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2022 Africa Women Cup Of Nations
The 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations, officially known as the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, will be the 14th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations (formerly African Women's Championship), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. The tournament will be hosted by Morocco from 2 to 23 July 2022. The tournament also doubles as the African qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top four teams will qualify for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, and two more teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. Nigeria are the three-time defending champions, having won the tournament in 2014, 2016 and 2018. The 2020 edition, which would have been the first to feature twelve teams, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Host selection Morocco were announced as hosts by the CAF Executive Committee on 15 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Africa Women Cup Of Nations
The 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total Women's Africa Cup Of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was supposed to be the 14th edition of the biennial African international women's association football tournament organized by CAF. This would have been the first edition to have 12 teams compete in the main phase of the tournament as opposed to 8 from previous seasons. CAF decided to cancel this edition of the tournament on 30 June 2020 at an executive virtual meeting, citing "challenging conditions" caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and rather approve the creation of the CAF Women's Champions League which began in November 2021. Subsequently, the men's edition scheduled to take place the following year was moved to January 2022, while the 2020 African Nations Championship was postponed to April 2021. The tournament was earlier scheduled to take place between 23 November to 20 December 2020, and would originally be expanded from 8 to 12 teams. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 2β0 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 28β29, Second leg on April 10β ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 African Women's Championship
The 2008 African Women's Championship is of 15β29 November 2008 in Equatorial Guinea. The central African country is the first time host of the tournament. Eight national teams played in group matches and then against each other. Qualification ;Qualified teams: * (hosts) * * * * * * * Tunisia and Congo will compete at the African Championship for the first time. Squads . Final tournament Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals ---- Third-place match Final match Awards Equatorial Guinea's Genoveva AΓ±onma was announced player of the tournament and also won the top scorer award with six goals. Statistics Goalscorers References External linksTournamentat soccerway.com {{International women's football 2008 African Women's Championship, 2008 in African football, Women's Football Championship Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournaments International association football competitions h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 African Women's Championship
The 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. The tournament was held in Cameroon between 19 November and 3 December 2016. The initial dates were 8β22 October 2016, but were changed due to weather considerations. A total of eight teams played in the tournament. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Women's Championship to the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the men's version, Africa Cup of Nations. Qualification Cameroon qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from March to April 2016. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Mali replaced Equatorial Guinea after they were disqualified for fielding an ineligible pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 African Women's Football Championship
The 2010 African Women's Championship was held in South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. Seven national teams joined the host nation following a series of knock-out home and away ties. This tournament was also a qualification tournament for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the two finalists, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea qualifying for the finals in Germany. Qualification A total of 23 national teams entered qualification which has held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, the 18 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The nine winners joined five other national teams in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals. Qualified teams * * * * * * * * Squads Group stage The final tournament was held in Gauteng, South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. The seven first round winners joined the host in the finals. The draw took place on 21 September. Matches were played at Sinaba Stadium in Daveyton and Makhulong Stadium in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Women's African Football Championship
The 2006 African Women's Championship was the seventh edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the ''Africa Women Cup of Nations''), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in Nigeria between 28 October and 11 November 2006. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Gabon, but the country withdrew from hosting the competition due to ''organisational reasons''. The CAF awarded the hosting of the competition to Nigeria in May 2006. Initially, the tournament was scheduled for September 2006, but it was moved to October due to weather considerations. The tournament determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup β the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. Nigeria won its seventh consecutive title, beating Ghana 1β0 in the final. South African Portia Modise was named player of the championship. Qualificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Women's African Football Championship
The 2004 African Women's Championship was the sixth edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the ''Africa Women Cup of Nations''), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in South Africa between 18 September and 3 October 2004. Nigeria won its sixth title, after defeating Cameroon 5β0 in the final. South Africa were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003. Qualification South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from May to July 2004. From this tournament onwards, the defending champions does not receive automatic qualification. 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, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Women's African Football Championship
The 2002 African Women's Championship was the fifth edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the ''Africa Women Cup of Nations''), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in Nigeria between 7 December and 20 December 2002. The tournament determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup β the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. Nigeria won its fifth title, beating Ghana 2β0 in the final. Host selection In January 2001, the Botswana Football Association had confirmed that the country has submitted a bid to host the tournament. It is unknown if they withdrew from bidding later. Nigeria were elected as hosts in March 2002 after there were no serious takers for the tournament. Nigerian officials were approached by the CAF at the 2002 African Cup of Nations finals in Mali and were keen to host the tournament. Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Women's African Football Championship
The 2000 African Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the biennial African international women's association football tournament organized by CAF and the second to be hosted by a country for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in South Africa between 11 November and 25 November 2000. Nigeria won the tournament for the fourth time, beating South Africa in the final 2β0, which was abandoned at the 73rd minute. Qualification South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders were qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between June and August 2000. Format Qualification was held 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 final round qualified for the main tournament. Preliminary round * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Women's African Football 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 its women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2β0 in the final, with both qualifying for 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 28β29, Second leg on April 10β12: Mozambique won 7β2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament. ---- South Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Women's African Football Championship
The 1995 African Women's Championship was the second staging of the CAF Women's Championship, the women's football championship of Africa ( CAF). It determined the CAF's single qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1995: the winner was Nigeria. Eight teams were scheduled to play in the tournament, but two of them withdrew, leaving six teams to compete for the right to represent Africa in the World Cup. In the tournament, 55 goals were scored in 10 matches. Participating teams The eight participating teams were: * * * * * * * * Bracket First round in 1994: :''Nigeria win 11β0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''South Africa win 11β5 on aggregate.'' ---- :''Cameroon withdraw. Angola advance.'' ---- :''Guinea withdraw. Ghana advance.'' Second round in January 1995: :''Nigeria win 5β0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''South Africa win 6β4 on aggregate.'' Final round in March 1995: :''Nigeria won 11β2 on aggregate, won the tournament and qualified for 1995 FIF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Women's African Football Championship
The 1991 African Women's Championship was the inaugural edition of the currently-named Women's Africa Cup of Nations, invoked to determine CAF's single qualifier for the inaugural edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup that year. Nigeria defeated Cameroon in the final to win its first title and earn qualification. Eight teams were originally scheduled to play in the tournament, but four of them withdrew, with Cameroon reaching the final on two walkovers. Participating teams The eight participating teams were: * * ' * * * * ' * ' * ' The teams who withdrew in ''italics''. Bracket Final Tournament First round :''Nigeria won 7β2 on aggregate.'' ---- :''Senegal withdrew: Guinea advanced.'' ---- :''Zimbabwe withdrew, Zambia advanced.'' ---- :''Congo withdrew, Cameroon advanced.'' Semifinals :''Nigeria won 7β0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''Zambia withdrew, Cameroon advanced.'' Final :''Nigeria won 6β0 on aggregate and also qualified for the 1991 FIFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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