2002 African Women's Championship

2002 African Women's Football Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	7–20 December
Teams	8 (from CAF confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	46 (2.88 per match)

The 2002 Women's African Football Championship was the fifth staging of the CAF Women's Championship. It determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. The tournament took place in Nigeria.

Qualifying Tournament

First round

First leg August 10 & 11, second leg August 24:

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Second round

First leg September 21 & 22, second leg October 11–13:

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Final tournament

Nigeria was qualified as host.

First round

Group A

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ghana	3	3	0	0	6	0	9
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	8	2	6
Mali	3	0	1	2	3	9	1
Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	2	8	1

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Group B

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Africa	3	2	1	0	6	3	7
Cameroon	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Angola	3	0	2	1	2	3	2
Zimbabwe	3	0	2	1	2	4	2

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place playoff

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Final

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Awards

2002 Women's African Football Championship Winners
Nigeria Fifth title

External links

• Tables & Results at RSSSF.com