2000 African Women's Championship

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2000 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	11–25 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	60 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mercy Akide (7 goals)
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The 2000 African Women's Championship was the fourth edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the Africa Women Cup of Nations), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in South Africa between 11 November and 25 November 2000.

Nigeria won the tournament for the fourth time, beating South Africa in the final 2–0, which was abandoned at the 73rd minute.

Qualification[]

South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders were qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from June to August 2000.

Format[]

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 six winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.

Preliminary round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réunion	w/o	Kenya	—	—

• Kenya withdrew.

Réunion won by default and qualified for the final round.

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Final round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réunion	5–4	Egypt	4–3	1–1
Gabon	w/o1	Cameroon	0–3	—
Morocco	6–1	Algeria	3–0	3–1
Zimbabwe	8–0	Lesotho	4–0	4–0
Sierra Leone	w/o2	Ghana	—	—
Uganda	w/o2	DR Congo	—	—

• ¹ Gabon apparently withdrew after the first leg.
• ² DR Congo and Sierra Leone withdrew.
• First leg in 29–30 July; Second leg in 11–13 August.

Réunion won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

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Cameroon won by default and qualified for the final tournament.

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Morocco won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

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Zimbabwe won 8–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

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Ghana won by default and qualified for the final tournament.

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Uganda won by default and qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams[]

Réunion, Uganda and Zimbabwe made their first appearances in the tournament. Zimbabwe originally entered the 1991 edition, but withdrew before playing any match.

Team	Appearance	Previous best appearance
Cameroon	3rd	Runners-up (1991)
Ghana	4th	Runners-up (1998)
Morocco	2nd	Group stage (1998)
Nigeria	4th	Champions (1991, 1995, 1998)
Réunion	1st	Debut
South Africa (hosts)	3rd	Runners-up (1995)
Uganda	1st	Debut
Zimbabwe	1st	Debut

Final tournament[]

Officials[]

The following referees were named for the tournament:

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• Catherine Adipo
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Format[]

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

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Uganda	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Réunion	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Knockout stage
2	Ghana	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
3	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Morocco	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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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.

	Semifinals				Final
	21 November - Boksburg
	South Africa	1
					25 November - Boksburg
	Ghana	0
					Nigeria	2
	21 November - Johannesburg
					South Africa	0
	Nigeria	6
	Zimbabwe	0
					Third place
					24 November - Boksburg
					Ghana	6
					Zimbabwe	3

Semi-finals[]

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Third place playoff[]

Final[]

• Note: the match was abandoned in the 73rd minute with Nigeria winning 2-0 because fans started tossing objects at the referee who had correctly not signalled offside for the just-happened goal. Riot police arrived 40 mins after the trouble began and started firing tear gas in the crowds. The match was called off after three failed attempts to get it started again. People needed hospital treatment while journalist cars were attacked as they were leaving the stadium. The result stood.^[1]

Awards[]

2000 Women's African Football Championship Winners
Nigeria Fourth title

Statistics[]

Team statistics[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nigeria	5	4	1	0	19	2	+17	13
2	South Africa	5	4	0	1	9	3	+6	12
3	Ghana	5	3	1	1	13	6	+7	10
4	Zimbabwe	5	1	1	3	8	17	–9	4
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Uganda	3	1	1	1	4	6	–2	4
6	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	3
7	Réunion	3	0	0	3	2	7	–5	0
8	Morocco	3	0	0	3	1	13	–12	0

Goalscorers[]

7 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References[]

External links[]

• Tournament at CAF website
• Tournament at RSSSF (includes qualifying)