The 2003 All-Africa Games football – Women's tournament was the 1st edition of the
African Games men's football tournament for women. The
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
tournament was held in
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
between 3–16 October 2003 as part of the
2003 All-Africa Games
The 8th All Africa Games were 5–17 October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports. The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium. The organizing committee was headed by Nigerian Amos Adamu.
Venues
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. It was played by players under the age of 23.
Nigeria won the final against South Africa.
Participating teams
No qualifying took part, but teams were invited. Nigeria and Ghana were seeded and put in different groups. Ghana then withdraw on short notice and were to be replaced by Nigeria's A national team, but that was withdrawn later too, due to lack of funding from the Nigerian FA.
DR Congo then took part at a last minute replacement.
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Squads
Final tournament
''All times given as local time (
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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 match
Final
Final ranking
See also
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Football at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament
The 2003 All-Africa Games football – Men's tournament was the 8th edition of the African Games men's football tournament for men. The football tournament was held in Abuja, Nigeria between 4–16 October 2003 as part of the 2003 All-Africa Gam ...
References
External links
2003 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament- ''rsssf.com''
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Tournament
A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...