The 2004 African Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African

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tournament organized by the

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held in

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, who were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003, between 18 September and 3 October 2004.

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beat

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5–0 in the final to win its 6th title.

Qualification

qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place from May to July 2004. The defending champions receives no automatic qualification from this edition of the tournament onwards.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If scores were tied after the second leg, the

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would be applied and if still level,

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would be skipped and will use the last-resort tie breaker of a penalty shoot-out. The seven winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage.

Qualified teams

2004 African Womens Football Championship qualification

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made their tournament debut at this edition. ;Notes

Format

The qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to the

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system. (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss)

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

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Group B

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Knockout stage

At this stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes and additional playing time,

, except for the third place match, is played and followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Statistics

Team statistics

2004 African Womens Football Championship Results

Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

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