The 2011 All-Africa Games football – Women's tournament was the third edition of the

All-Africa games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...

to include women's football. The

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tournament was held in

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, Mozambique between 3 and 18 September 2011 as part of the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ...

. Eight teams took part to the tournament. The tournament was won by

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, which defeated

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1–0 in the gold medal game. Madeleine Ngono scored the game-winning goal in the 56th minute for Cameroon, which collected their first ever All-Africa Games gold medal.

Qualified teams

Only Ghana, Zimbabwe and South Africa had played games in qualifying. Other teams advanced by default because opponents withdraw. Two time champions Nigeria lost to Ghana in the qualifying.

Squads

Final tournament

The draw for the women’s final tournament took place in

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on July 12 in CAF headquarters. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams. The two top teams from each group played the semifinals before the final match.AAG draw on July 12 in Egypt
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Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Third-place play-off

Final

Final ranking

References

External links

Tournament
at RSSSF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 2011 All-Africa Games - Women's tournament

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