2012 African Women's Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Equatorial Guinea |
Dates | 28 October – 11 November 2012 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (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 | 12 |
Goals scored | 47 (3.92 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Genoveva Añonma (6 goals) |
The 2012 Women's African Football 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]
Contents
Qualification
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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 |
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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
- Note 1: Mozambique advanced to the first round after Kenya withdrew.[3]
- Note 2: Senegal advanced to the first round after Burundi withdrew.[4]
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 |
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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
- Note 1: Match has been called off. DR Congo advanced to the final tournament, as Equatorial Guinea is qualified as hosts.
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]
- Points in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goals scored in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Goals scored in all group matches
- Fair play conduct
- Drawing of lots
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 |
South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 |
Senegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
31 October 2012
17:30 |
Equatorial Guinea | 6–0 | DR Congo |
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Añonma 25', 66', 73' Mwalutshe 39' (o.g.) Chinasa 63' Jade 86' |
Report |
3 November 2012
17:30 |
Equatorial Guinea | 5–0 | Senegal |
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Jade 5', 14' Tiga 15' Jumária 47' Añonma 72' |
Report |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |
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 |
Semifinals
Third place play-off
Final
11 November 2012
17:30 |
Equatorial Guinea | 4–0 | South Africa |
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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
- Bwadi Mwalutshe (playing against Equatorial Guinea)
References and notes
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External links
- Official website
- BBC ;Results & Fixtures
- Results at soccerway.com