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2008 African Women's Championship Qualification
The 2008 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2008 African Women's Championship. Equatorial Guinea qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by qualifying rounds, which took place from November 2007 to March 2008. Teams A total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals.cafonline.comRESULTS AND STATISTICS/ African Women Championship Teams who withdrew before playing a match are in ''italics''. 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 rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 African Women's Championship Qualification
The 2006 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2006 African Women's Championship. Gabon qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from February to August 2006. Later, Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition due to ''organisational reasons''. The CAF awarded the hosting of the competition to Nigeria in May 2006. Teams A record 34 national teams participated in the qualifying process. Teams who withdrew before playing a match are in ''italics''. 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 determine the winner (no extra time would be played). The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zéralda
Zeralda is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. Notable people * Mohamed Belhocine, Algerian medical scientist, professor of internal medicine and epidemiology. * Abdelaziz Bouteflika, fifth President of Algeria The president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces. History of the office The Tripoli Program, wh ... (1999–2019). References Suburbs of Algiers Communes of Algiers Province {{Algiers-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DR Congo Women's National Football Team
The DR Congo women's national football team represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in international women's football. It is governed by the Congolese Association Football Federation. FIFA refers to DR Congo as Congo DR. History DR Congo was scheduled to debut against Namibia on the 1998 African Women's Championship qualifiers, to be held in Nigeria, but it withdrew. They debuted against Egypt on 17 October 1998 in Kaduna, Nigeria, and won 4–1. At the second encounter against the hosts, Nigeria, they lost by 6–0 and in the last match of the Group Stage, they drew with Morocco 0–0 and advanced to the semi-finals by scoring 7 goals and receiving 7. In the semi-finals Ghana beat them by 4–1 after extra time, to play the third place match in which they drew 3–3 to Cameroon, winning the 3rd place by scoring 3–1 on the penalty shootout, but did not qualify to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, to be held in the United States. The team did not enter the 2000 Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 African Women's 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 5–0 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 ... [...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 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 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up 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 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. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 African Women's 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 2–0, 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 rou ... [...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 its women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 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 28–29, Second leg on April 10–12: Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament. ---- South Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 African Women's 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 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- :''Senegal withdrew: Guinea advanced.'' ---- :''Zimbabwe withdrew, Zambia advanced.'' ---- :''Congo withdrew, Cameroon advanced.'' Semifinals :''Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''Zambia withdrew, Cameroon advanced.'' Final :''Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate and also qualified for the 1991 FIFA W ... [...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 busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 African Women's 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 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. Nigeria won its seventh consecutive title, beating Ghana 1–0 in the final. South African Portia Modise was named player of the championship. Quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Football Association
The Egyptian Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد 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 league system and is in charge of the men's and women's national teams. The EFA headquarters is located in Gezira, Cairo. The EFA organizes the semi-professional Egyptian Second Division alongside the lower regional leagues in the third and fourth level of the league system. Controversy Christians comprise about 10–20% of Egypt's population, the majority of which are Coptic Orthodox Christians. However, there is no Christian representation on the national team. Furthermore, there are no Christians throughout the Egyptian Professional league's 540 roster spots. This disparity is believed to be due to the bias against accepting young talented Christian players at the clubs' youth level throughout the national league. This disparity has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
