2004 African Women's Championship

2004 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	18 September – 3 October
Teams	8
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (6th title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	48 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Perpetua Nkwocha (9 goals)
	← 2002 2006 →

The 2004 African Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football held in South Africa, who were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003,^[1] between 18 September and 3 October 2004.

Nigeria beat Cameroon 5–0 in the final to win its 6th title.

Qualification

South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place from May to July 2004. The defending champions receives no automatic qualification from this edition of the tournament onwards.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied and if still level, extra time would be skipped and will use the last-resort tie breaker of a penalty shoot-out.

The seven winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage.

Qualified teams

Qualified

Did not qualify

Did not enter or withdrew

Not part of CAF

Algeria made their tournament debut at this edition.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous tournament appearances^[a]
South Africa	Hosts	12 December 2003	4 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Algeria	Winners against Mali	23 July 2004	Debut
Ghana	Winners against Guinea	24 July 2004	5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Nigeria	Winners against Senegal	24 July 2004	5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Cameroon	Winners against Congo	25 July 2004	4 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Ethiopia	Winners against Malawi	25 July 2004	1 (2002)
Zimbabwe	Winners against Tanzania	25 July 2004	2 (2000, 2002)
Mali	Lucky loser^[b]	July–August 2004	1 (2002)

Notes

^ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
^ Mali qualified on walkover or as a lucky loser after both DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.

Format

The qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win system. (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss)

Group stage

Tiebreakers

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

greater number of points in matches between tied teams
superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
superior goal difference in all group matches
greater number of goals scored in all group matches
fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4^[a]
4	South Africa (H)	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Ethiopia 0, Zimbabwe −1.

18 September 2004

South Africa	0–3	Ghana
	Report	Anokyewaa 36' Foriwa 51' Asante 89'

Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria

18 September 2004

Zimbabwe	1–1	Ethiopia
Moyo 81'	Report	Addis 48'

Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria

21 September 2004

Ghana	2–1	Ethiopia
Amenuku 16' Asante 90'	Report	Tutu 18'

Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria

21 September 2004

Zimbabwe	2–1	South Africa
Moyo 30' Nyaumwe 50'	Report	Modise 4'

Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria

24 September 2004

Ghana	2–0	Zimbabwe
Anokyewaa 18' Bayor 25'	Report

Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria

24 September 2004

South Africa	1–2	Ethiopia
Phewa 24'	Report	Tutu 7' Gebrekirstos 45'

Germiston Stadium, Germiston

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Algeria	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Mali	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2004

Nigeria	4–0	Algeria
Eze 42' Ameh 50' Nkwocha 70' Okolo 75'	Report

Germiston Stadium, Germiston

19 September 2004

Cameroon	2–2	Mali
Mete 18' Mbida 60'	Report	Diarra 29' Keita 34'

Germiston Stadium, Germiston

22 September 2004

Algeria	3–0	Mali
Sedhane 10' Imloul 11' Laouadi 46'	Report

Germiston Stadium, Germiston

22 September 2004

Nigeria	2–2	Cameroon
Nkwocha 10' Uwak 69'	Report	Mekongo 61' Bella 74'

Germiston Stadium, Germiston

25 September 2004

Algeria	1–3	Cameroon
Imloul 11'	Report	Mbida 57', 70' Mekongo 78'

Germiston Stadium, Germiston

25 September 2004

Nigeria	3–0	Mali
Uwak 7' Nkwocha 33', 48'	Report

Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria

Knockout stage

At this stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes and additional playing time, extra time, except for the third place match, is played and followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

28 September - Johannesburg

Ghana	0
		3 October - Johannesburg
Cameroon (a.e.t.)	1
		Cameroon	0
28 September - Johannesburg
		Nigeria	5
Nigeria	4

Ethiopia	0
		Third place play-off

		1 October - Johannesburg

		Ghana (p)	0 (6)

		Ethiopia	0 (5)

Semi-finals

28 September 2004

Ghana	0–1 (a.e.t./s.g.)	Cameroon
	Report	Bella 96'

Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg

28 September 2004

Nigeria	4–0	Ethiopia
Uwak 3', 43' Ekpo 20' Nkwocha 68'	Report

Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg

Third place play-off

2 October 2004

Ghana	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ethiopia
	Report
Penalties
Ankrah Bayor Sulemana Ameneku Rumanatu Ofori Avoe	6–5	Gebrekirstos Yasine Ali Addis Tutu Kemal Seifu Bezuhan

Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg

Final

3 October 2004

Nigeria	5–0	Cameroon
Nkwocha 15', 35', 42', 60' Okolo 83'	Report

Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg

Awards

2004 African Women's Championship winners
Nigeria 6th title

Statistics

Team statistics

Champion

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nigeria	5	4	1	0	18	2	+16	13
2	Cameroon	5	2	2	1	8	10	–2	8
3	Ghana	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	10
4	Ethiopia	5	1	2	2	4	8	–4	5
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
6	Algeria	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3
7	Mali	3	0	1	2	2	8	–6	1
8	South Africa	3	0	0	3	2	7	–5	0

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

9 goals

Perpetua Nkwocha

4 goals

Cynthia Uwak

3 goals

Séraphine Mbida

2 goals

Nabila Imloul
Françoise Bella
Stéphanie Mekongo
Belay Tutu
Akua Anokyewaa
Bernice Asante
Vera Okolo
Nomsa Moyo

1 goal

Naïma Laouadi
Farida Sedhane
Marceline Mete
Feleke Addis
Birtukan Gebrekirstos
Anita Amenuku
Adjoa Bayor
Gloria Foriwa
Fatoumata Diarra
Man Keita
Ajuma Ameh
Effioanwan Ekpo
Felicia Eze
Portia Modise
Veronica Phewa
Marjory Nyaumwe

Notes

References

^ "Three bids for Nations Cup 2008". BBC Sport. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2017. Caf has also announced that South Africa will host the African women's championships again.

External links

[2] Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

[3] Mali qualified on walkover or as a lucky loser after both DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.

[table_hth_ETH0.87817371910353-4] Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Ethiopia 0, Zimbabwe −1.

[1] "Three bids for Nations Cup 2008". BBC Sport. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2017. Caf has also announced that South Africa will host the African women's championships again.

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