2012 African Women's Championship

The 2012 African Women's 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]

2012 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEquatorial Guinea
Dates28 October – 11 November
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Equatorial Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored47 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Equatorial Guinea Genoveva Añonman
(6 goals)
2010
2014

Qualification edit

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]

Qualified teams

Squads edit

Group stage edit

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.[3]

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair play conduct
  7. Drawing of lots

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
Equatorial Guinea  1–0  South Africa
Chinasa   33' Report
Referee: Therese Sagno (Guinea)
Senegal  0–1  DR Congo
Report Nona   74' (pen.)
Referee: Amegee Aissatta (Togo)

South Africa  1–0  Senegal
Mgcoyi   70' Report
Referee: Lidya Tafese (ETH)
Equatorial Guinea  6–0  DR Congo
Añonman   25', 66', 73'
Bwadi   39' (o.g.)
Chinasa   63'
Jade   86'
Report
Referee: Christine Ziga (Ghana)

Equatorial Guinea  5–0  Senegal
Jade   5', 14'
Tiga   15'
Jumária   47'
Añonman   72'
Report
Referee: Grace Msiska (Malawi)
South Africa  4–1  DR Congo
Smeda   3'
Mgcoyi   10', 48', 57'
Report Tuzolana   88'
Referee: Gladys Lingwe (Zambia)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
Nigeria  2–1  Cameroon
Ohadugha   45+1'
Nkwocha   86'
Report Manie   52' (pen.)
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
Ivory Coast  5–0  Ethiopia
Nrehy   1', 9', 68'
Gnago   51'
N'Guessan   53'
Report
Referee: Kankou Coulibaly (Mali)

Cameroon  4–1  Ivory Coast
Iven   11', 25'
Onguene   62'
Zouga   88'
Report Nahi   18'
Referee: Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)
Ethiopia  0–3  Nigeria
Report Sunday   26'
Mbachu   64'
Nkwocha   66'
Referee: Maximina Bernardo (Angola)

Nigeria  3–1  Ivory Coast
Chukwudi   9'
Ebere   39'
Mbachu   75'
Report Nrehy   82'
Referee: Insaf El Harkaoui (Morocco)
Cameroon  0–0  Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Aisha Nabikko Ssemambo (Uganda)

Knockout stages edit

Knockout Map edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 November 2012
 
 
  Equatorial Guinea2
 
11 November 2012
 
  Cameroon0
 
  Equatorial Guinea4
 
7 November 2012
 
  South Africa0
 
  Nigeria0
 
 
  South Africa1
 
Third place
 
 
11 November 2012
 
 
  Cameroon1
 
 
  Nigeria0

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Semifinals edit

Equatorial Guinea  2–0  Cameroon
Chinasa   7'
Añonman   40'
Report
Nigeria  0–1  South Africa
Report van Wyk   23'

Third place play-off edit

Cameroon  1–0  Nigeria
Enganamouit   31' Report

Final edit

Equatorial Guinea  4–0  South Africa
Chinasa   43', 72'
Tiga   66'
Añonman   70'
Report
Attendance: 20 000

Goalscorers edit

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References and notes edit

  1. ^ "Women's round-up: January 2012". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. ^ "FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. ^ "8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo". CAF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  4. ^ "2012 Regulations". CAF. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

External links edit