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).
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Republic of the Congo |
City | Brazzaville |
Dates | 6–18 September 2015 |
Teams | 7 (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 played | 13 |
Goals scored | 28 (2.15 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Desire Oparanozie (5 goals) |
← 2011 2019 → |
Qualification
editCongo 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
editThe following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[2]
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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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On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition.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
editA 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
editGroup stage
editThe 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
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Congo | 1–5 | Nigeria |
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Mabahou-Ngoma 61' | Report | Oparanozie 5', 15', 89' Sunday 7' Uchendu 90' |
Tanzania | 0–1 | Ivory Coast |
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Report | Niamien 48' |
Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Congo |
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Akaffou 38' | Report |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Notes:
South Africa | 0–0 | Ghana |
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Report |
South Africa | Cancelled | Egypt |
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Report |
Knockout stage
editBracket
editSemi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
15 September – Brazzaville | ||||||
Ivory Coast | 0 | |||||
17 September – Brazzaville | ||||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||
15 September – Brazzaville | ||||||
Cameroon | 0 | |||||
Cameroon | 2 | |||||
Nigeria | 1 | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
18 September – Brazzaville | ||||||
Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||
Nigeria | 1 |
Semi-finals
editIvory Coast | 0–1 | Ghana |
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Report | Suleman 15' |
Bronze medal match
editIvory Coast | 2–1 | Nigeria |
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N'Guessan 70' F. Coulibaly 77' |
Report | Ihezuo 53' |
Gold medal match
editFinal ranking
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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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 |
Goalscorers
edit- 5 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Ninon Abena
- Henriette Akaba
- Christine Manie
- Madeleine Ngono Mani
- Flore Mabahou-Ngoma
- Dedina Mbondzo
- Hillia Kobblah
- Portia Boakye
- Samira Suleman
- Rita Akaffou
- Fatou Coulibaly
- Rebecca Elloh
- Josée Nahi
- Ange N'Guessan
- Sandrine Niamien
- Mercy Amanze
- Onome Ebi
- Chinwendu Ihezuo
- Chinaza Uchendu
- Leandra Smeda
- Shelder Mafuru
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "African Games (Women): Finalists for Brazzaville decided". CAF. 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Accreditation for African Games Congo 2015 draw". CAF. 29 June 2015.
- ^ "RESULTS OF AFRICAN GAMES BRAZZAVILLE 2015 DRAW". CAFonline.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Debutants Lady Pharaohs in 'group of death'". CAF. 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Procedure for the African Games Brazzaville 2015 draw". CAF. 8 July 2015.
- ^ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 11th African Games- Congo 2015". CAF.
- ^ "Drawing of lots to decide between Ghana and South Africa". CAF. 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Ghana – Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso – Nigeria for semis". CAF. 14 September 2015.