2014 African Women's Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Namibia |
Dates | 11–25 October 2014 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nigeria (9th title) |
Runners-up | Cameroon |
Third place | Ivory Coast |
Fourth place | South Africa |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 44 (2.75 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Desire Oparanozie (5 goals) |
Best player | Asisat Oshoala |
Best goalkeeper | Annette Ngo Ndom |
Fair play award | South Africa |
The 2014 African Women's Championship, the 11th edition of the tournament, was held in Namibia.[1] This tournament, organized by the Confederation of African Football, was also a qualification tournament for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, with top three qualifying for the finals in Canada. It was played on 11–25 October 2014.
The tournament marked the first participation of Namibia in the African championship. Also for the first time the defending champions, Equatorial Guinea, were not taking part after failing to win their last qualifying round match.[2]
Nigeria defeated Cameroon 2–0 in the final to win their ninth title.[3]
Contents
Host
Namibia were awarded the hosting rights in October 2011. It is the first time they will appear in the final tournament. There has been some criticism of the slow preparation and campaigning for the event. The national women's league will be suspended this year because all money is used for hosting the continental event.[4]
Venues
The final tournament matches were held in two stadium venues located in Windhoek:[5]
Windhoek | Windhoek | |
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Independence Stadium | Sam Nujoma Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 10,300 | |
Qualification
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A record 25 teams applied for the 2014 African Women's Championship.[6] The top three teams from the 2012 tournament, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa received a bye to the second round. The preliminary round was held on 13–15 February (first leg) and 28 February–2 March 2014 (second leg), while the final qualifying round was held on 23–25 May (first leg) and 6–8 June (second leg).[7]
- Qualified teams
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament |
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Algeria | Winners against Tunisia | 32004, 2006, 2010) | (
Cameroon | Winners against Senegal | 10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
Ghana | Winners against Ethiopia | 91991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Ivory Coast | Winners against Equatorial Guinea | 12012) | (
Namibia | Hosts | 0 |
Nigeria | Winners against Rwanda | 10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
South Africa | Winners against Comoros | 91995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Zambia | Winners against Zimbabwe | 21991, 1995) | (
Format
Eight teams were divided in two groups and play a round-robin tournament. The top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals. The losers of those semifinals played in the third place match, while the winners faced off in the final. The top three placed teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Match officials
12 referees and 15 assistants were announced on 5 October 2014.[8]
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Squads
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Group stage
The draw was held on 19 July 2014 at 19:00 local time at Windhoek, Namibia.[9][10]
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[11]
- Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams;
- Best Goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
- Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Namibia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
11 October 2014
20:00 |
Nigeria | 4–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Sunday 11' Diakité 54' (o.g.) Oparanozie 74', 86' |
Report | F. Coulibaly 21' (pen.) Lohoues 75' |
14 October 2014
17:00 |
Zambia | 0–6 | Nigeria |
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Report | Okobi 2' Ohale 6' Oparanozie 25' (pen.), 81' Oshoala 64' Nkwocha 84' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
18 October 2014
17:00 |
South Africa | 5–1 | Algeria |
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Dlamini 36' Modise 41', 87' Mollo 70' Makhabane 82' |
Report | Affak 90' |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.[11]
Semifinals | Final | ||||||
22 October | |||||||
Nigeria | 2 | ||||||
South Africa | 1 | ||||||
25 October | |||||||
Nigeria | 2 | ||||||
Cameroon | 0 | ||||||
Third place | |||||||
22 October | 25 October | ||||||
Cameroon (a.e.t.) | 2 | South Africa | 0 | ||||
Ivory Coast | 1 | Ivory Coast | 1 |
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Statistics
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[12]
Award | Player |
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Golden Ball | Asisat Oshoala |
Golden Boot | Desire Oparanozie |
Golden Gloves | Annette Ngo Ndom |
Fair Play Award | South Africa |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goal
- Mariam Diakité (playing against Nigeria)
Team statistics
Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Nigeria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 3 | +13 |
2 | Cameroon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
3 | Ivory Coast | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
4 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||
5 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
6 | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
7 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
8 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -8 |
Total | 16(1) | 14 | 2(2) | 14 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 0 |
Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s).
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
References
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- ↑ Record entries for Namibia 2014 African Women Championship
- ↑ Fixtures IXTH African Women Championship
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- ↑ AWC Namibia 2014 draw set for July 19
- ↑ Hosts Namibia draw Nigeria in AWC draw
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External links
- Official website
- Tn Mobile 9th African Women Championship-Namibia, CAFonline.com