Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Founded	1991
Region	Africa (CAF)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Nigeria (11th title)
Most successful team(s)	Nigeria (11 titles)
	2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations

The Total Africa Women Cup of Nations (known as the African Women's Championship until 2015) is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was first contested in 1991, but was not held biennially until 1998. Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, having won a record 10 titles, meaning they have won all but two of the previous tournaments. The two tournaments not won by Nigeria were both won by Equatorial Guinea. For both those times, Equatorial Guinea hosted the competition. Ghana hosted the tournament in 2018.[1]

The competition has served as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup every other tournament since its inception in 1991.

History

In 2000, hosts South Africa met three-time champions Nigeria in the final game of the tournament. After Nigeria finished the first half ahead 1–0, Nigeria's Stella Mbachu scored a second goal in the 72nd minute and the home crowd realized there was no coming back. Supporters began hurling bottles and other debris at officials and Nigerian players. The match was abandoned after three attempts at restarts were all interrupted by further disturbances. Riot police began fighting battles with bottle-throwing supporters about 40 minutes after the goal had been allowed, throwing tear gas into the crowd to break up the disturbance. The game and the tournament were awarded to Nigeria. In 2020, the 2021 qualifiers , which were slated from 8th to 14 March 2020 were postponed. This was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Nomination

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Women's Championship to the Africa Women Cup of Nations, similar to the men's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[3]

Sponsorship

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions.[4] Due to this sponsorship, the Africa Women Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa Women Cup of Nations".

Results

Year	Host nation	Final			Semi-finals Losers
Year	Host nation	Winner	Score	Second place	Semi-finals Losers
1991 Details	home sites	Nigeria	2 – 0 4 – 0	Cameroon	Guinea	and	Zambia (withdrew)
1995 Details	home sites	Nigeria	4 – 1 7 – 1	South Africa	Angola	and	Ghana
Year	Host nation	Final			Third place match
Year	Host nation	Winner	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1998 Details	Nigeria	Nigeria	2 – 0	Ghana	DR Congo	3 – 3 (3–1) penalties	Cameroon
2000 Details	South Africa	Nigeria	2 – 0 (abd)	South Africa	Ghana	6 – 3	Zimbabwe
2002 Details	Nigeria	Nigeria	2 – 0	Ghana	Cameroon	3 – 0	South Africa
2004 Details	South Africa	Nigeria	5 – 0	Cameroon	Ghana	0 – 0 (6–5) penalties	Ethiopia
2006 Details	Nigeria	Nigeria	1 – 0	Ghana	South Africa	2 – 2 (5–4) penalties	Cameroon
2008 Details	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	2 – 1	South Africa	Nigeria	1 – 1 (5–4) penalties	Cameroon
2010 Details	South Africa	Nigeria	4 – 2	Equatorial Guinea	South Africa	2 – 0	Cameroon
2012 Details	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	4 – 0	South Africa	Cameroon	1 – 0	Nigeria
2014 Details	Namibia	Nigeria	2 – 0	Cameroon	Ivory Coast	1 – 0	South Africa
2016 Details	Cameroon[5]	Nigeria	1 – 0	Cameroon	Ghana	1 – 0	South Africa
2018 Details	Ghana	Nigeria	0 – 0 (4–3) penalties	South Africa	Cameroon	4 – 2	Mali
2020 Details	TBD[6]

Note: abd – match abandoned in the 73rd minute

Statistics

Performance by nation

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Total top four
Nigeria	11 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006*, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)	–	1 (2008)	1 (2012)	13
Equatorial Guinea	2 (2008, 2012)	1 (2010)	–	–	3
South Africa	–	5 (1995, 2000*, 2008, 2012, 2018)	2 (2006, 2010*)	3 (2002, 2014, 2016)	10
Cameroon	–	4 (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016*)	3 (2002, 2012, 2018)	4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)	11
Ghana	–	3 (1998, 2002, 2006)	4 (1995**, 2000, 2004, 2016)	–	7
Guinea	–	–	1 (1991**)	–	1
Angola	–	–	1 (1995**)	–	1
DR Congo	–	–	1 (1998)	–	1
Ivory Coast	–	–	1 (2014)	–	1
Zimbabwe	–	–	–	1 (2000)	1
Ethiopia	–	–	–	1 (2004)	1
Mali	–	–	–	1 (2018)	1

* hosts

** losing semi-finals

General statistics

Pos	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Nigeria	12	62	52	6	4	204	27	+177	162
2	South Africa	11	46	21	5	20	76	75	+1	71
3	Cameroon	12	49	20	10	19	60	77	−17	70
4	Ghana	11	37	18	6	13	61	42	+19	60
5	Equatorial Guinea	4	18	13	2	3	45	21	+24	41
6	Zimbabwe	4	14	2	5	7	13	28	−15	11
7	Mali	6	18	3	2	13	17	48	−31	11
8	Ivory Coast	2	8	3	1	4	15	15	0	10
9	DR Congo	3	11	2	3	6	14	31	−17	9
10	Ethiopia	3	11	1	4	6	6	24	−18	7
11	Algeria	4	12	2	1	9	11	32	−21	7
12	Uganda	1	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
13	Morocco	2	6	1	1	4	5	22	−17	4
14	Namibia	1	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
15	Congo	1	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
16	Egypt	2	6	1	0	5	3	21	−18	3
17	Angola	2	5	0	2	3	6	9	−3	2
18	Tunisia	1	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
19	Zambia	2	5	0	1	4	6	20	−14	1
20	Mozambique	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Tanzania	1	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0
22	Réunion	1	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0
23	Guinea	1	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
24	Senegal	1	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0
25	Kenya	1	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
26	Sierra Leone	1	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Top scorers (Golden boot) by year

Player	Country	Year of Tournament	Number of goals	Ref
		1998
Mercy Akide	Nigeria	2000	7 goals
Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	2002	4 goals	[7]
Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	2004	9 goals
Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	2006	7 goals
Genoveva Añonma Noko Matlou	Equatorial Guinea	2008	6 goals	[8]
Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	2010	11 goals
Genoveva Añonma	Equatorial Guinea	2012	6 goals
Desire Oparanozie	Nigeria	2014	5 goals
Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	2016	6 goals
Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa	2018	5 goals

Best player (Golden ball) by year

Player	Country	Year of Tournament	Ref
		1998
		2000
		2002
Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	2004	[9]
Portia Modise	South Africa	2006	[10]
Genoveva Añonma	Equatorial Guinea	2008	[11]
Stella Mbachu	Nigeria	2010	[12]
		2012
Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	2014	[13]
Gabrielle Onguéné	Cameroon	2016	[14]
Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa	2018

Hat-tricks

Participating nations

Team	1991	1995	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	Years
Algeria				•		GS	GS	•	GS		GS	•	GS		5
Angola		SF			GS		•		•						2
Cameroon	2nd	×	4th	GS	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd		12
Congo	×					•	•	GS					•	q	2
DR Congo			3rd	×	•	×	GS	•	•	GS		×			3
Egypt			GS	•			•	×	×	•	•	GS			2
Equatorial Guinea					•	•	GS	1st	2nd	1st	•	•	GS		5
Ethiopia					GS	4th	×		•	GS	•	•	•		3
Ghana	QF	SF	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	3rd	GS		12
Guinea	SF	×	•			•	•	•	•	•		•			1
Ivory Coast					•		•	•	•	GS	3rd	•	•		2
Kenya			x	x			•		x	x	•	GS	•		1
Mali					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	GS	4th		7
Morocco			GS	GS	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Mozambique			×				•			•	×				1
Namibia			×				•	•	•	•	GS	•	•		1
Nigeria	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st		13
Réunion				GS											1
Senegal	×				•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Sierra Leone		QF	×	×					•		×		×		1
South Africa		2nd	GS	2nd	4th	GS	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd		12
Tanzania					•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		1
Tunisia								GS	•	•	•	•			1
Uganda			•	GS	•	×	×			•					1
Zambia	×	QF			•		•	•		•	GS	•	GS		3
Zimbabwe	×			4th	GS	GS	×	•		•	•	GS	•		4
Total (26 Teams)	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Losing semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage

q – Qualified
• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew
– Hosts

Most tournaments hosted

Hosts	Nation	Year(s)
3 times	Nigeria	1998, 2002, 2006
3 times	South Africa	2000, 2004, 2010
2 times	Equatorial Guinea	2008, 2012
1 time	Namibia	2014
	Cameroon	2016
	Ghana	2018

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External links

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[4] AfricaNews (2017-04-18). "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africanews. Retrieved 2017-04-18.

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[6] "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.

[7] "2002 AWC". Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[8] "Banyana striker crowned Woman Footballer of the Year". Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[9] "Star bio: Nigeria's Perpetua Nkwocha". Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[10] "Portia Modise: Centurion in numbers". Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[11] "SA second Ref". Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[12] "Africa Women Championship". Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[13] ttp://sportpageng.com/asisat-oshoala-caf-awards-good-for-my-career/%5B%5D

[14] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-30. Retrieved 2016-12-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Tournaments	1991 1995 Nigeria 1998 South Africa 2000 Nigeria 2002 South Africa 2004 Nigeria 2006 Equatorial Guinea 2008 South Africa 2010 Equatorial Guinea 2012 Namibia 2014 Cameroon 2016 Ghana 2018 2020
Qualification	1991 * 1995 * 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Finals	1991 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Squads	1991 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
No qualification took place in 1991 and 1995.

International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Rankings Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
Worldwide	FIFA Women's World Cup U-20 U-17
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF, CAFA)
Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, COSAFA, WAFU Zone A, Zone B)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup
Games	Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
Invitationals	Albena Cup Algarve Cup Aphrodite Women Cup Balaton Cup Brazil Cup Cup of Nations Cyprus Women's Cup Four Nations Tournament Istria Cup Peace Queen Cup Pinatar Cup SheBelieves Cup Tournament of Nations Tournoi de France Turkish Women's Cup Yongchuan International Tournament
Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football