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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)Equatorial Guinea Genoveva Añonma
(6 goals)
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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]

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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 DR Congo 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
 Senegal 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 South Africa
Chinasa 33' Report
Referee: Therese Sagno (Guinea)
Senegal 0–1 DR Congo
Report Nona 74' (pen.)
Referee: Amegee Aissatta (Togo)
South Africa 1–0 Senegal
Mgcoyi 70' Report
Equatorial Guinea 6–0 DR Congo
Añonma 25', 66', 73'
Mwalutshe 39' (o.g.)
Chinasa 63'
Jade 86'		 Report
Referee: Christine Ziga (Ghana)
Equatorial Guinea 5–0 Senegal
Jade 5', 14'
Tiga 15'
Jumária 47'
Añonma 72'		 Report
South Africa 4–1 DR Congo
Smeda 3'
Mgcoyi 10', 48', 57'		 Report Tutzolana 88'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9
 Cameroon 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
 Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
 Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8 1
Nigeria 2–1 Cameroon
Ohadugha 45+1'
Nkwocha 86'		 Report Manie 52' (pen.)
Ivory Coast 5–0 Ethiopia
Nrehy 1', 9', 68'
Gnago 51'
N'Guessan 53'		 Report
Cameroon 4–1 Ivory Coast
Iven 11', 25'
Onguene 62'
Zouga 88'		 Report Nahi 18'
Ethiopia 0–3 Nigeria
Report Sunday 26'
Mbachu 64'
Nkwocha 66'
Nigeria 3–1 Ivory Coast
Chukwudi 9'
Ebere 39'
Mbachu 75'		 Report Nrehy 82'
Cameroon 0–0 Ethiopia
Report

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
Nigeria 0–1 South Africa
Report van Wyk 23'

Third place play-off

Cameroon 1–0 Nigeria
Enganamouit 31' Report

Final

Equatorial Guinea 4–0 South Africa
Chinasa 43', 72'
Tiga 66'
Añonma 70'		 Report
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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