2006 African Women's Championship

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2006 African Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates28 October – 11 November 2006
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (7th title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place South Africa
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored54 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha
(7 goals)
Best player(s)South Africa Portia Modise
← 2004
2008 →

The 2006 Women's African Football Championship was the seventh edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the Africa Women Cup of Nations), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in Nigeria between 28 October and 11 November 2006.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Gabon, but the country withdrew from hosting the competition due to organisational reasons.[1] The CAF awarded the hosting of the competition to Nigeria in May 2006.[2]

Initially, the tournament was scheduled for September 2006, but it was moved to October due to weather considerations.[3]

The tournament determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. Nigeria won its seventh consecutive title, beating Ghana 1–0 in the final. South African Portia Modise was named player of the championship.[4]

Qualification

Main article: 2006 African Women's Championship qualification

Gabon qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from March to August 2006.

Before Gabon's withdrawal, Nigeria entered qualification and was scheduled to play Equatorial Guinea in the second round. After CAF elected Nigeria as replacement hosts, the match was called off and both teams qualified for the final tournament. Gabon did not retain its automatic qualification and therefore, was excluded from the tournament.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter or withdrew
  Not part of CAF

Equatorial Guinea appeared for the first time in the tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Nigeria Replacement hosts 17 May 2006 6 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Equatorial Guinea By default 17 May 2006 Debut
 South Africa Winners against Tanzania 4 August 2006 5 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Algeria Winners against Egypt 5 August 2006 1 (2004)
 Ghana Winners by default against Congo 5 August 2006 6 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Cameroon Winners against Kenya 5 August 2006 5 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002)
 DR Congo Winners against Senegal 5 August 2006 1 (1998)
 Mali Winners against Benin 6 August 2006 2 (2002, 2004)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Final tournament

First round

The finals took place in Warri at Warri Township Stadium. There was two groups, A and B, with a semi-finals and finals.

Group A

Equatorial Guinea arrived at Murtala Mohammed Airport in a private chartered plane, which did not have clearance to land. The players were not allowed to disembark for three hours, and despite organising officials trying to remedy the situation, the Equatorial Guinea players apparently left for home, unhappy with the treatment they received by airport officials.[5] However, their first match went ahead on time.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Nigeria 9 3 3 0 0 12 2
 South Africa 6 3 2 0 1 6 2
 Equatorial Guinea 1 3 0 1 2 5 9
 Algeria 1 3 0 1 2 3 13
South Africa 4–0 Algeria
Phewa 1', 35'
Nompumelolo 38'
Solomon 90'		 (BBC)
Nigeria 4–2 Equatorial Guinea
Uwak 4', 9'
Nkwocha 34'
Ajayi 89'		 Report Chinasa Okoro 16'
Essiane 22'
Algeria 0–6 Nigeria
(BBC) Ajayi 8'
Nkwocha 20', 90+'
Madu 35'
Ekpo 56'
Uwak 89'
Equatorial Guinea 0–2 South Africa
Report Nkosi 63'
Solomon 75'
Equatorial Guinea 3–3 Algeria
Añonma 2'
Essiane 72', 78'		 Report Boumrar 35'
Bouhani 56', 76'
Nigeria 2–0 South Africa
Uwak 4', 43' (BBC)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Ghana 9 3 3 0 0 6 2
 Cameroon 4 3 1 1 1 4 3
 Mali 3 3 1 0 2 3 5
 DR Congo 1 3 0 1 2 4 7
Mali 0–1 Ghana
(BBC) Rumanatu 56'
Cameroon 1–1 DR Congo
Ngono 1' (BBC) Milandu 57'
Ghana 2–1 Cameroon
Aminkwa 28', 90+' (BBC) Bella 53'
Mali 3–2 DR Congo
Doumbia 36'
Diarra 69', 90'		 (BBC) Zuma 28'
Mafuta 85'
DR Congo 1–3 Ghana
Vumongo 51' (BBC) Amankwa 22', 32'
Okoe 84'
Cameroon 2–0 Mali
Bekombo 42'
Ngo Ndoumbouk 74'		 (BBC)

Semi-finals

Nigeria 5–0 Cameroon
Uwak 33'
Nkwocha 45', 46', 54'
Ekpo 61'		 Report
Ghana 1–0 South Africa
Okoe 88' (pen.) Report

Third place match

Cameroon 2 – 2
4–5 PSO		 South Africa
Bella 48' (pen.)
Ngono 81'		 Report Modise 4'
Makhanya 61'

Final match

Nigeria 1–0 Ghana
Nkwocha 13' Report

25,000 people watched the match, which was described by the BBC as "a drab encounter". Both teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Awards

 2006 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Seventh title

References and notes

  1. ^ Gabon pulls out of hosting AWC, from BBC, retrieved 29 May 2006
  2. ^ "Nigeria awarded 2006 AWC". Daily Graphic. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ "CAF delays Women's Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Portia simply the Ellis". Sowetan. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ E/Guinea Flies into Trouble, Return to Malabo Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, from thisdayonline.com, retrieved 29 October 2006

External links

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