2014 African Women's Championship

African Women's Championship 2014 2014 African Women's Championship (logo).png 200px Namibia 11–25 October 8 2 1 NGA 9 CMR CIV RSA 16 44 NGA Desire Oparanozie(5 goals) NGA Asisat Oshoala CMR Annette Ngo Ndom RSA 2012 2016 The 2014 African Women's Championship, the 11th edition of the tournament, was held in Namibia.http://en.starafrica.com/football/namibia-to-host-2014-caf-womens-champio-192592.html Namibia to host 2014 CAF Women’s Championship starafrica.com 2011-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006135945/http://en.starafrica.com/football/namibia-to-host-2014-caf-womens-champio-192592.html 2014-10-06 dead This tournament, organized by the Confederation of African Football, was also a qualification tournament for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, with top three qualifying for the finals in Canada. It was played on 11–25 October 2014. The tournament marked the first participation of Namibia in the African championship. Also for the first time the defending champions, Equatorial Guinea, were not taking part after failing to win their last qualifying round match.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=%2B%2FRWdpXtQrJtRQ3Ijj9xhg%3D%3D Ivorians edge holders Equatorial Guinea; Nigeria through cafonline.com 2014-06-08 Nigeria defeated Cameroon 2–0 in the final to win their record-extending seventh title.http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/tn9thafricanwomenchampionship-namibia/news.aspx/NewsDetails?id=LFp7dizPmCNjFBJvn4mN6w%3d%3d Nigeria beat Cameroon for seventh title cafonline.com 2014-10-25 Host Namibia were awarded the hosting rights in October 2011. This was the first time they would appear in the final tournament. There was some criticism of the slow preparation and campaigning for the event. The national women's league was suspended this year because all money was used for hosting the continental event.Namibia: NFA Caught On Its Heels http://allafrica.com/stories/201402141146.html allafrica.com 15 February 2014 14 February 2014 Qualification 2014 African Women's Championship qualification A record 25 teams applied for the 2014 African Women's Championship.Record entries for Namibia 2014 African Women Championship The top three teams from the 2012 tournament, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa received a bye to the second round. The preliminary round was held on 13–15 February (first leg) and 28 February–2 March 2014 (second leg), while the final qualifying round was held on 23–25 May (first leg) and 6–8 June (second leg).Fixtures IXTH African Women Championship Qualified teams Team Method ofqualificationPrevious appearances in tournament NAM Hosts 0 ALG 01 Second round winners 30 (2004, 2006, 2010) CMR 10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) GHA 90 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) CIV 10 (2012) NGA 10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) RSA 90 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) ZAM 20 (1991, 1995) Venues The final tournament matches were held in two stadium venues located in Windhoek:Namibia will be ready- Oliphant http://www.nfa.org.na/?q=node/2134 nfa.org.na 13 March 2014 13 March 2014 27 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160927055135/http://www.nfa.org.na/?q=node/2134 dead Windhoek Namibia right 300 Locations of the 2014 African Women's Championship venues Namibia -22.57 17.083611 Windhoek top Windhoek Independence Stadium Sam Nujoma Stadium Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 10,300 150px Format Eight teams were divided in two groups and play a round-robin tournament. The top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals. The losers of those semifinals played in the third place match, while the winners faced off in the final. The top three placed teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Match officials 12 referees and 15 assistants were announced on 5 October 2014.http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/tn9thafricanwomenchampionship-namibia/news.aspx/NewsDetails?id=PdgKz7h4NPlWujIR%2b3UjEA%3d%3d Referees gear up for Women's tourney cafonline.com 5 October 2014 Referees 18em ANG Maximina Bernado CMR Thérèse Raïssa ETH Ledia Tafesa GHA Christine Ziga CIV Aya Irène Ahoua KEN Damaris Kimani MLI Kankou Coulibaly MAR Insaf El Harkaoui SEN Fadouma Dia TUN Lilia Abdeljaoued UGA Aisha Ssemambo ZAM Gladys Lengwe Assistant referees 18em BEN Rosalie Tempa BOT Botsalo Mosimanewatlala BFA Élodie Bieiginin EGY Mona Mahmoud Atallah ETH Trhas Gebreyohanis GHA Emmanuella Aglago KEN Mary Njoroge MAD Lidwine Rakotozafinoro MWI Bernadette Kwimbira MLI Fanta Idrissa Koné MAR Souad Oulhaj SEN Aminata Dialo TOG Ayawa Dzodope TUN Chafia Hendaoui ZAM Mercy Zulu Squads 2014 African Women's Championship squads Group stage The draw was held on 19 July 2014 at 19:00 local time at Windhoek, Namibia.AWC Namibia 2014 draw set for July 19Hosts Namibia draw Nigeria in AWC draw All times are local (UTC+02:00). Tiebreakers Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/REGULATION%20AWC%20WOMEN%20UPDATED%20H.pdf Regulations of the African Women Championship Cafonline.com Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams; Best Goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches; Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated; Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee. Group A main WDL Group A complete CAF NGA CIV NAM ZAM CAF CAF 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 2 3 5 H 3 0 0 12 2 0 1 2 1 9 CIV NAM NGA ZAM Q green1 Knockout stage Tiebreakers 11 October 2014 17:00 NAM 2–0 Report ZAM Williams 4Adams 21 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Therese Raissa (Cameroon) 11 October 2014 20:00 NGA 4–2 Report CIV Sunday 11Diakité 54 o.g.Oparanozie 74 86 F. Coulibaly 21 pen.Lohoues 75 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Maximina Bernado (Angola) 14 October 2014 17:00 ZAM 0–6 Report NGA Okobi 2Ohale 6Oparanozie 25 pen. 81Oshoala 64Nkwocha 84 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Insaf El Harkaoui (Morocco) 14 October 2014 20:00 CIV 3–1 Report NAM Nahi 13Nrehy 84 90 Coleman 20 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Damaris Kimani (Kenya) 17 October 2014 17:00 NAM 0–2 Report NGA Ofoegbu 36Ordega 38 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Lilia Abdeljaoued (Tunisia) 17 October 2014 17:00 ZAM 1–1 Report CIV Banda 58 Nahi 3 Independence Stadium, Windhoek Bolokanang Lekgowe (Botswana) Group B main WDL Group B complete CAF CMR RSA GHA ALG CAF CAF 1 0 2 2 7 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 6 3 ALG CMR GHA RSA Q green1 Knockout stage Tiebreakers 12 October 2014 17:00 RSA 0–1 Report CMR Feudjio 86 Independence Stadium, Windhoek Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) 12 October 2014 20:00 ALG 1–0 Report GHA Affak 87 Independence Stadium, Windhoek Aya Irène Ahoua (Ivory Coast) 15 October 2014 17:00 CMR 2–0 Report ALG Enganamouit 17 61 pen. Independence Stadium, Windhoek Kankou Coulibaly (Mali) 15 October 2014 20:00 GHA 1–1 Report RSA Cudjoe 45 Nongwanya 19 Independence Stadium, Windhoek Ledia Tafesa (Ethiopia) 18 October 2014 17:00 RSA 5–1 Report ALG Dlamini 36Modise 41 87Mollo 70Makhabane 82 Affak 90 Independence Stadium, Windhoek Aisha Ssemambo (Uganda) 18 October 2014 17:00 CMR 0–1 Report GHA Cudjoe 53 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Aissata Amegee (Togo) Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played. Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 22 October - Windhoek NGA 2 RSA 1 22 October - Windhoek CMR 2 CIV 1 25 October - Windhoek NGA 2 CMR 0 25 October - Windhoek RSA 0 CIV 1 Semi-finals Winners qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. 22 October 2014 17:00 NGA 2–1 Report RSA Oshoala 38 45 Jane 67 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Damaris Kimani (Kenya) 22 October 2014 20:00 CMR 2–1 yes Report CIV Enganamouit 60Manie 118 Nrehy 65 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Ledia Tafesa (Ethiopia) Third place play-off Winners qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. 25 October 2014 17:00 RSA 0–1 Report CIV Guehai 84 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Lilia Abdeljaoued (Tunisia) Final 2014 Women's Africa Cup of Nations final 25 October 2014 20:00 NGA 2–0 Report CMR Oparanozie 12Oshoala 43 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) Statistics Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=RS73d62EAt%2bYYpKl098jPQ%3d%3d Oshoala, Oparanozie claim individual honours CAF 26 October 2014 AwardPlayerGolden BallNGA Asisat OshoalaGolden BootNGA Desire OparanozieGolden GlovesCMR Annette Ngo NdomFair Play AwardRSA Goalscorers 5 goals NGA Desire Oparanozie 4 goals NGA Asisat Oshoala 3 goals CMR Gaëlle Enganamouit CIV Ines Nrehy 2 goals 22em ALG Houria Affak GHA Elizabeth Cudjoe CIV Josée Nahi RSA Portia Modise 1 goal 22em CMR Raissa Feudjio CMR Christine Manie CIV Fatou Coulibaly CIV Ida Guehai CIV Christine Lohoues NAM Thomalina Adams NAM Zenatha Coleman NAM Rita Williams NGA Gloria Ofoegbu NGA Osinachi Ohale NGA Ngozi Okobi NGA Francisca Ordega NGA Perpetua Nkwocha NGA Esther Sunday RSA Amanda Dlamini RSA Refiloe Jane RSA Mamello Makhabane RSA Sanah Mollo RSA Shiwe Nongwanya ZAM Susan Banda Own goal CIV Mariam Diakité (playing against Nigeria) Team statistics yes yes 1 NGR yes #FFD700 5 0 0 16 3 2 CMR yes #C0C0C0 3 0 2 5 4 3 CIV yes #CD7F32 2 1 2 8 8 4 RSA yes 1 1 3 7 6 |- |colspan="10"|Eliminated in the group stage |- 5 GHA yes 1 1 1 2 2 6 NAM yes 1 0 2 3 5 7 ALG yes 1 0 2 2 7 8 ZAM yes 0 1 2 1 9 yes yes 14 4 14 44 44 References External links http://www.awcnamibia.com/ Tn Mobile 9th African Women Championship-Namibia, CAFonline.com 2014 Championship Category:2014 in Namibian sport Category:2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2014 Category:Women's sport in Windhoek Category:October 2014 sports events in Africa 2014