Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

2003 Women's All-Africa Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	July 2007
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	36 (3.6 per match)

The 2007 All-Africa Games football – Women's tournament was the 2nd edition of the African Games men's football tournament for women. The football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria in July 2007 as part of the 2007 All-Africa Games. Six teams took part. The final was a repeat of the first one four years ago.^[1] Nigeria again beat South Africa.

Qualification

Algeria (hosts), Nigeria and Ghana qualified automatically. Cameroon and Mozambique withdrew. Teams that qualified for the tournament were:

Zone	Team
Zone I	Algeria (hosts)
Zone II	Senegal
Zone III	Ghana
Zone IV	Cameroon (withdrew)
Zone V	no team
Zone VI	Mozambique (withdrew)
	South Africa
Zone VII	no team

Final tournament

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

The top two teams advanced. Ethiopia and Senegal were eliminated.^[2]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the semifinals

Group A

Group A consisted of Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
South Africa	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

... July 2007

South Africa	2–2	Nigeria

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... July 2007

Nigeria	3–0	Ethiopia

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... July 2007

Ethiopia	1–3	South Africa

Group B

Group B consisted of Algeria, Ghana and Senegal.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Algeria	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
Senegal	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

... July 2007

Ghana	2–1	Algeria

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... July 2007

Ghana	3–0	Senegal

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... July 2007

Algeria	3–1	Senegal

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	21 July – Algiers
	Nigeria	5
					22 July – Zéralda
	Algeria	0
					Nigeria	4
	21 July – Algiers
					South Africa	0
	Ghana	0
	South Africa	2
					Third place
					22 July – Algiers
					Algeria	1
					Ghana	3

Semifinals

21 July 2007

Nigeria	5–0	Algeria

Omar Hamadi Stadium, Algiers

21 July 2007

Ghana	0–2	South Africa

August 20 Stadium, Algiers

Third Place Match

22 July 2007

Algeria	1–3	Ghana

Zéralda Stadium, Zéralda

Final

22 July 2007

Nigeria	4–0	South Africa
Chiejine  4', 68' Okolo  34' Nkwocha  36'

August 20 Stadium, Algiers

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Nigeria	4	3	1	0	14	2	+12	10	Gold Medal
	South Africa	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7	Silver Medal
	Ghana	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Bronze Medal
4	Algeria (H)	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	3	Fourth place
5	Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0	Eliminated in group stage
6	Senegal	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

See also

• Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament

References

External links

• 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament at rsssf.com
• BBC.com - results
• Football (Tournoi, Dames) - Le Midi Libre