2000_African_Women's_Championship
2000 African Women's Championship
4th edition of WAFCON
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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | South Africa |
| Dates | 11 – 25 November |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  South Africa |
| Third place |  Ghana |
| Fourth place |  Zimbabwe |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 60 (3.75 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mercy Akide (7 goals) |
← 1998 2002 → | |
Nigeria won their 4th title, beating South Africa 2–0 in a final which got abandoned at the 73rd minute.
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
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[lower-alpha 3] |  Cameroon |
0–3 | — |
Morocco  |
6–1 |  Algeria |
3–0 | 3–1 |
| Zimbabwe |
8–0 |  Lesotho |
4–0 | 4–0 |
Sierra Leone  |
w/o[lower-alpha 4] | Ghana |
— | — |
Uganda  |
w/o[lower-alpha 5] |  DR Congo |
— | — |
First leg on 29–30 July; Second leg on 11–13 August.
Réunion won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.
Cameroon won by default and qualified for the group stage after Gabon failed to show up for the second leg.
| Morocco | 3–0 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
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Morocco won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.
Zimbabwe won 8–0 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.
Ghana won by default and qualified for the group stage.
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.
Officials
The following referees were named for this edition of the tournament:
Ondo Akono
Scholastica Tetteh
Justine Rasoanirina
Bola Abidoye- Bolanle Sekiteri
Fatou Gaye
Catherine Adipo
Sabelo Sibindi
Format
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win standard.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals | |
Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Zimbabwe |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Uganda |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Réunion |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| South Africa | 3–0 | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
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| South Africa | 2–1 | Zimbabwe |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Cameroon |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Morocco |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
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.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 21 November - Boksburg | ||||||
| South Africa | 1 | |||||
| 25 November - Boksburg | ||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| 21 November - Johannesburg | ||||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||
| Nigeria | 6 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 24 November - Boksburg | ||||||
| Ghana | 6 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
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]
| 2000 African Women's Championship winners |
|---|
 Nigeria 4th title |
Team statistics
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Mavis Dgajmah
- Rita Nwadike
Makhosi Luthuli- Veronica Phewa
- Joanne Solomon
- Nomsa Moyo
- 1 goal
- Bernadette Anong
- Antoinette Anounga
- Lydienne Eko Njolle
- Desire Enama Abbe
- Memuna Darku
- Gloria Foriwaa
- Nana Gyamfuah
- Sheila Okine
- Alberta Sackey
Nadia Maqdi- Stella Mbachu
Rachelle Lecoutre- Florence Mussard
- Desiree Ellis
- Hilda Lekalakala
- Martha Malaku
- Oliver Mbekeka
- Alaisa Nakawagi
- Annet Nakimbugwe
- Robina Nakintu
- Thandekile Mathobela
- Yesmore Mutero
- Florence Nyerukai
- Réunion won by default and qualified for the qualification round.
- Gabon failed to show for the second leg.
- DR Congo withdrew.
- Sierra Leone withdrew.
- "Nigeria and the African Women Championship finals". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.