1998 African Women's Championship

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1998 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates17 – 31 October
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Third placeFile:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored62 (4.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Nkiru Okosieme
(3 goals)
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2000 →

The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the biennial African Women's Championship tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions. It was hosted from 17 to 31 October by Nigeria whose women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Qualification

A qualification round was installed in the tournament for the first time. 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg 7 – 2 File:Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg Lesotho 3–0 4–2
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 15 – 0 File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland 9–0 6 – 0
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 2 – 1 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1–1 1–0
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg 19 – 0 File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 11–0 8–0
DR Congo File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg w/o File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia — —
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg w/o File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone — —
Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg w/o File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya — —

First leg:

Second leg:

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

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

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

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

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

Cameroon won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Morocco won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Qualified teams

DR Congo, Egypt and Morocco made their debuts in the tournament at this edition. Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament despite qualifying with Lesotho as its late replacement for Mozambique, also failing to show up.[2]

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2nd Runners-up (1991)
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo 1st Debut
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1st Debut
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 3rd Semi-finals (1995)
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1st Debut
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 1st Debut
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (hosts) 3rd Champions (1991, 1995)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2nd Runners-up (1995)

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

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:

  1. greater number of points in matches between tied teams
  2. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
  3. greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
  4. superior goal difference in all group matches
  5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
  7. drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (H) 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4[lower-alpha 1]
3 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 9 −5 4[lower-alpha 1]
4 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: DR Congo −3, Morocco −5.
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg8–0File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Report
DR Congo File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg4–1File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg4–1File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg6–0File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo
Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg0–0File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg6–0File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg4–0File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg3–2File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg3–1File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 October - Kaduna
 
 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria6
 
31 October - Ijebu Ode
 
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon0
 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria2
 
27 October - Kaduna
 
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana0
 
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (a.e.t.)4
 
 
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo1
 
Third place play-off
 
 
30 October - Ijebu Ode
 
 
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon3 (1)
 
 
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo (p)3 (3)

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Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg6–0File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg4–1File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo

Third place play-off

DR Congo File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg3–3 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Penalties
3–1

Final

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Attendance: 30,000

Awards

 1998 African Women's Championship winners 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
3rd title

Statistics

Team statistics

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 5 5 0 0 15 28 0 +28
2 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 4 3 0 1 9 11 4 +7
3 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo 5 1 2 2 5 8 14 −6
4 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 4 1 1 2 4 7 14 −7
Eliminated in the group stage
5 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 4 9 −5
6 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2 0 0 2 0 2 7 −5
7 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3 0 0 3 0 2 14 −12
— File:Flag of Mozambique.svg 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Enkonge ezizze zeekiika mu kkubo lyagwo" [The cones that have been lurking in its path]. Bukedde Online (in Luganda). January 12, 2012. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ "History of CAF Women's Championship". The Nation Nigeria. Nigeria. November 10, 2006. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016. Title given copied from the title of the site page.

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