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Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

The 2015 African Games women's football tournament was the 4th edition of the African Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the 2015 African Games. The tournament was open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).

2015 African Games
women's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Republic of the Congo
CityBrazzaville
Dates6–18 September 2015
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored28 (2.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Desire Oparanozie (5 goals)
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Not to be confused with 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Main article: Football at the 2015 African Games

Qualification

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Main article: Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's qualification

Congo qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.[1]

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[2]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Cameroon 3rd Gold medal (2011)
  Congo (hosts) 1st Debut
  Egypt 1st Debut
  Ghana 3rd Silver medal (2011)
  Ivory Coast 1st Debut
  Nigeria 3rd Gold medal (2003, 2007)
  South Africa 4th Silver medal (2003, 2007)
  Tanzania 2nd Group stage (2011)

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Senegal, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.[3]

Venues

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A new 60,000 capacity stadium, Stade Municipal de Kintélé, was built for the 2015 African Games. The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat and Stade Kintélé 3 were also used.

Squads

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Main article: Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's team squads

Group stage

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The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[5][6] For the draw, the hosts Congo were seeded in position A1 and the holders Cameroon were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.[7]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times were local, WAT (UTC+1).[8]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ivory Coast 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Knockout stage
2   Nigeria 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3   Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
4   Congo (H) 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Congo  1–5  Nigeria
Mabahou-Ngoma   61' Report Oparanozie   5', 15', 89'
Sunday   7'
Uchendu   90'
Referee: Marximina Bernardo (Angola)
Tanzania  0–1  Ivory Coast
Report Niamien   48'
Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)
Nigeria  3–0  Tanzania
Oparanozie   13', 46'
Sunday   51'		 Report
Referee: Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)
Ivory Coast  1–0  Congo
Akaffou   38' Report
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Congo  1–1  Tanzania
Mbondzo   45' Report Mafuru   53'
Referee: Jeanne Ekoumou (Cameroon)
Nigeria  1–2  Ivory Coast
Amanze   10' Report Elloh   45'
Nahi   77' (pen.)
Referee: Christine Ziga (Ghana)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cameroon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 Knockout stage
2   Ghana 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[a]
3   South Africa 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[a]
4   Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b As Ghana and South Africa were tied on points, head-to-head record, total goal difference and total goals scored, a drawing of lots was held on 14 September 2015, 09:00 local time, to determine which team finished as runners-up of Group B,[9] which was won by Ghana.[10]
Cameroon  1–1  South Africa
Manie   88' (pen.) Report Smeda   71'
Referee: Neama Mohamed (Egypt)
Ghana  Cancelled  Egypt
Report
South Africa  0–0  Ghana
Report
Referee: Chancelle Ngakosso (Congo)
Egypt  Cancelled  Cameroon
Report
Cameroon  1–1  Ghana
Akaba   54' Report Kobblah   32'
Referee: Aissatou Keita (Guinea)
South Africa  Cancelled  Egypt
Report


Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 September – Brazzaville
 
 
  Ivory Coast0
 
17 September – Brazzaville
 
  Ghana1
 
  Ghana1
 
15 September – Brazzaville
 
  Cameroon0
 
  Cameroon2
 
 
  Nigeria1
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
18 September – Brazzaville
 
 
  Ivory Coast2
 
 
  Nigeria1

Semi-finals

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Ivory Coast  0–1  Ghana
Report Suleman   15'
Referee: Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)
Cameroon  2–1  Nigeria
Abena   10'
Ngono Mani   14'		 Report Ebi   48'
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Bronze medal match

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Ivory Coast  2–1  Nigeria
N'Guessan   70'
F. Coulibaly   77'		 Report Ihezuo   53'
Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

Gold medal match

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Ghana  1–0  Cameroon
Boakye   88' Report
Referee: Marximina Bernardo (Angola)

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Ghana 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 8 Gold Medal
    Cameroon 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 Silver Medal
    Ivory Coast 5 4 0 1 6 3 +3 12 Bronze Medal
4   Nigeria 5 2 0 3 11 7 +4 6 Fourth place
5   South Africa 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
7   Congo (H) 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
8   Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: rsssf[dead link]
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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5 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ^ "African Games (Women): Finalists for Brazzaville decided". CAF. 13 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Accreditation for African Games Congo 2015 draw". CAF. 29 June 2015.
  5. ^ "RESULTS OF AFRICAN GAMES BRAZZAVILLE 2015 DRAW". CAFonline.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Debutants Lady Pharaohs in 'group of death'". CAF. 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Procedure for the African Games Brazzaville 2015 draw". CAF. 8 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 11th African Games- Congo 2015". CAF.
  9. ^ "Drawing of lots to decide between Ghana and South Africa". CAF. 13 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Ghana – Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso – Nigeria for semis". CAF. 14 September 2015.
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