Africa Women Cup of Nations

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Africa Women Cup of Nations
Africa Women Cup of Nations logo.png
Founded1991
RegionAfrica (CAF)
Number of teams8 (finals)
Current champions Nigeria (11th title)
Most successful team(s) Nigeria (11 titles)
2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations

The Total Africa Women Cup of Nations (known as the African Women's Championship until 2015) is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was first contested in 1991, but was not held biennially until 1998. Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, having won a record 11 titles, meaning they have won all but two of the previous tournaments. The two tournaments not won by Nigeria were both won by Equatorial Guinea. For both those times, Equatorial Guinea hosted the competition. Ghana hosted the tournament in 2018.[1]

The competition has served as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup every other tournament since its inception in 1991.

Format[]

History[]

Main article:

In 2000, hosts South Africa met three-time champions Nigeria in the final game of the tournament. After Nigeria finished the first half ahead 1–0, Nigeria's Stella Mbachu scored a second goal in the 72nd minute and the home crowd realized there was no coming back. Supporters began hurling bottles and other debris at officials and Nigerian players. The match was abandoned after three attempts at restarts were all interrupted by further disturbances. Riot police began fighting battles with bottle-throwing supporters about 40 minutes after the goal had been allowed, throwing tear gas into the crowd to break up the disturbance. The game and the tournament were awarded to Nigeria. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Nomination[]

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Women's Championship to the Africa Women Cup of Nations, similar to the men's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[3]

Sponsorship[]

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions.[4] Due to this sponsorship, the Africa Women Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa Women Cup of Nations".

Results[]

Year Host nation Final Semi-finals Losers
Winner Score Second place
1991
Details 		home sites
Nigeria 		2–0
Cameroon
Guinea 		and
Zambia (withdrew)
4–0
1995
Details 		home sites
Nigeria 		4–1
South Africa
Angola 		and
Ghana
7–1
Year Host nation Final Third place match
Winner Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details 		 Nigeria
Nigeria 		2–0
Ghana
DR Congo 		3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Cameroon
2000
Details 		 South Africa
Nigeria 		2–0 (abd)
South Africa
Ghana 		6–3
Zimbabwe
2002
Details 		 Nigeria
Nigeria 		2–0
Ghana
Cameroon 		3–0
South Africa
2004
Details 		 South Africa
Nigeria 		5–0
Cameroon
Ghana 		0–0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
Ethiopia
2006
Details 		 Nigeria
Nigeria 		1–0
Ghana
South Africa 		2–2
(5–4 p)
Cameroon
2008
Details 		 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea 		2–1
South Africa
Nigeria 		1–1
(5–4 p)
Cameroon
2010
Details 		 South Africa
Nigeria 		4–2
Equatorial Guinea
South Africa 		2–0
Cameroon
2012
Details 		 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea 		4–0
South Africa
Cameroon 		1–0
Nigeria
2014
Details 		 Namibia
Nigeria 		2–0
Cameroon
Ivory Coast 		1–0
South Africa
2016
Details 		 Cameroon[5]
Nigeria 		1–0
Cameroon
Ghana 		1–0
South Africa
2018
Details 		 Ghana
Nigeria 		0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
South Africa
Cameroon 		4–2
Mali
2020
Details 		Cancelled[2]
2022
Details 		 Morocco[6]

Note: abd – match abandoned in the 73rd minute

Statistics[]

Teams reaching the top four[]

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Total top four
 Nigeria 11 (1991, 1995, 1998*, 2000, 2002*, 2004, 2006*, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) – 1 (2008) 1 (2012) 13
 Equatorial Guinea 2 (2008*, 2012*) 1 (2010) – – 3
 South Africa – 5 (1995, 2000*, 2008, 2012, 2018) 2 (2006, 2010*) 3 (2002, 2014, 2016) 10
 Cameroon – 4 (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016*) 3 (2002, 2012, 2018) 4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) 11
 Ghana – 3 (1998, 2002, 2006) 4 (1995**, 2000, 2004, 2016) – 7
 Guinea – – 1 (1991**) – 1
 Angola – – 1 (1995**) – 1
 DR Congo – – 1 (1998) – 1
 Ivory Coast – – 1 (2014) – 1
 Zimbabwe – – – 1 (2000) 1
 Ethiopia – – – 1 (2004) 1
 Mali – – – 1 (2018) 1
* hosts
** losing semi-finals

General statistics[]

Pos Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  Nigeria 12 62 52 6 4 204 27 +177 162
2  South Africa 11 46 21 5 20 76 75 +1 71
3  Cameroon 12 49 20 10 19 60 77 −17 70
4  Ghana 11 37 18 6 13 61 42 +19 60
5  Equatorial Guinea 4 18 13 2 3 45 21 +24 41
6  Zimbabwe 4 14 2 5 7 13 28 −15 11
7  Mali 6 18 3 2 13 17 48 −31 11
8  Ivory Coast 2 8 3 1 4 15 15 0 10
9  DR Congo 3 11 2 3 6 14 31 −17 9
10  Ethiopia 3 11 1 4 6 6 24 −18 7
11  Algeria 4 12 2 1 9 11 32 −21 7
12  Uganda 1 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
13  Morocco 2 6 1 1 4 5 22 −17 4
14  Namibia 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
15  Congo 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
16  Egypt 2 6 1 0 5 3 21 −18 3
17  Angola 2 5 0 2 3 6 9 −3 2
18  Tunisia 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
19  Zambia 2 5 0 1 4 6 20 −14 1
20  Mozambique 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21  Tanzania 1 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
22  Réunion 1 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
23  Guinea 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
24  Senegal 1 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
25  Kenya 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
26  Sierra Leone 1 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0

Top scorers (Golden boot) by year[]

Player Country Year of Tournament Number of goals Ref
1998
Mercy Akide  Nigeria 2000 7 goals
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2002 4 goals [7]
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2004 9 goals
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2006 7 goals
Genoveva Añonma  Equatorial Guinea 2008 6 goals [8]
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2010 11 goals
Genoveva Añonma  Equatorial Guinea 2012 6 goals
Desire Oparanozie  Nigeria 2014 5 goals
Asisat Oshoala  Nigeria 2016 6 goals
Thembi Kgatlana  South Africa 2018 5 goals

Best player (Golden ball) by year[]

Player Country Year of Tournament Ref
1998
2000
2002
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2004 [9]
Portia Modise  South Africa 2006 [10]
Genoveva Añonma  Equatorial Guinea 2008 [11]
Stella Mbachu  Nigeria 2010 [12]
2012
Asisat Oshoala  Nigeria 2014 [13]
Gabrielle Onguéné  Cameroon 2016 [14]
Thembi Kgatlana  South Africa 2018

Hat-tricks[]

Main article: List of Africa Women Cup of Nations hat-tricks

Participating nations[]

Legend
Team
1991
1995 		Nigeria
1998 		South Africa
2000 		Nigeria
2002 		South Africa
2004 		Nigeria
2006 		Equatorial Guinea
2008 		South Africa
2010 		Equatorial Guinea
2012 		Namibia
2014 		Cameroon
2016 		Ghana
2018 		Morocco
2022 		Years
 Algeria × × × • × GS GS • GS × GS • GS • 5
 Angola × SF × × GS × • × • × × × • 2
 Botswana × q 1
 Burkina Faso × q 1
 Burundi × q 1
 Cameroon 2nd × 4th GS 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd q 13
 Congo QF × × × × • • GS × × × × • • 2
 DR Congo × × 3rd × • × GS • • GS × × × X 3
 Egypt × × GS • × × • × × • • GS • 2
 Equatorial Guinea × × × × • • GS 1st 2nd 1st • • GS • 5
 Ethiopia × × × × GS 4th × × • GS • • • • 3
 Ghana QF SF 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd GS GS • GS 3rd GS • 12
 Guinea SF × • × × • • • • • × • × • 1
 Ivory Coast × × × × • × • • • GS 3rd • • • 2
 Kenya × × x x × × • × x x • GS • X 1
 Mali × × × × GS GS GS GS GS • • GS 4th • 7
 Morocco × × GS GS • × • • • • • • • q 3
 Mozambique × × × × × × • × × • × × × • 1
 Namibia × × × × × × • • • • GS • • • 1
 Nigeria 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st q 14
 Réunion × × × GS × × × × × × × × × × 1
 Senegal QF × × × • • • • • GS • • • q 3
 Sierra Leone × QF × × × × × × • × × × × • 1
 South Africa × 2nd GS 2nd 4th GS 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd q 13
 Tanzania × × × × • • • • GS • • • • • 1
 Togo × q 1
 Tunisia × × × × × × × GS • • • • q 2
 Uganda × × • GS • × × × × • × × q 2
 Zambia SF QF × × • × • • × • GS • GS q 4
 Zimbabwe QF × × 4th GS GS × • × • • GS • • 4
Total (30 Teams) 4 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12

Most tournaments hosted[]

Hosts Nation Year(s)
3 times  Nigeria 1998, 2002, 2006
 South Africa 2000, 2004, 2010
2 times  Equatorial Guinea 2008, 2012
1 time  Namibia 2014
 Cameroon 2016
 Ghana 2018

See also[]

References[]

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