1998 African Women's Championship

August 2026 1st edition of WAFCON August 2026 1998 Nigeria 17 – 31 October 8 2 2 NGA 3 GHA COD 1997 CMR 13 62 NGA Nkiru Okosieme(3 goals) 1995 2000 The 1998 African Women's Championship was the first official staging of the biennial African Women's Championship tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions. It was hosted from 17 to 31 October by Nigeria whose women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. Qualification A qualification round was installed in the tournament for the first time. With Nigeria qualifying automatically as hosts, the remaining seven spots were determined by a qualification round and a play-off round which took place between March and April 1998. MOZ 7 – 2 LES 1987 3–0 4–2 RSA 15 – 0 SWZ Swaziland 9–0 6 – 0 EGY 2 – 1 UGA 1–1 1–0 GHA 19 – 0 GUI 11–0 8–0 COD 1997 w/o NAM — — CMR w/o SLE — — MAR w/o KEN — — |} First leg: Mozambique v Lesotho 28 March 1998 MOZ 3–0 LES 1987 Mozambique Second leg: Lesotho v Mozambique 12 April 1998 LES 1987 2–4 MOZ Maseru Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. South Africa v Swaziland 29 March 1998 RSA 9–0 Report SWZ Swaziland Johannesburg Swaziland v South Africa 11 April 1998 SWZ Swaziland 0–6 Report RSA Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba South Africa won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. Egypt v Uganda 29 March 1998 EGY 1–1 UGA Cairo12 January 2012 Enkonge ezizze zeekiika mu kkubo lyagwo The cones that have been lurking in its path https://www.bukedde.co.ug/bukedde/ebyemizannyo/1381410/enkonge-ezizze-zeekiika-mu-kkubo-lyagwo dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171113003647/https://www.bukedde.co.ug/bukedde/ebyemizannyo/1381410/enkonge-ezizze-zeekiika-mu-kkubo-lyagwo 13 November 2017 Bukedde Online 12 November 2017 lg Uganda v Egypt 10 April 1998 UGA 0–1 EGY Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. Ghana v Guinea 29 March 1998 GHA 11–0 Report GUI Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Guinea v Ghana 12 April 1998 GUI 0–8 GHA Conakry Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. DR Congo v Namibia COD 1997 Cancelled NAM DR Congo won by default and qualified for the main tournament. Cameroon v Sierra Leone CMR Cancelled SLE Cameroon won by default and qualified for the main tournament. Morocco v Kenya MAR Cancelled KEN Morocco won by default and qualified for the main tournament. Qualified teams DR Congo, Egypt and Morocco made their debuts in the tournament at this edition. Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament despite qualifying with Lesotho as its late replacement for Mozambique, also failing to show up.10 November 2006 History of CAF Women's Championship http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=3145 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001650/http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=3145 4 March 2016 The Nation 23 December 2016 Nigeria Title given copied from the title of the site page. Team Appearance Previous best appearance CMR 02 2nd 02 Runners-up (1991) COD 1997 01 1st 04 Debut EGY 01 1st 04 Debut GHA 03 3rd 03 Semi-finals (1995) MAR 01 1st 04 Debut MOZ 01 1st 04 Debut NGA (hosts) 03 3rd 01 Champions (1991, 1995) RSA 02 2nd 02 Runners-up (1995) Venues Kaduna Nigeria right 180 Nigeria 10.29 5.872553 Kaduna top Nigeria 7.258 5.189722 Ijebu Ode top Ijebu Ode Ahmadu Bello Stadium Gateway Stadium Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 20,000 Group stage Tiebreakers If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order: greater number of points in matches between tied teams superior goal difference in matches between tied teams greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams superior goal difference in all group matches greater number of goals scored in all group matches fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received drawing of lots Group A main WDL Group stage tiebreakers NGA, COD, MAR, EGY Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: DR Congo −3, Morocco −5. COD complete 3 0 0 20 0 H 1 1 1 4 7 1 1 1 4 9 0 0 3 2 14 NGA COD 1997 MAR EGY Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 1998 10 17 y NGA 8–0 MAR Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Nigeria-make-bright-start-in-African-Women-s-soccer-tournament-4150 1998 10 17 y COD 1997 4–1 EGY Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna 1998 10 20 y MAR 4–1 EGY Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna 1998 10 20 y NGA 6–0 COD 1997 Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna 1998 10 23 y MAR 0–0 COD 1997 Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna 1998 10 23 y NGA 6–0 EGY Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna Group B main WDL Group stage tiebreakers GHA, CMR, RSA complete 2 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 2 2 7 GHA CMR RSA Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage MOZ was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing. 1998 10 18 y GHA 4–0 RSA Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode 1998 10 21 y CMR 3–2 RSA Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode 1998 10 24 y GHA 3–1 CMR Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode Knockout stage N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 27 October - Kaduna NGA 6 CMR 0 27 October - Kaduna GHA 4 COD 1997 1 31 October - Ijebu Ode NGA 2 GHA 0 30 October - Ijebu Ode CMR 3 (1) COD 1997 3 (3) Semi-finals Winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. 27 October 1998 NGA 6–0 CMR Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna 27 October 1998 GHA 4–1 COD 1997 Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna Third place play-off 30 October 1998 COD 1997 3–3 yes 3–1 CMR Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode Final 31 October 1998 NGA 2–0 GHA Okosieme 43 Mbachu 64 Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode 30,000 Awards fbw 1998 African Women's Championship winners Nigeria 3rd Statistics Team statistics yes yes 1 NGA yes #FFD700 5 0 0 28 0 2 GHA yes #C0C0C0 3 0 1 11 4 3 COD 1997 yes #CD7F32 1 2 2 8 14 4 CMR yes 1 1 2 7 14 |- |colspan="10"|Eliminated in the group stage |- 5 MAR yes 1 1 1 4 9 6 RSA yes 0 0 2 2 7 7 EGY yes 0 0 3 2 14 — MOZ yes 0 0 0 0 0 yes yes 11 2 11 62 62 Goalscorers 3 goals 22em NGA Nkiru Okosieme 2 goals 22em NGA Patience Avre NGA Rita Nwadike 1 goal 22em NGA Mercy Akide NGA Stella Mbachu NGA Florence Omagbemi Unknown scorers NGA : 18 additional goals. GHA : 11 additional goals. COD 1997 : 8 additional goals. CMR : 7 additional goals. MAR : 4 additional goals. RSA : 2 additional goals. EGY : 2 additional goals. Controversies During the tournament, Nigerian Iyabo Abade's shorts were pulled down in the middle of a pitch by an opponent, after Ayabo was suspected to be intersex. Ayabo later described the incident as one of the worst experiences of her life.https://11freunde.de/artikel/ich-bin-wer-ich-bin/562784 Ich bin, wer ich bin I am who I am 11freunde.de de 1 June 2025http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4441137.stm Breaking new boundaries BBC News 1 June 2025 References External links Tournament edition records and statistics at RSSSF 1998 Championship Category:1998–99 in Nigerian football Category:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 1998