2008 African Women's Championship

The 2008 Women's African Football Championship is of 15–29 November 2008 in Equatorial Guinea. The central African country is the first time host of the tournament. Eight national teams played in group matches and then against each other.

2008 African Women's Football Championship
2008 Campeonato Femenino de Fútbol de África
Tournament details
Host countryEquatorial Guinea
Dates15–29 November 2008
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Equatorial Guinea (1st title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Genoveva Añonma
(6 goals)

Qualification

A total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals.[1]

First round

Was played between 30 November and 16 December 2007. Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and South Africa had a bye to the second round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  1–3  Algeria 0–1 1–2
Zimbabwe  6–3  Zambia 3–1 3–2
Eritrea  2–4  Tanzania 2–3 0–1
Botswana  1–9  Namibia 0–3 1–6
Senegal  1–3  Ivory Coast 1–1 0–2
Tunisia  w/o  Egypt — —
Burundi  w/o  Congo — —
Guinea  w/o  Benin — —

Egypt, Burundi and Benin withdrew their matches.

Second round

Played between 24 February and 8 March 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  2–1  Algeria 0–0 2–1
Congo  5–2  DR Congo 4–1 1–1
Zimbabwe  1–6  South Africa 1–4 0–2
Tanzania  1–5  Cameroon 0–3 1–2
Namibia  1–13  Nigeria 0–3 1–10
Guinea  0–11  Mali 0–8 0–3
Ivory Coast  1–4  Ghana 1–1 0–3

Participants

Therefore, the following eight teams will take part at the African Championship:

Tunisia and Congo will compete at the African Championship for the first time.

Final tournament

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Equatorial Guinea 3300839
 Cameroon 3201326
 Congo 3102363
 Mali 3003250
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Cameroon
Añonma  16' (pen.)
Mali 0–1 Congo
Passou N'Diaye  69'
Cameroon 2–1 Mali
Bekombo  38'
Ngo Ndoumbouk  90+3'		 Doumbia  75' (pen.)
Equatorial Guinea 5–2 Congo
S. Simporé  1'
Chinasa  9'
Amarachi  46'
Añonma  65'  90' (pen.)		 Passou N'Diaye  5'
Mabonzo  14'
Equatorial Guinea 2–1 Mali
Chinasa  18'
Añonma  88'		 Diarra  30'
Cameroon 1–0 Congo
Ngono Mani  45'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 3201326
 Nigeria 3120215
 Ghana 3111444
 Tunisia 3012351
Nigeria 1–1 Ghana
Chiejine  90' Okoe  32'
South Africa 2–1 Tunisia
Matlou
Ngwane 		Guedri
Ghana 0–1 South Africa
Phewa  24'
Tunisia 0–0 Nigeria
Nigeria 1–0 South Africa
Chiejine  16'
Ghana 3–2 Tunisia
Ibrahim  45+1'
Abdul-Rahman  51'  82'		 Mamay  4'
Abidi  48'

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Nigeria
Añonma  58'
South Africa 3–0 Cameroon
Matlou  28'  47'  80'

Third Place match
Nigeria 1–1 Cameroon
Eke  28' Onguene Aboudi  64'
Penalties
Eke
Ekpo
Chiejine
George
Nkwocha 		4–3 Ngo Ndoumbouk
Manie
Bella
Onguene Aboudi
Mbida

Final match
Equatorial Guinea 2–1 South Africa
Diala  22'
Añonma  68'		 Matlou  35'

Awards

Equatorial Guinea's Genoveva Añonma was announced player of the tournament[2] and also won the top scorer award with six goals.

 2008 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Equatorial Guinea
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 37 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References
  1. cafonline.com: RESULTS AND STATISTICS/ African Women Championship Archived 17 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Coupe d'Afrique des Nations : la Guinée Equatoriale championne". le football au féminin. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
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