Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

2015 African Games
women's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Republic of the Congo
City Brazzaville
Dates 6–18 September 2015
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up  Cameroon
Third place  Ivory Coast
Fourth place  Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 28 (2.15 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Desire Oparanozie (5 goals)

The 2015 African Games women's football tournament was the 4th edition of the African Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the 2015 African Games. The tournament was open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).

Qualification

Congo qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.[1]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[2]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Cameroon 3rd Gold medal (2011)
 Congo (hosts) 1st Debut
 Egypt 1st Debut
 Ghana 3rd Silver medal (2011)
 Ivory Coast 1st Debut
 Nigeria 3rd Gold medal (2003, 2007)
 South Africa 4th Silver medal (2003, 2007)
 Tanzania 2nd Group stage (2011)

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Senegal, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.[3]

Venues

A new 60,000 capacity stadium, Stade Municipal de Kintélé, was built for the 2015 African Games. The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat and Stade Kintélé 3 were also used.

Group stage

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[5][6] For the draw, the hosts Congo were seeded in position A1 and the holders Cameroon were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.[7]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times were local, WAT (UTC+1).[8]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
4  Congo (H) 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: CAF
(H) Host.

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
17:00
Congo  1–5  Nigeria
Mabahou-Ngoma  61' Report Oparanozie  5', 15', 89'
Sunday  7'
Uchendu  90'
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Referee: Marximina Bernardo (Angola)

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
17:00
Tanzania  0–1  Ivory Coast
Report Niamien  48'

9 September 2015 (2015-09-09)
17:00
Nigeria  3–0  Tanzania
Oparanozie  13', 46'
Sunday  51' 		Report

9 September 2015 (2015-09-09)
17:00
Ivory Coast  1–0  Congo
Akaffou  38' Report

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)
17:00
Congo  1–1  Tanzania
Mbondzo  45' Report Mafuru  53'

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)
17:00
Nigeria  1–2  Ivory Coast
Amanze  10' Report Elloh  45'
Nahi  77' (pen.)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 Knockout stage
2  Ghana 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
3  South Africa 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
4  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 As Ghana and South Africa were tied on points, head-to-head record, total goal difference and total goals scored, a drawing of lots was held on 14 September 2015, 09:00 local time, to determine which team finished as runners-up of Group B,[9] which was won by Ghana.[10]

7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)
17:00
Cameroon  1–1  South Africa
Manie  88' (pen.) Report Smeda  71'

7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)
17:00
Ghana  Cancelled  Egypt
Report

10 September 2015 (2015-09-10)
17:00
South Africa  0–0  Ghana
Report
Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville
Referee: Chancelle Ngakosso (Congo)

10 September 2015 (2015-09-10)
17:00
Egypt  Cancelled  Cameroon
Report

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)
14:00
Cameroon  1–1  Ghana
Akaba  54' Report Kobblah  32'
Stade Kintélé 3, Brazzaville
Referee: Aissatou Keita (Guinea)

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)
17:00
South Africa  Cancelled  Egypt
Report
Stade Kintélé 3, Brazzaville

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 September – Brazzaville
 
 
 Ivory Coast0
 
17 September – Brazzaville
 
 Ghana1
 
 Ghana1
 
15 September – Brazzaville
 
 Cameroon0
 
 Cameroon2
 
 
 Nigeria1
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
18 September – Brazzaville
 
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
 
 Nigeria1

Semi-finals

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
15:00
Ivory Coast  0–1  Ghana
Report Suleman  15'
Stade Kintélé 3, Brazzaville
Referee: Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
18:30
Cameroon  2–1  Nigeria
Abena  10'
Ngono Mani  14' 		Report Ebi  48'
Stade Kintélé 3, Brazzaville
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Bronze medal match

17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)
18:00
Ivory Coast  2–1  Nigeria
N'Guessan  70'
F. Coulibaly  77' 		Report Ihezuo  53'

Gold medal match

18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)
15:00
Ghana  1–0  Cameroon
Boakye  88' Report
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Referee: Marximina Bernardo (Angola)

Goalscorers

5 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "African Games (Women): Finalists for Brazzaville decided". CAF. 13 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Accreditation for African Games Congo 2015 draw". CAF. 29 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "RESULTS OF AFRICAN GAMES BRAZZAVILLE 2015 DRAW". CAFonline.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Debutants Lady Pharaohs in ‘group of death’". CAF. 9 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Procedure for the African Games Brazzaville 2015 draw". CAF. 8 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 11th African Games- Congo 2015". CAF.
  9. ↑ "Drawing of lots to decide between Ghana and South Africa". CAF. 13 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ghana – Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso – Nigeria for semis". CAF. 14 September 2015.

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