1998 African Women's Championship

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1998 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates17–31 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place DR Congo
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored62 (4.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Nkiru Okosieme
(3 goals)
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The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the international women's association football tournament organized by CAF. Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions.

Nigeria hosted this edition from 17 to 31 October 1998 and its women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 in the final, with both qualifying for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Qualification

A qualification round was installed in the African Women's Championship from this edition onward. With Nigeria qualifying automatically as hosts, the remaining seven spots were determined by a qualification round and a play-off round which took place between March and April 1998.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mozambique  7–2  Lesotho 3–0 4–2
South Africa  15–0  Swaziland 9–0 6–0
Egypt  2–1  Uganda 1–1 1–0
Ghana  19–0  Guinea 11–0 8–0
DR Congo  w/o  Namibia — —
Cameroon  w/o  Sierra Leone — —
Morocco  w/o  Kenya — —

First leg on March 28–29, Second leg on April 10–12:

Mozambique 3–0 Lesotho
Lesotho 2–4 Mozambique

Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

South Africa 9–0 Swaziland
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Thabethe ?', ?'
Mtokwane ?'
Phewa ?'
Solomon ?', ?', ?'
Unknown ?' (o.g.)		 Report
Swaziland 0–6 South Africa
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Solomon ?', ?', ?', ?'

South Africa won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Egypt 1–1 Uganda
Uganda 0–1 Egypt

Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Ghana 11–0 Guinea
Gyamfuah 4', 22', 35', 90'
Mensah 17', 24', 1H'
Bayor 1H'
Sackey 73', 80'
Quartey 78'		 Report
Guinea 0–8 Ghana

Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

DR Congo Cancelled Namibia

DR Congo won by default and qualified for the final tournament.

Cameroon Cancelled Sierra Leone

Cameroon won by default and qualified for the final tournament.

Morocco Cancelled Kenya

Morocco won by default and qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

DR Congo, Egypt and Morocco made their first appearances in the tournament. Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament despite qualifying with Lesotho as a late replacement for Mozambique, also failing to show up.[2]

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
 Cameroon 2nd Runners-up (1991)
 DR Congo 1st Debut
 Egypt 1st Debut
 Ghana 3rd Semi-finals (1995)
 Morocco 1st Debut
 Mozambique 1st Debut
 Nigeria (hosts) 3rd Champions (1991, 1995)
 South Africa 2nd Runners-up (1995)

Squads

Main article: 1998 African Women's Championship squads

Venues

Kaduna
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Locations of the 1998 African Women's Championship venues
 Ijebu Ode
Ahmadu Bello Stadium Gateway Stadium
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 20,000

Final tournament

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss).

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 9 Knockout stage
2  DR Congo 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
3  Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 9 −5 4
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Nigeria 8–0 Morocco
Okosieme 17', 1H'
Avre 30', 2H'
Nwadike 2H', 2H'
Omagbemi 2H'
Akide 2H'		 Report
DR Congo 4–1 Egypt
Morocco 4–1 Egypt
Nigeria 6–0 DR Congo
Morocco 0–0 DR Congo
Nigeria 6–0 Egypt

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Knockout stage
2  Cameroon 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3  South Africa 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
—  Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Ghana 4–0 South Africa
Cameroon 3–2 South Africa
Ghana 3–1 Cameroon

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.

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 October - Kaduna
 
 
 Nigeria6
 
31 October - Ijebu Ode
 
 Cameroon0
 
 Nigeria2
 
27 October - Kaduna
 
 Ghana0
 
 Ghana (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 DR Congo1
 
Third place
 
 
30 October - Ijebu Ode
 
 
 Cameroon3 (1)
 
 
 DR Congo3 (3)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Nigeria 6–0 Cameroon
Ghana 4–1 (aet) DR Congo

Third place playoff

DR Congo 3–3 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Penalties
3–1

Final

Nigeria 2–0 Ghana
Okosieme 43'
Mbachu 64'
Attendance: 30,000

Awards

 1998 African Women's Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Third title

Statistics

Team statistics

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Nigeria 5 5 0 0 15 28 0 +28
2  Ghana 4 3 0 1 9 11 4 +7
3  DR Congo 5 1 2 2 5 8 14 −6
4  Cameroon 4 1 1 2 4 7 14 −7
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 4 9 −5
6  South Africa 2 0 0 2 0 2 7 −5
7  Egypt 3 0 0 3 0 2 14 −12
—  Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 12(1) 11 1(2) 11 35 62 62 0

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Unknown scorers

References

  1. ^ a b "Enkonge ezizze zeekiika mu kkubo lyagwo" [The cones that have been lurking in its path]. Bukedde Online (in Ganda). 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ "History of CAF Women's Championship". The Nation. Nigeria. 10 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016. Title given copied from the title of the site page.

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