2000 African Women's Championship

4th edition of WAFCON July 2021 August 2026 2000 South Africa 11 – 25 November 8 2 2 NGA 4 RSA GHA ZIM 16 60 Nigeria Mercy Akide (7 goals) 1998 2002 The 2000 African Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football and the second to be hosted by a country. It was held in South Africa between 11 and 25 November 2000. Nigeria won their 4th title, beating South Africa 2–0 in a final which got abandoned at the 73rd minute. Qualification 2000 African Women's Championship qualification South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between June and August 2000. Format Qualification took place on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If aggregate scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would apply, even adding the penalty shoot-out if scores were still level. No extra time period was used. The six winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage. Preliminary round Réunion w/oRéunion advanced to the qualification round after Kenya withdrew. Kenya — — |} Réunion v Kenya 24 June 2000 REURéunion won by default and qualified for the qualification round. Cancelled KEN Réunion Notes Qualification round Reunion 5–4 Egypt 4–3 1–1 Gabon w/oGabon failed to show for the second leg. Cameroon 0–3 — Morocco 6–1 Algeria 3–0 3–1 Zimbabwe 8–0 Lesotho 1987 4–0 4–0 Sierra Leone w/oDR Congo withdrew. Ghana — — Uganda w/oSierra Leone withdrew. Congo-Kinshasa — — |} Notes First leg on 29–30 July; Second leg on 11–13 August. Réunion v Egypt 30 July 2000 REU 4 3 EGY Saint Paul Egypt v Réunion 11 August 2000 EGY 1 1 REU Alexandria Réunion won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage. Gabon v Cameroon 29 July 2000 GAB 0 3 CMR Libreville Cameroon v Gabon 11–13 August 2000 CMR Cancelled GAB Cameroon won by default and qualified for the group stage after Gabon failed to show up for the second leg. Morocco v Algeria 30 July 2000 MAR 3 0 Report ALG El Jazouli 5 El Amrani 47 Najeh 86 El Jadida Algeria v Morocco 12 August 2000 ALG 1 3 MAR Algiers Morocco won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage. Zimbabwe v Lesotho 30 July 2000 ZIM 4 0 Report LES 1987 Moyo Rufaro Stadium, Harare Lesotho v Zimbabwe 13 August 2000 LES 1987 0 4 ZIM Maseru Zimbabwe won 8–0 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage. Sierra Leone v Ghana 29–30 July 2000 SLE Cancelled GHA Ghana won by default and qualified for the group stage. Uganda v DR Congo 29–30 July 2000 UGA Cancelled COD Uganda won by default and qualified for the group stage. Qualified teams Réunion, Uganda and Zimbabwe made their tournament debut at this edition. Zimbabwe originally entered this tournament's inaugural edition, but withdrew before playing any match. Team Appearance Previous best appearance CMR 03 3rd 02 Runners-up (1991) GHA 04 4th 02 Runners-up (1998) MAR 02 2nd 04 Group stage (1998) NGA 04 4th 01 Champions (1991, 1995, 1998) REU 01 1st 05 Debut RSA (hosts) 03 3rd 02 Runners-up (1995) UGA 01 1st 05 Debut ZIM 01 1st 05 Debut Squads 2000 African Women's Championship squads Match officials Referees The following referees were named for this edition of the tournament: 22em CMR Ondo Akono GHA Scholastica Tetteh MAD Justine Rasoanirina NGA Bola Abidoye NGA Bolanle Sekiteri SEN Fatou Gaye UGA Catherine Adipo ZIM Sabelo Sibindi 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 RSA, ZIM, UGA, REU Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Zimbabwe 0, Uganda −2. ZIM complete 3 0 0 8 1 H 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 4 6 0 0 3 2 7 RSA ZIM UGA REU Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 11 November 2000 RSA 3 0 REU Phewa 33 Ellis 55 Malaku 69 Boksburg, South Africa Bola Abidoye(Nigeria) 11 November 2000 ZIM 2 2 UGA Mathobela 26 Moyo 79 Nakawagi 21 Nakintu 30 Boksburg, South Africa Bolanle Sekiteri (Nigeria) 14 November 2000 ZIM 2 1 REU Mpala 57 Mutero 82 Mussard 18 Boksburg, South Africa Ondo Akono (Cameroon) 14 November 2000 RSA 3 0 UGA Solomon 27 Luthuli 32 Lekalakala 51 Boksburg, South Africa Scholastica Tetteh (Ghana) 17 November 2000 UGA 2 1 REU Nakimbugwe 42 Mbekeka 89 Lecoutre 29 Johannesburg, South Africa Bola Abidoye (Nigeria) 17 November 2000 RSA 2 1 ZIM Luthili 49 Phewa 65 Mpala 44 Boksburg, South Africa Ondo Akono (Cameroon) Group B main WDL Group stage tiebreakers NGA, GHA, CMR, MAR Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Nigeria +9, Ghana +5. NGA complete 2 1 0 11 2 2 1 0 7 2 1 0 2 4 6 0 0 3 1 13 NGA GHA CMR MAR Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 12 November 2000 NGA 2 2 GHA Akide 40 50 Baidu 52 Okine 80 Johannesburg, South Africa Fatou Gaye (Senegal) 12 November 2000 CMR 4 1 MAR Eko Njolle 17 Anounga 67 Enama Abbe 89 Anong 90 Maqdi 13 Boksburg, South Africa Sabelo Sibindi (Zimbabwe) 15 November 2000 GHA 2 0 CMR Sackey 7 Dgajmah 82 Johannesburg, South Africa Justine Rasoanirina (Madagascar) 15 November 2000 NGA 6 0 MAR Akide 44 73 Ajayi 49 70 Mmadu Nwadike 90+2 Boksburg, South Africa Catherine Adipo (Uganda) 18 November 2000 GHA 3 0 MAR Baidu 65 Bayor 66 Gyamfuah 70 Johannesburg, South Africa Sabelo Sibindi (Zimbabwe) 18 November 2000 NGA 3 0 CMR Akide 14 Yusuf 35 Mmadu 90 Boksburg, South Africa Fatou Gaye (Senegal) Knockout stage A match at the third-place match with a levelled score at the end of 90 minutes would go to an extra time of 30 minutes 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 21 November - Boksburg RSA 1 GHA 0 21 November - Johannesburg NGA 6 ZIM 0 25 November - Boksburg NGA 2 RSA 0 24 November - Boksburg GHA 6 ZIM 3 Semi-finals 21 November 2000 RSA 1 0 GHA Solomon 9 Boksburg, South Africa Fatou Gaye (Senegal) 21 November 2000 NGA 6 0 ZIM Yusuf 3 Mmadu 34 Akide 40 65 Nwadike 52 Ajayi 79 Johannesburg, South Africa Catherine Adipo (Uganda) Third place play-off 24 November 2000 GHA 6 3 ZIM Baidu 1 Bayor 6 31 Darku 24 Foriwaa 35 Dgajmah 44 14 Mpala 16 Moyo 61 Nyerukai Boksburg, South Africa Justine Rasoanirina (Madagascar) Final 25 November 2000 NGA 2–0 1 RSA Yusuf 30 Mbachu 72 Boksburg, South Africa Ondo Akono (Cameroon) 1 The match was abandoned in the 73rd minute with Nigeria leading 2–0 after fans started throwing objects at the referee following the second goal, with riot police arriving 40 minutes later and firing tear gas in the crowds; fans needed hospital treatment and cars belonging to journalists were attacked as they were leaving the stadium. The result stood as final.Nigeria and the African Women Championship finals Goal.com http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4082/comment/2014/10/25/5458941/six-titles-16-goals-nigerias-amazing-record-at-the-african dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180621015623/http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4082/comment/2014/10/25/5458941/six-titles-16-goals-nigerias-amazing-record-at-the-african 21 June 2018 20 June 2018 Awards fbw 2000 African Women's Championship winners Nigeria 4th 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 Points1NGA5410192+17132RSA540193+6123GHA5311136+7104ZIM5113817–94 Eliminated in the group stage5UGA311146–246CMR310246–237REU300327–508MAR3003113–120 Goalscorers 7 goals 22em NGA Mercy Akide 3 goals 22em GHA Elizabeth Baidu GHA Adjoa Bayor NGA Kikelomo Ajayi NGA Maureen Mmadu NGA Olaitan Yusuf ZIM Precious Mpala 2 goals 22em GHA Mavis Dgajmah NGA Rita Nwadike RSA Makhosi Luthuli RSA Veronica Phewa RSA Joanne Solomon ZIM Nomsa Moyo 1 goal 22em CMR Bernadette Anong CMR Antoinette Anounga CMR Lydienne Eko Njolle CMR Desire Enama Abbe GHA Memuna Darku GHA Gloria Foriwaa GHA Nana Gyamfuah GHA Sheila Okine GHA Alberta Sackey MAR Nadia Maqdi NGA Stella Mbachu REU Rachelle Lecoutre REU Florence Mussard RSA Desiree Ellis RSA Hilda Lekalakala RSA Martha Malaku UGA Oliver Mbekeka UGA Alaisa Nakawagi UGA Annet Nakimbugwe UGA Robina Nakintu ZIM Thandekile Mathobela ZIM Yesmore Mutero ZIM Florence Nyerukai Notes References External links 2000 edition results chronology (including qualification) at RSSSF 2000 Championship Category:2000–01 in South African soccer 2000