2012 African Women's Championship

2012 African Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Host country Equatorial Guinea
Dates 28 October – 11 November 2012
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Equatorial Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up  South Africa
Third place  Cameroon
Fourth place  Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 47 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Equatorial Guinea Genoveva Añonma
(6 goals)

The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.[1]

Qualification

A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.[2]

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held on 13–15 January 2012 (first leg) and 27–29 January 2012 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  4–6  Ethiopia 4–2 0–4
Namibia  2–7  Tanzania 0–2 2–5
Ivory Coast  10–1  Guinea 5–1 5–0
Kenya  w/o1  Mozambique — —
Zambia  9–4  Malawi 7–0 2–4
Morocco  2–2 (5–3 pen)  Tunisia 2–0 0–2
Senegal  w/o2  Burundi — —
Botswana  1–3  Zimbabwe 0–1 1–2
Uganda  1–5  DR Congo 1–1 0–4
Mali  0–8  Ghana 0–3 0–5
Notes

First round

The first round was held on 25–27 May 2012 (first leg) and 15–17 June 2012 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  3–1  Tanzania 2–1 1–0
Ivory Coast  12–0  Mozambique 7–0 5–0
Zambia  2–6  South Africa 1–4 1–2
Morocco  0–0 (4–5 p)  Senegal 0–0 0–0
Zimbabwe  0–6  Nigeria 0–2 0–4
DR Congo  w/o1  Equatorial Guinea — —
Ghana  2–2 (8–9 p)  Cameroon 1–1 1–1
Notes

Squads

Final tournament

The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.[5]

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:[6]

  1. Points in head to head matches between tied teams
  2. Goal difference in head to head matches between tied teams
  3. Goals scored in head to head matches between tied teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair play conduct
  7. Drawing of lots

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Equatorial Guinea 3300120+129
 South Africa 320152+36
 DR Congo 3102210−83
 Senegal 300307−70

28 October 2012
14:30
Equatorial Guinea  1–0  South Africa
Chinasa  33' Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Therese Sagno (Guinea)

28 October 2012
17:30
Senegal  0–1  DR Congo
Report Nona  74' (pen.)
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Amegee Aissatta (Togo)

31 October 2012
14:30
South Africa  1–0  Senegal
Mgcoyi  70' Report

31 October 2012
17:30
Equatorial Guinea  6–0  DR Congo
Añonma  25', 66', 73'
Mwalutshe  39' (o.g.)
Chinasa  63'
Jade  86'		 Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Christine Ziga (Ghana)

3 November 2012
17:30
Equatorial Guinea  5–0  Senegal
Jade  5', 14'
Tiga  15'
Jumária  47'
Añonma  72'		 Report

3 November 2012
17:30
South Africa  4–1  DR Congo
Smeda  3'
Mgcoyi  10', 48', 57'		 Report Tutzolana  88'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 330082+69
 Cameroon 311153+24
 Ivory Coast 31027703
 Ethiopia 301208−81

29 October 2012
14:30
Nigeria  2–1  Cameroon
Ohadugha  45+1'
Nkwocha  86'		 Report Manie  52' (pen.)

29 October 2012
17:30
Ivory Coast  5–0  Ethiopia
Nrehy  1', 9', 68'
Gnago  51'
N'Guessan  53'		 Report

1 November 2012
14:30
Cameroon  4–1  Ivory Coast
Iven  11', 25'
Onguene  62'
Zouga  88'		 Report Nahi  18'

1 November 2012
17:30
Ethiopia  0–3  Nigeria
Report Sunday  26'
Mbachu  64'
Nkwocha  66'

4 November 2012
17:30
Nigeria  3–1  Ivory Coast
Chukwudi  9'
Ebere  39'
Mbachu  75'		 Report Nrehy  82'

4 November 2012
17:30
Cameroon  0–0  Ethiopia
Report

Knockout Stages

Knockout Map

Semi-finals Final
7 November 2012
  Equatorial Guinea  2  
  Cameroon  0  
 
11 November 2012
      Equatorial Guinea  4
    South Africa  0
Third place
7 November 2012 11 November 2012
  Nigeria  0   Cameroon  1
  South Africa  1     Nigeria  0

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Semifinals

7 November 2012
17:30
Nigeria  0–1  South Africa
Report van Wyk  23'

Third place play-off

11 November 2012
14:30
Cameroon  1–0  Nigeria
Enganamouit  31' Report

Final

11 November 2012
17:30
Equatorial Guinea  4–0  South Africa
Chinasa  43', 72'
Tiga  66'
Añonma  70'		 Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Attendance: 20 000

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References and notes

  1. ↑ "Women's round-up: January 2012". FIFA. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Kenyan women's soccer team lose out on African qualifier". michezoafrika.com. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Road to 2012 Women Championship Finals Begins". allafrica.com. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo". CAF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "2012 Regulations". CAF. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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