2000 African Women's Championship

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2000 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates11 – 25 November
Teams8
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored60 (3.75 per match)
Top scorerNigeria Mercy Akide (7 goals)
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The 2000 African Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football and the second to be hosted by a country. It was held in South Africa between 11 and 25 November 2000.

Nigeria won their 4th title, beating South Africa 2–0 in a final which got abandoned at the 73rd minute.

Qualification

South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between June and August 2000.

Format

Qualification took place on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If aggregate scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would apply, even adding the penalty shoot-out if scores were still level. No extra time period was used.

The six winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Réunion w/o[a]  Kenya — —
Réunion [b]Cancelled Kenya
Notes
  1. Réunion advanced to the qualification round after Kenya withdrew.
  2. Réunion won by default and qualified for the qualification round.

Qualification round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Réunion  5–4  Egypt 4–3 1–1
Gabon  w/o[a]  Cameroon 0–3 —
Morocco  6–1  Algeria 3–0 3–1
Zimbabwe  8–0  Lesotho 4–0 4–0
Sierra Leone  w/o[b]  Ghana — —
Uganda  w/o[c]  DR Congo — —
Notes
  1. Gabon failed to show for the second leg.
  2. DR Congo withdrew.
  3. Sierra Leone withdrew.


First leg on 29–30 July; Second leg on 11–13 August.

Réunion 4–3 Egypt
Egypt 1–1 Réunion

Réunion won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.

Gabon 0–3 Cameroon
Cameroon Cancelled Gabon

Cameroon won by default and qualified for the group stage after Gabon failed to show up for the second leg.

Morocco 3–0 Algeria
 Report
Algeria 1–3 Morocco

Morocco won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.

Lesotho 0–4 Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe won 8–0 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.

Sierra Leone Cancelled Ghana

Ghana won by default and qualified for the group stage.

Uganda Cancelled DR Congo

Uganda won by default and qualified for the group stage.

Qualified teams

Réunion, Uganda and Zimbabwe made their tournament debut at this edition. Zimbabwe originally entered this tournament's inaugural edition, but withdrew before playing any match.

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
 Cameroon3rdRunners-up (1991)
 Ghana4thRunners-up (1998)
 Morocco2ndGroup stage (1998)
 Nigeria4thChampions (1991, 1995, 1998)
 Réunion1stDebut
 South Africa (hosts)3rdRunners-up (1995)
 Uganda1stDebut
 Zimbabwe1stDebut

Squads

Match officials

Referees

The following referees were named for this edition of the tournament:

  • Cameroon Ondo Akono
  • Ghana Scholastica Tetteh
  • Madagascar Justine Rasoanirina
  • Nigeria Bola Abidoye
  • Nigeria Bolanle Sekiteri
  • Senegal Fatou Gaye
  • Uganda Catherine Adipo
  • Zimbabwe Sabelo Sibindi

Group stage

Tiebreakers

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

  1. greater number of points in matches between tied teams
  2. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
  3. greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
  4. superior goal difference in all group matches
  5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
  7. drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa (H) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Zimbabwe 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4[a]
3  Uganda 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4[a]
4  Réunion 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Zimbabwe 0, Uganda −2.
South Africa 3–0 Réunion
  • Phewa 33'
  • Ellis 55'
  • Malaku 69'
Referee: Bola Abidoye(Nigeria)
Zimbabwe 2–2 Uganda
  • Mathobela 26'
  • Moyo 79'
  • Nakawagi 21'
  • Nakintu 30'
Referee: Bolanle Sekiteri (Nigeria)
Zimbabwe 2–1 Réunion
 Mussard 18'
Referee: Ondo Akono (Cameroon)
South Africa 3–0 Uganda
  • Solomon 27'
  • Luthuli 32'
  • Lekalakala 51'
Referee: Scholastica Tetteh (Ghana)
Uganda 2–1 Réunion
 Lecoutre 29'
Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Bola Abidoye (Nigeria)
South Africa 2–1 Zimbabwe
  • Luthili 49'
  • Phewa 65'
 Mpala 44'
Referee: Ondo Akono (Cameroon)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 11 2 +9 7[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Ghana 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7[a]
3  Cameroon 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Morocco 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Nigeria +9, Ghana +5.
Nigeria 2–2 Ghana
Akide 40', 50'
Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)
Cameroon 4–1 Morocco
  • Eko Njolle 17'
  • Anounga 67'
  • Enama Abbe 89'
  • Anong 90'
 Maqdi 13'
Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Sabelo Sibindi (Zimbabwe)
Ghana 2–0 Cameroon
Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Justine Rasoanirina (Madagascar)
Nigeria 6–0 Morocco
Boksburg, South Africa
Ghana 3–0 Morocco
Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Sabelo Sibindi (Zimbabwe)
Nigeria 3–0 Cameroon
Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

Knockout stage

A match at the third-place match with a levelled score at the end of 90 minutes would go to an extra time of 30 minutes is played and followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 November - Boksburg
 
 
 South Africa1
 
25 November - Boksburg
 
 Ghana0
 
 Nigeria2
 
21 November - Johannesburg
 
 South Africa0
 
 Nigeria6
 
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
24 November - Boksburg
 
 
 Ghana6
 
 
 Zimbabwe3

Semi-finals

South Africa 1–0 Ghana
Solomon 9'
Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)
Nigeria 6–0 Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, South Africa

Third place play-off

Ghana 6–3 Zimbabwe
Referee: Justine Rasoanirina (Madagascar)

Final

Nigeria 2–0 1 South Africa
Referee: Ondo Akono (Cameroon)

1 The match was abandoned in the 73rd minute with Nigeria leading 2–0 after fans started throwing objects at the referee following the second goal, with riot police arriving 40 minutes later and firing tear gas in the crowds; fans needed hospital treatment and cars belonging to journalists were attacked as they were leaving the stadium. The result stood as final.[1]

Awards

 2000 African Women's Championship winners 

Nigeria
4th title

Statistics

Team statistics

  Champion
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
  Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nigeria 5410192+1713
2 South Africa 540193+612
3 Ghana 5311136+710
4 Zimbabwe 5113817–94
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Uganda 311146–24
6 Cameroon 310246–23
7 Réunion 300327–50
8 Morocco 3003113–120

Goalscorers

7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

References

  1. "Nigeria and the African Women Championship finals". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.