2002_African_Women's_Championship
2002 African Women's Championship
5th edition of WAFCON
The 2002 African Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. It took place in Nigeria between 7 and 20 December 2002.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nigeria |
| Dates | 7 – 20 December |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| 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) |
| Top scorer(s) |
|
← 2000 2004 → | |
This edition of the tournament also doubled as the African qualification for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Nigeria beat Ghana 2–0 in the final to with their 5th title, although both were guaranteed qualification to that international tournament edition held in the United States.
On 24 January 2001, the Botswana Football Association announced the submission of a hosting bid, but it was neither considered nor came to fruition by CAF.[1]
CAF approached Nigeria at the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali for that tournament edition's hosting rights and got it on 19 March that year. Nigeria previously had the honor of hosting the tournament when it began full-scale in 1998.[2]
Nigeria qualified automatically as both hosts and defending champions,[3] while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from August to October 2002.
Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.
Qualified teams
Ethiopia and Mali made their first appearances in the tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous tournament appearances[lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Hosts and defending champions | 19 March 2002 | 4 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000) |
 Angola | Winners against DR Congo | 11 October 2002 | 1 (1995) |
 Mali | Winners against Morocco | 11 October 2002 | Debut |
| South Africa | Winners against Zambia | 12 October 2002 | 3 (1995, 1998, 2000) |
| Cameroon | Winners against Gabon | 12 October 2002 | 3 (1991, 1998, 2000) |
| Ghana | Winners against Senegal | 12 October 2002 | 4 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000) |
 Ethiopia | Winners against Uganda | 13 October 2002 | Debut |
 Zimbabwe | Winners against Tanzania | 13 October 2002 | 1 (2000) |
The following referees were named for the tournament:
Ondo Akono
Chimane Nombauli
Mukulu Mbula
Scholastica Tetteh
Bola Abidoye- Bolanle Sekiteri
Xonam Agboyi
Catherine Adipo
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams, where the top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The finalists of this edition of the tournament qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.
The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win standard.
Group stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals | |
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mali |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Angola |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| South Africa | 2–1 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
Phewa  70'Carelse 71' |
Anounga 72' |
| South Africa | 3–1 | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| Phewa 27', 33', 61' |
Talent 50' |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 17 December - Warri | ||||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||
| 20 December - Warri | ||||||
| Cameroon | 2 | |||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||
| 18 December - Warri | ||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||
| Nigeria | 5 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 20 December - Warri | ||||||
| Cameroon | 3 | |||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Third-place playoff
Final
The match was held up for about 5 minutes after fans pelted a lineswoman with sachets of water after Alberta Sackey had not been given offside (but missed the chance anyway).
| 2002 African Women's Championship |
|---|
 Nigeria 4th title |
Team statistics
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- Alberta Sackey
- Perpetua Nkwocha
Veronica Phewa
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Awasso Endegene-Leme- Mavis Dgajmah
- Nana Gyamfuah
Rokiatou Samake- Ifenyichukwu Chiejine
Esther Zulu Talent
- 1 goal
Irene Gonçalves- Jacinta Rios
- Antoinette Anounga
- Rolande Belemgoto
- Christelle Pokam
- Madeleine Ngono Mani
- Adjoa Bayor
- Maïchata Konaté
- Ekpo Effionwan
- Florence Iweta
- Olaitan Yusuf
- Antonia Carelse
- Lydia Monyepao
- Unknown goalscorers
- Cameroon: 3 additional goals
The teams below qualified to represent Africa at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.
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