(BBC) Rumanatu  56'

October 29, 2006
Cameroon  1–1  DR Congo
Ngono  1' (10 sec) (BBC) Milandu  57'

November 1, 2006
Ghana  2–1  Cameroon
Aminkwa  28', 90+' (BBC) Francoise  53'

November 1, 2006
Mali  3–2  DR Congo
Doumbia  36'
Diarra  69', 90'
(BBC) Zuma  28'
Mafuta  85'

November 4, 2006
DR Congo  1–3  Ghana
Vumongo  51' (BBC) Amankwa  22', 32'
Okoe  84'

November 4, 2006
Cameroon  2–0  Mali
Bekombo  42'
Ngo  74'
(BBC)

Semi-finals

November 7, 2006
Nigeria  5–0  Cameroon
Uwak  33'
Nkwocha  45', 46', 54'
Ekpo  61'
Report

November 7, 2006
Ghana  1–0  South Africa
Okoe  88' (pen.) Report

Third place match

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

Final match

November 11, 2006
Nigeria  1–0  Ghana
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. 1 2 3 4 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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