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2006 African Women's Championship
The 2006 African Women's Championship was the seventh edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations, African Women's Championship (now known as the ''Africa Women Cup of Nations''), the biennial international association football, 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 Confederation of African Football, CAF awarded the hosting of the competition to Nigeria Football Federation, 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 Confederation of African Football, CAF's two qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup — the winner Nigeria women's national football team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perpetua Nkwocha
Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha (born 3 January 1976) is a Nigerian female professional footballer, who is the coach of Clemensnäs IF from Swedish Women's Football Division 2, she previously played for Swedish club Sunnanå SK. She was also a member and formerly the captain of the Nigeria women's national football team. International career With the Nigeria national team Nkwocha has participated in seven CAF Women's Championship editions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014), winning five of them (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014). At the 2004 African Women's Championship, she scored four goals in the final against Cameroon to help her country win the title. She also set a record by scoring nine overall goals during the tournament, and was named the best player of the tournament. Nkwocha was voted African Women's Footballer of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2011 by Confederation of African Football (CAF). Nkwocha has also participated in four FIFA Women's World Cup (2003, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Shoot-out (association Football)
A penalty shoot-out (officially kicks from the penalty mark) is a tie-breaking method in association football to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well as extra time (if used) have expired. In a penalty shoot-out, each team takes turns shooting at goal from the penalty mark, with the goal defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper. Each team has five shots which must be taken by different kickers; the team that makes more successful kicks is declared the victor. Shoot-outs finish as soon as one team has an insurmountable lead. If scores are level after five pairs of shots, the shootout progresses into additional " sudden-death" rounds. Balls successfully kicked into the goal during a shoot-out do not count as goals for the individual kickers or the team, and are tallied separately from the goals scored during normal play (including extra time, if any). Although the procedure for each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benin Women's National Football Team
The Benin women's national football team represents Benin in international women's football. It is governed by the Benin Football Federation. It never reached the African Championship or the World Cup finals. Benin's participation in the African Championships consists of only one qualification tournament, in 2006. Benin beat Malawi at home, and therefore moved through the first qualification round. They then drew 1–1 with Ivory Coast, and won in a penalty shootout. In the second round, Benin met Mali, and lost both matches. Benin also entered the 2008 African Championships, but then pulled out before the tournament began. Their home defeat to Mali was therefore the last match Benin has played in so far. History 2006 African Women's Championship The national team of Benin played its first match against Malawi on February 19, 2006; in the qualifying tournament of the 2006 African Women's Championship, which was held in Nigeria. Benin won the match by a score of 1–0, but th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senegal Women's National Football Team
The Senegal women's national football team represents Senegal in international women's football. The team is governed by the Senegalese Football Federation. History Senegal has already had a women's team in the 1970s under the name Gazelles de Dakar. Some of these players have even been solicited by European clubs, such as European clubs, such as Ndew Niang, the first Senegalese to play in the first division of Ndew Niang is the first Senegalese player to play in the Bundesliega in the team of Normonia 08. After a promising start in the 1970s, Senegalese women's soccer has considerably lost ground to other African teams such as Nigeria, Ghana, Congo etc. From 1974 to 2002, many Senegalese teams disappeared due to problems not yet identified. In 2002, Senegal participated for the first time in a qualifying phase of the African Cup of Nations. This means that 28 years have passed without Senegal really taking into account women's soccer. Home stadium Results and fixtures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya Women's National Football Team
The Kenya women's national football team represents Kenya in women's football and is controlled by the Football Kenya Federation. History The first women's league in Kenya and national team were created in 1985 at a time when almost no country in the world had a women's national football team. The national team is nicknamed the Harambee Starlets and national team players are not full-time professional players. They need to have other employment. In 1993, Kenya Women's Football Federation was created and organised a national team that represented the country several times in international tournaments between its founding and 1996. In 1996, the Kenya Women's Football Federation folded under pressure from FIFA and women's football was subsumed by the Kenya Football Federation, with women being represented in the organisation as a subcommittee. Kenya Football Federation took over the management of the women's national team. In a 22 September 1998 game in Nairobi, Kenya beat So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congo Women's National Football Team
The Congo women's national football team represents the Congo in international football. Congo took part in the first African Championship in 1991, but withdrew before the tournament began. Congo did not compete at another championship until the 2004 tournament, where they beat Equatorial Guinea, but lost to Cameroon in qualification. During the qualification for the 2006 African Championship, they beat Togo over two legs, but did not turn up for the second qualifying round match against Ghana. First in the 2008 Championship, Congo qualified by beating the Democratic Republic of Congo in the final qualifying round. Congo then went on to a group with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Mali. They finished the group with three points after a win against Mali, and defeats to good Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon sides. Despite good performances in 2008, they did not qualify for the 2010 African Championship. Therefore, they cannot qualify for the 2011 Germany World Cup. History T ... [...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, الاتØاد 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] |
Tanzania Women's National Football Team
The Tanzania national women's football team, is the national team of Tanzania and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation. They are nicknamed the ''Twiga Stars''. The Twiga Stars qualified for their first CAF Women's Championship finals on 5 June 2010, after defeating Eritrea 11–4 on aggregate. History 2010 The Twiga Stars defeated Ethiopia in the preliminary round of the 2010 African Women's Football Championship on aggregate 4–2. The first leg was played in Addis Ababa on 8 March. Tanzania won the match 3–1, with goals by Ester Chabruma, Mwanahamis Omary, and Asha Rashid. The return leg played at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam on 29 March ended in a 1–1 draw. In the first round of the African Championship, Tanzania defeated Eritrea on aggregate 11–4. The Twiga Stars won 8–1 in Dar es Salaam on 23 May and drew 3–3 in Asmara on 5 June. After the Twiga Stars' success in qualifying for the African Championship finals in South Africa, a Tanzanian bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 African Women's Championship
The 2002 African Women's Championship was the fifth edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations, African Women's Championship (now known as the ''Africa Women Cup of Nations''), the biennial international association football, 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 Confederation of African Football, CAF's two qualifiers for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup — the winner Nigeria women's national football team, Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana women's national football team, Ghana. Nigeria won its fifth title, beating Ghana 2–0 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 African Women's Championship
The 2000 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, African Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the biennial African international women's association football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football, 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 women's national football team, Nigeria won the tournament for the fourth time, beating South Africa women's national football team, South Africa in the final 2–0, which was abandoned at the 73rd minute. Qualification South Africa women's national football team, South Africa as hosts and Nigeria women's national football team, 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 tie, two-legged basis. If aggregate scores we ... [...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 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 10â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 African Women's 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 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''South Africa win 11–5 on aggregate.'' ---- :''Cameroon withdraw. Angola advance.'' ---- :''Guinea withdraw. Ghana advance.'' Second round in January 1995: :''Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.'' Final round in March 1995: :''Nigeria won 11–2 on aggregate, won the tournament and qualified for 1995 FIF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
