2004_African_Women's_Championship_qualification
2004 African Women's Championship qualification
International football competition
The 2004 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2004 African Women's Championship. South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from May to July 2004.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 May – 25 July 2004 |
| Teams | 17 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 72 (4.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Akua Anokyewaa Adjoa Bayor (6 goals) |
← 2002 2006 → | |
From this tournament onwards, the defending champions does not receive automatic qualification.
A total of 17 national teams participated in the qualifying process.
Teams who withdrew are in italics.
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | 6 | |
| First round | 11 | |
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 17 |
| Final tournament |
|
1 |
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.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | First leg | 29–30 May 2004 |
| Second leg | 12 June 2004 | |
| First round | First leg | 10–11 July 2004 |
| Second leg | 23–25 July 2004 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Equatorial Guinea  |
2–4 |  Congo |
2–2 | 0–2 |
Malawi  |
w/o1 |  Uganda |
— | — |
Tanzania  |
5–1 |  Eritrea |
4–0 | 1–1 |
- 1 Uganda withdrew.
| Equatorial Guinea | 2–2 | Congo |
|---|---|---|
Aguilera Angono  52', 60' |
Report | Ndolou 24' Mpassou 50' |
Congo won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Malawi won by default and advanced to the first round.
Tanzania won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congo |
0–2 |  Cameroon |
0–2 | 0–0 |
| Malawi |
0–9 |  Ethiopia |
0–4 | 0–5 |
| Tanzania |
0–7 |  Zimbabwe |
0–3 | 0–4 |
Mali  |
2–3 |  Algeria |
2–2 | 0–1 |
Guinea  |
0–22 | Ghana |
0–13 | 0–9 |
Senegal  |
3–12 |  Nigeria |
2–8 | 1–4 |
DR Congo  |
— |  Gabon |
— | — |
Cameroon won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Ethiopia won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Zimbabwe won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
| Guinea | 0–13 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Okoe 10', 1H', 1H' Anokyewaa 14', 1H', 1H'Bayor 18', 1H', 84'Darku 1H'Baidu 2H'Amenuku 2H', 2H' |
Ghana won 22–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
1 The match was abandoned at the 76th minute after an officer from the riot police mistakenly fired tear gas which dispersed fans rushing to find an open space.[1]
Nigeria won 12–3 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Originally, DR Congo qualified for the final tournament after Gabon withdrew. DR Congo subsequently withdrew, meaning CAF were required to select a lucky loser to qualify for the final tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
| Congo |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
| Tanzania |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| Senegal |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
| Malawi |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| Guinea |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 |
Mali, as the lucky loser, thus qualified for the final tournament.
Akua Anokyewaa and Adjoa Bayor, both from Ghana, were the top scorers of the qualifying process with 6 goals each.
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
Birtukan Gebrekirstos
Patience Avre
Nomsa Moyo
- 3 goals
- Feleke Addis
Mwapewa Mtumwa
- 2 goals
Dalila Zerrouki
Carmen Aguilera Angono
Anita Amenuku
- 1 goal
- Naïma Bouhenni
Séraphine Mbida- Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk
Ndiaye Mpassou- Saya Ndolou
- Semira Kemal
- Helen Seifu
- Elizabeth Baidu
- Memuna Darku
- Gloria Foriwaa
Fatou Camara- Diaty N'Diaye
- Ijeoma Obi
- Melkuleyi Titilayo
- Jerome Ulunma
Awa Diop- Mamy N'Diaye
- Bathe Thiaw
- Mwanaidi Yusuf
- Sharon Kulunga
- Sithandekile Mathobela
- Margaret Simao
- Unknown goalscorers
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa | Hosts | 12 December 2003[2] | 4 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Algeria | Winners against Mali | 23 July 2004 | Debut |
| Ghana | Winners against Guinea | 24 July 2004 | 5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Nigeria | Winners against Senegal | 24 July 2004 | 5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Cameroon | Winners against Congo | 25 July 2004 | 4 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Ethiopia | Winners against Malawi | 25 July 2004 | 1 (2002) |
| Zimbabwe | Winners against Tanzania | 25 July 2004 | 2 (2000, 2002) |
| Mali | Lucky loser | July–August 2004 | 1 (2002) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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