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2008 African Women's Football Championship
2008 Campeonato Femenino de Fútbol de África
Tournament details
Host countryEquatorial Guinea
Dates15–29 November 2008
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Equatorial Guinea (1st title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Equatorial Guinea Genoveva Añonma
(6 goals)
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2010 →

The 2008 Women's African Football Championship is of 15–29 November 2008 in Equatorial Guinea. The central African country is the first time host of the tournament. Eight national teams played in group matches and then against each other.

Qualification

A total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals.[1]

First round

Was played between 30 November and 16 December 2007. Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and South Africa had a bye to the second round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  1–3  Algeria 0–1 1–2
Zimbabwe  6–3  Zambia 3–1 3–2
Eritrea  2–4  Tanzania 2–3 0–1
Botswana  1–9  Namibia 0–3 1–6
Senegal  1–3  Ivory Coast 1–1 0–2
Tunisia  w/o  Egypt — —
Burundi  w/o  Congo — —
Guinea  w/o  Benin — —

Egypt, Burundi and Benin withdrew their matches.

Second round

Played between 24 February and 8 March 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  2–1  Algeria 0–0 2–1
Congo  5–2  DR Congo 4–1 1–1
Zimbabwe  1–6  South Africa 1–4 0–2
Tanzania  1–5  Cameroon 0–3 1–2
Namibia  1–13  Nigeria 0–3 1–10
Guinea  0–11  Mali 0–8 0–3
Ivory Coast  1–4  Ghana 1–1 0–3

Participants

Therefore, the following eight teams will take part at the African Championship:

Tunisia and Congo will compete at the African Championship for the first time.

Final tournament

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Equatorial Guinea 3 3 0 0 8 3 9
 Cameroon 3 2 0 1 3 2 6
 Congo 3 1 0 2 3 6 3
 Mali 3 0 0 3 2 5 0
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Cameroon
Añonma 16' (pen.)
Mali 0–1 Congo
Passou N'Diaye 69'
Cameroon 2–1 Mali
Bekombo 38'
Ngo Ndoumbouk 90+3'		 Doumbia 75' (pen.)
Equatorial Guinea 5–2 Congo
S. Simporé 1'
Chinasa 9'
Amarachi 46'
Añonma 65' 90' (pen.)		 Passou N'Diaye 5'
Mabonzo 14'
Equatorial Guinea 2–1 Mali
Chinasa 18'
Añonma 88'		 Diarra 30'
Cameroon 1–0 Congo
Ngono Mani 45'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 3 2 6
 Nigeria 3 1 2 0 2 1 5
 Ghana 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 3 5 1
Nigeria 1–1 Ghana
Chiejine 90' Okoe 32'
South Africa 2–1 Tunisia
Matlou
Ngwane 		Guedri
Ghana 0–1 South Africa
Phewa 24'
Tunisia 0–0 Nigeria
Nigeria 1–0 South Africa
Chiejine 16'
Ghana 3–2 Tunisia
Ibrahim 45+1'
Abdul-Rahman 51' 82'		 Mamay 4'
Abidi 48'

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Nigeria
Añonma 58'
South Africa 3–0 Cameroon
Matlou 28' 47' 80'

Third Place match

Nigeria 1–1 Cameroon
Eke 28' Onguene Aboudi 64'
Penalties
Eke soccer ball with red X
Ekpo soccer ball with check mark
Chiejine soccer ball with check mark
George soccer ball with check mark
Nkwocha soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Ngo Ndoumbouk
soccer ball with check mark Manie
soccer ball with red X Bella
soccer ball with check mark Onguene Aboudi
soccer ball with red X Mbida

Final match

Equatorial Guinea 2–1 South Africa
Diala 22'
Añonma 68'		 Matlou 35'

Awards

Equatorial Guinea's Genoveva Añonma was announced player of the tournament[2] and also won the top scorer award with six goals.[citation needed]

 2008 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Equatorial Guinea
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 37 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ cafonline.com: RESULTS AND STATISTICS/ African Women Championship Archived 17 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Coupe d'Afrique des Nations : la Guinée Equatoriale championne". le football au féminin. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
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