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1998 African Women's Championship
The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the international women's association football tournament organized by CAF. Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions. Nigeria hosted this edition from 17 to 31 October 1998 and Nigeria women's national football team, its women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana women's national football team, Ghana 2–0 in the final, with both qualifying for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. Qualification A qualification round was installed in the African Women's Championship from this edition onward. 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. First leg on March 28–29, Second leg on April 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Women's Championship
The Women's Africa Cup of Nations, also called the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons and abbreviated to WAFCON, is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was first contested in 1991, but was not held biennially until 1998. Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, having won a record 11 titles, meaning they have won all but three of the previous tournaments. The three tournaments ''not'' won by Nigeria were won by Equatorial Guinea and South Africa; Equatorial Guinea won the two competitions in which it were the host. The competition has served as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup every other tournament since its inception in 1991. History In 2000, hosts South Africa met three-time champions Nigeria in the final game of the tournament. After Nigeria finished the first half ahead 1–0, Nigeria's Stella Mb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portia Mtokwane
Portia may refer to: Biology * ''Portia'' (spider), a genus of jumping spiders *'' Anaea troglodyta'' or Portia, a brush-footed butterfly *Portia tree, a plant native to Polynesia Medication A form of birth control made of ethinylestradiol/levonorgestrel Other uses *Portia (moon), a moon of Uranus * Portia Club, a women's club in Payette, Idaho/USA * Portia, Missouri, a community in the United States * PORTIA portfolio-management software from Thomson Financial * HMS ''Lennox'' (1914) or HMS ''Portia'', a ''Laforey''-class destroyer launched in 1914 People with the given name * Portia Arthur (born 1990), Ghanaian author, writer and reporter *Porcia Catonis, the wife of Roman senator Marcus Junius Brutus (fictionalized as a character in William Shakespeare's play ''Julius Caesar'' as "Portia") *Portia Dawson, American actress *Portia de Rossi or Portia DeGeneres, Australian-born actress *Portia Doubleday, American actress * Portia Geach (1873–1959), Australian artist and fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adjoa Bayor
Adjoa Bayor (born 17 May 1979) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a midfielder. She has captained the Ghana women's national team. International career Bayor was part of the Ghana women's national football team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. Career She was a member of the World All Stars team to play against the China women's national football team in April 2007 at Wuhan, China. She has played for Ghatel Ladies in Accra, Ghana and has also played for FC Indiana in the United States recently. Bayor joined on 21 January 2009 to FF USV Jena. She was selected in 2018 by CAF to assist Deputy Secretary in football and development Anthony Baffoe to conduct the draw for Africa Women Cup of Nations. International In September 2007 Adjoa Bayor captained the Ghana national team at the World Cup in China. Although Ghana did not get out of the group stage, Bayor scored a remarkable goal from a free kick just outside Norway's penalty area when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Mensah
Vivian Mensah (born 13 June 1972) is a Ghanaian footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward for the Ghana women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. On club level she played for La Ladies in Ghana. References External links * 1972 births Living people Ghanaian women's footballers Ghana women's international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football forwards {{Ghana-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Gyamfuah
Nana Amma Gyamfuah (born 4 August 1978) is a Ghanaian footballer who played as a forward for the Ghana women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at .... On club level she played for Postal Ladies in Ghana. References External links * 1978 births Living people Ghanaian women's footballers Ghana women's international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football forwards {{Ghana-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt Women's National Football Team
The Egypt women's national football team represents Egypt in international women's football. It is governed by the Egyptian Football Association The Egyptian Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Egypt. A member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of CAF, the EFA has jurisdiction for the Egyptian football lea .... Like most African Nations, women's football in Egypt has lacked development, whereas the men's team is one of the continent's most traditional. History The beginning The team had an agonizing start. As shown when they were lost 17–0 by Russia women's national football team, Russia in a 1993 unofficial friendly. An unimpressed correspondent in the ''Egyptian Mail'' newspaper wrote of the players: After some development, the Cleopatra's were able to make their official debut in the 1998 African Women's Championship, 1998 African Championship after beating Uganda women's national foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Rubaga Division. Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District, Mukono District, Mpigi District, Buikwe District and Luweero District. It has a rapidly growing population that is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in an area of . In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011) according to Xuantong Wang et al., which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating the importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy. Kampala is reported to be among the fastest-growing cities in Africa, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent, by City Mayors. Mercer (a New York- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakivubo Stadium
Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium, commonly referred to as Nakivubo Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Kampala, Uganda. It is currently not in use but was previously used mostly for football matches and served as the home venue of SC Villa. The stadium had a capacity of 30,000 people, after the 2013 renovations, but prior to the ongoing 2017 renovations. Location The stadium is located in the Central Business District of Kampala City surrounded by Ham Shopping Grounds, within a walking distance from the New Taxi Park. It sits on two adjacent parcels of land measuring and , totaling . History The stadium that was initially established in 1926, was improved and modernized in 1954 by the British colonial government to commemorate the lives of Ugandans killed during the Second World War following the passage of the "Nakivubo War Memorial Act" by the Parliament of Uganda. In 2000, the stadium hosted a match of the Uganda national football team with all players wearing a FC Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa Women's National Football Team
The South Africa women's national soccer team, nicknamed ''Banyana Banyana'' (The Girls), is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association. Their first official match was held on 30 May 1993 against Swaziland women's national football team, Swaziland. They qualified for Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic football for the first time in Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012, and for a FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019, in Group B with Germany women's national football team, Germany, Spain women's national football team, Spain and China women's national football team, China. However, they lost all matches, and their only goal was against Spain when they went to a 1–0 lead only to lose 3–1. South Africa won their first Women's Africa Cup of Nations in 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, 2022, beating Morocco women's national football team, Morocco 2–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobamba
Lobamba is a city in Eswatini, and is one of the two capitals (along with Mbabane), serving as the legislative, traditional, spiritual, seat of government of the Parliament of Eswatini,"The Parliament of Swaziland" . Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Accessed April 7, 2014. and , the residence of Queen Ntfombi, the . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somhlolo National Stadium
Somhlolo National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lobamba, Eswatini. Built in 1968, it has artificial turf and holds 20,000 fans (all standing). It is used for football and rugby matches. The stadium is named for King Somhlolo, who had moved his people into the region that is now Eswatini (Swaziland) about 200 years ago, and is considered the father of the country. References External linksStadium Pictures Football venues in Eswatini Athletics (track and field) venues in Eswatini |
