2006 African Women's Championship

7th edition of WAFCON August 2026 August 2026 African Women's Championship 2006 28 October – 11 November Nigeria 8 4 4 NGA GHA RSA CMR 7 16 54 NGR Perpetua Nkwocha (7 goals) RSA Portia Modise 2004 2008 The 2006 African Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. Originally scheduled to be held in Gabon in September, it took place in Nigeria for the 4th time from 28 October to 11 November 2006. Gabon withdrew as hosts due to "organizational reasons",17 April 2006 Gabon pulls out of hosting AWC https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4915736.stm BBC Sport 29 May 2006 thus CAF gave this tournament edition's hosting rights to Nigeria in May 2006.Boadu-Ayeboafoh Yaw 17 May 2006 Nigeria awarded 2006 AWC https://books.google.com/books?id=nmaVtiWwG2QC&pg=PA46 Daily Graphic Graphic Communications Group 26 November 2017 Google Books Initially, this edition of the tournament was scheduled for September 2006, but it was moved to October due to weather considerations.Okeleji Oluwashina 31 July 2006 CAF delays Women's Championship https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/5231724.stm BBC Sport 26 November 2017 This edition of the tournament also doubled as the African qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. Nigeria won its 5th consecutive title, beating Ghana 1–0 in the final, although both finalists were guaranteed qualification to that edition of the international tournament in China. South Africa's Portia Modise was named player of the championship.Portia simply the Ellis http://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sowetan/20150521/282153584866974/TextView limited The Sowetan 26 November 2017 Qualification 2006 African Women's Championship qualification The original hosts (Gabon) qualified automatically, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place from March to August 2006. Nigeria initially entered qualification at the second round and was scheduled to play Equatorial Guinea when CAF elected them as replacement hosts, thus that match was scrapped and both teams qualified for the group stage at Gabon's expense. 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; if scores still level, extra time would be skipped and the use of a penalty shoot-out would determine the qualifier. 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 Equatorial Guinea 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. NGA Replacement hosts 17 May 2006 6 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) EQG By default 17 May 2006 Debut RSA Winners against Tanzania 4 August 2006 5 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) ALG Winners against Egypt 5 August 2006 1 (2004) GHA Winners by default against Congo 5 August 2006 6 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) CMR Winners against Kenya 5 August 2006 5 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002) COD Winners against Senegal 5 August 2006 1 (1998) MLI Winners against Benin 6 August 2006 2 (2002, 2004) Notes 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 Equatorial Guinea arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in a private chartered plane which had no clearance to land, with its players unable to disembark for 3 hours. This left them no other choice than to return home unhappy with the treatment they received by airport officials despite organizers trying to remedy the situation.27 October 2006 E/Guinea Flies into Trouble, Return to Malabo http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=61612 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070930163647/http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=61612 limited 30 September 2007 This Day 29 October 2006 However, their first match was played as scheduled. main WDL Group stage tiebreakers NGA, RSA, EQG, ALG Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Equatorial Guinea −4, Algeria −10. EQG complete 3 0 0 12 2 H 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 2 5 9 0 1 2 3 13 NGA RSA EQG ALG Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 28 October 2006 RSA 4 0 ALG Phewa 1 35 Nompumelolo 38 Solomon 90 Warri Stadium, Warri Report (BBC) 28 October 2006 NGA 4 2 EQG Uwak 4 9 Nkwocha 34 Ajayi 89 Chinasa Okoro 16 Essiane 22 Oleh, Delta Report (archived) 31 October 2006 ALG 0 6 NGA Ajayi 8 Nkwocha 20 90+ Madu 35 Ekpo 56 Uwak 89 Warri Stadium, Warri Report (BBC) 31 October 2006 EQG 0 2 RSA Nkosi 63 Solomon 75 Oleh, Delta Report (archived) 3 November 2006 EQG 3 3 ALG Añonman 2 Essiane 72 78 Boumrar 35 Bouhani 56 76 Township Stadium, Oghara Report (archived) 3 November 2006 NGA 2 0 RSA Uwak 4 43 Oleh, Delta Report (BBC) Group B main WDL Group stage tiebreakers GHA, CMR, MLI, COD complete 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 2 3 5 0 1 2 4 7 GHA CMR MLI COD Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 29 October 2006 MLI 0 1 GHA Rumanatu 56 Township Stadium, Oghara Report (BBC) 29 October 2006 14:00 CMR 1 1 COD Ngono Mani 1 Kisita 57 Township Stadium, Ughelli Report (archived) 1 November 2006 GHA 2 1 CMR Amankwa 28 90+ Bella 53 Ughelli Township Stadium, Ughelli Report (BBC) 1 November 2006 14:00 COD 2 3 MLI Zuma 28 Mafuta 85 Doumbia 36 Diarra 69 90 Township Stadium, Oghara Report (archived) 4 November 2006 16:00 COD 1 3 GHA Nzuzi 51 Amankwa 22 32 Okoe 84 Township Stadium, Ughelli Report (archived) 4 November 2006 CMR 2 0 MLI Bekombo 42 Ngo Ndoumbouk 74 Warri Stadium, Warri Report (BBC) Knockout stage Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 7 November - Warri NGA 5 CMR 0 7 November - Oghara GHA 1 RSA 0 11 November - Warri NGA 1 GHA 0 10 November - Delta CMR 2 (4) RSA 2 (5) Semi-finals Winners qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. 7 November 2006 NGA 5 0 CMR Uwak 33 Nkwocha 45 46 54 Ekpo 61 Report (archived) Warri Stadium, Warri 7 November 2006 GHA 1 0 RSA Okoe 88 pen. Report (archived) Township Stadium, Oghara Third place play-off 10 November 2006 CMR 2 2 RSA Bella 48 pen. Ngono 81 Report (archived) Modise 4 Makhanya 61 Ughelli Township Stadium Oleh, Delta 4–5 Final 11 November 2006 NGA 1 0 GHA Nkwocha 13 Warri Stadium, Warri 25,000 Report (archived) This match was described by the BBC as "a drab encounter". Awards fbw 2006 African Women's Championship winners Nigeria 7th Notes References External links 2006 edition record and results at RSSSF 2006 edition results at BBC Sport 2006 Championship Category:2006–07 in Nigerian football 2006