2012 African Women's Championship

The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.[1]

2012 African Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEquatorial Guinea
Dates28 October – 11 November 2012
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Equatorial Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored47 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Genoveva Añonma
(6 goals)

Qualification
Main article: 2012 African Women's Championship qualification

A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.[2]

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held on 13–15 January 2012 (first leg) and 27–29 January 2012 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  4–6  Ethiopia 4–2 0–4
Namibia  2–7  Tanzania 0–2 2–5
Ivory Coast  10–1  Guinea 5–1 5–0
Kenya  w/o1  Mozambique — —
Zambia  9–4  Malawi 7–0 2–4
Morocco  2–2 (5–3 pen)  Tunisia 2–0 0–2
Senegal  w/o2  Burundi — —
Botswana  1–3  Zimbabwe 0–1 1–2
Uganda  1–5  DR Congo 1–1 0–4
Mali  0–8  Ghana 0–3 0–5
Notes
  • Note 1: Mozambique advanced to the first round after Kenya withdrew.[3]
  • Note 2: Senegal advanced to the first round after Burundi withdrew.[4]

First round

The first round was held on 25–27 May 2012 (first leg) and 15–17 June 2012 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  3–1  Tanzania 2–1 1–0
Ivory Coast  12–0  Mozambique 7–0 5–0
Zambia  2–6  South Africa 1–4 1–2
Morocco  0–0 (4–5 p)  Senegal 0–0 0–0
Zimbabwe  0–6  Nigeria 0–2 0–4
DR Congo  w/o1  Equatorial Guinea — —
Ghana  2–2 (8–9 p)  Cameroon 1–1 1–1
Notes
  • Note 1: Match has been called off. DR Congo advanced to the final tournament, as Equatorial Guinea is qualified as hosts.

Squads
Main article: 2012 African Women's Championship squads

Final tournament

The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.[5]

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:[6]

  1. Points in head to head matches between tied teams
  2. Goal difference in head to head matches between tied teams
  3. Goals scored in head to head matches between tied teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair play conduct
  7. Drawing of lots

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Equatorial Guinea 3300120+129
 South Africa 320152+36
 DR Congo 3102210−83
 Senegal 300307−70
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 South Africa
Chinasa  33' Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Therese Sagno (Guinea)
Senegal 0–1 DR Congo
Report Nona  74' (pen.)
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Amegee Aissatta (Togo)
South Africa 1–0 Senegal
Mgcoyi  70' Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Equatorial Guinea 6–0 DR Congo
Añonma  25', 66', 73'
Mwalutshe  39' (o.g.)
Chinasa  63'
Jade  86'		 Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Christine Ziga (Ghana)
Equatorial Guinea 5–0 Senegal
Jade  5', 14'
Tiga  15'
Jumária  47'
Añonma  72'		 Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
South Africa 4–1 DR Congo
Smeda  3'
Mgcoyi  10', 48', 57'		 Report Tutzolana  88'
Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 330082+69
 Cameroon 311153+24
 Ivory Coast 31027703
 Ethiopia 301208−81
Nigeria 2–1 Cameroon
Ohadugha  45+1'
Nkwocha  86'		 Report Manie  52' (pen.)
Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
Ivory Coast 5–0 Ethiopia
Nrehy  1', 9', 68'
Gnago  51'
N'Guessan  53'		 Report
Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
Cameroon 4–1 Ivory Coast
Iven  11', 25'
Onguene  62'
Zouga  88'		 Report Nahi  18'
Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
Ethiopia 0–3 Nigeria
Report Sunday  26'
Mbachu  64'
Nkwocha  66'
Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
Nigeria 3–1 Ivory Coast
Chukwudi  9'
Ebere  39'
Mbachu  75'		 Report Nrehy  82'
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Cameroon 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Knockout Stages

Knockout Map
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 November 2012
 
 
 Equatorial Guinea2
 
11 November 2012
 
 Cameroon0
 
 Equatorial Guinea4
 
7 November 2012
 
 South Africa0
 
 Nigeria0
 
 
 South Africa1
 
Third place
 
 
11 November 2012
 
 
 Cameroon1
 
 
 Nigeria0

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Semifinals
Equatorial Guinea 2–0 Cameroon
Chinasa  7'
Añonma  40'		 Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Nigeria 0–1 South Africa
Report van Wyk  23'
Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata

Third place play-off
Cameroon 1–0 Nigeria
Enganamouit  31' Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Final
Equatorial Guinea 4–0 South Africa
Chinasa  43', 72'
Tiga  66'
Añonma  70'		 Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Attendance: 20 000

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References and notes
  1. "Women's round-up: January 2012". FIFA. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. "FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. "Kenyan women's soccer team lose out on African qualifier". michezoafrika.com. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  4. "The Road to 2012 Women Championship Finals Begins". allafrica.com. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  5. "8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo". CAF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  6. "2012 Regulations". CAF. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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