2004 African Women's Championship

6th edition of WAFCON July 2023 July 2023 2004 18 September – 3 October South Africa 8 3 3 NGA 6 CMR GHA ETH 1996 16 48 NGA Perpetua Nkwocha (9 goals) 2002 2006 The 2004 African Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football held in South Africa, who were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003,12 December 2003 Three bids for Nations Cup 2008 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3313603.stm BBC Sport 23 November 2017 Caf has also announced that South Africa will host the African women's championships again. between 18 September and 3 October 2004. Nigeria beat Cameroon 5–0 in the final to win its 6th title. Qualification 2004 African Women's Championship qualification South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place from May to July 2004. The defending champions receives no automatic qualification from this edition of the tournament onwards. Format Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied and if still level, extra time would be skipped and will use the last-resort tie breaker of a penalty shoot-out. The seven winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage. Qualified teams thumb|right|250px|#0000ff Qualified #ff0000 Did not qualify #000000 Did not enter or withdrew #cccccc Not part of CAF Algeria made their tournament debut at this edition. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious tournament appearancesBold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. RSA Hosts 12 December 2003 4 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) ALG Winners against Mali 23 July 2004 Debut GHA Winners against Guinea 24 July 2004 5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) NGA Winners against Senegal 24 July 2004 5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) CMR Winners against Congo 25 July 2004 4 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002) ETH 1996 Winners against Malawi 25 July 2004 1 (2002) ZIM Winners against Tanzania 25 July 2004 2 (2000, 2002) MLI Lucky loserMali qualified on walkover or as a lucky loser after both DR Congo and Gabon withdrew. July–August 2004 1 (2002) Notes Format The qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win system. (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss)Africa - Women's Championship 2004 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-women04.html 2 October 2026 RSSSF 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 GHA, ETH, ZIM, RSA Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Ethiopia 0, Zimbabwe −1. ETH complete 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 3 2 7 H GHA ETH ZIM RSA Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 18 September 2004 RSA 0 3 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html GHA Anokyewaa 36 Foriwa 51 Asante 89 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria 18 September 2004 ZIM 1 1 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html ETH 1996 Moyo 81 Addis 48 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria 21 September 2004 GHA 2 1 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html ETH 1996 Amenuku 16 Asante 90 Tutu 18 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria 21 September 2004 ZIM 2 1 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html RSA Moyo 30 Nyaumwe 50 Modise 4 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria 24 September 2004 GHA 2 0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html ZIM Anokyewaa 18 Bayor 25 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria 24 September 2004 RSA 1 2 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html ETH 1996 Phewa 24 Tutu 7 Gebrekirstos 45 Germiston Stadium, Germiston Group B main WDL Group stage tiebreakers NGA, CMR, ALG, MLI complete 2 1 0 9 2 1 2 0 7 5 1 0 2 4 7 0 1 2 2 8 NGA CMR ALG MLI Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 19 September 2004 NGR 4 0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html ALG Eze 42 Ameh 50 Nkwocha 70 Okolo 75 Germiston Stadium, Germiston 19 September 2004 CMR 2 2 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html MLI Mete 18 Mbida 60 Diarra 29 Keita 34 Germiston Stadium, Germiston 22 September 2004 ALG 3 0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html MLI Sedhane 10 Imloul 11 Laouadi 46 Germiston Stadium, Germiston 22 September 2004 NGR 2 2 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html CMR Nkwocha 10 Uwak 69 Mekongo 61 Bella 74 Germiston Stadium, Germiston 25 September 2004 ALG 1 3 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html CMR Imloul 11 Mbida 57 70 Mekongo 78 Germiston Stadium, Germiston 25 September 2004 NGR 3 0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html MLI Uwak 7 Nkwocha 33 48 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria Knockout stage At this stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes and additional playing time, extra time, except for the third place match, is played and followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary. Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 28 September - Johannesburg GHA 0 CMR 1 28 September - Johannesburg NGA 4 ETH 1996 0 3 October - Johannesburg CMR 0 NGA 5 1 October - Johannesburg GHA 0 (6) ETH 1996 0 (5) Semi-finals 28 September 2004 GHA 0 1 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html yes CMR Bella 96 Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg 28 September 2004 NGR 4 0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html ETH 1996 Uwak 3 43 Ekpo 20 Nkwocha 68 Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg Third place play-off 2 October 2004 GHA 0 0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html yes ETH 1996 6–5 Ankrah Bayor Sulemana Ameneku Rumanatu Ofori Avoe Gebrekirstos Yasine Ali Addis Tutu Kemal Seifu Bezuhan Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg Final 3 October 2004 NGR 5 0 Report CMR Nkwocha 15 35 42 60 Okolo 83 Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg Awards fbw 2004 African Women's Championship winners Nigeria 6th Statistics Team statistics thumb|right|250px|#2b42a3 Champion #34c0be Runner-up #269c5a Third place #81c846 Fourth place #b94954 Group stage Pos Position Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points1NGA5410182+16132CMR5221810–283GHA531172+5104ETH 1996512248–45 Eliminated in the group stage5ZIM311134–146ALG310247–337MLI301228–618RSA300327–50 Goalscorers 48 16 NGA Perpetua Nkwocha NGA Cynthia Uwak CMR Séraphine Mbida ALG Nabila Imloul CMR Françoise Bella CMR Stéphanie Mekongo ETH 1996 Belay Tutu GHA Akua Anokyewaa GHA Bernice Asante NGA Vera Okolo ZIM Nomsa Moyo ALG Naïma Laouadi ALG Farida Sedhane CMR Marceline Mete ETH 1996 Feleke Addis ETH 1996 Birtukan Gebrekirstos GHA Anita Amenuku GHA Adjoa Bayor GHA Gloria Foriwa MLI Fatoumata Diarra MLI Man Keita NGA Ajuma Ameh NGA Effioanwan Ekpo NGA Felicia Eze RSA Portia Modise RSA Veronica Phewa ZIM Marjory Nyaumwe Notes References External links 2004 edition records and results at RSSSF 2004 edition records and results at BBC Sport 2004 Championship Category:2004–05 in South African soccer Category:2004 in South African women's sport 2004 Category:September 2004 sports events in Africa Category:October 2004 sports events in Africa Category:2004 African Women's Championship