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2014 African Women's Championship
The 2014 African Women's Championship, the 11th edition of the tournament, was held in Namibia. This tournament, organized by the Confederation of African Football, was also a qualification tournament for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, with top three qualifying for the finals in Canada. It was played on 11–25 October 2014. The tournament marked the first participation of Namibia in the African championship. Also for the first time the defending champions, Equatorial Guinea, were not taking part after failing to win their last qualifying round match. Nigeria defeated Cameroon 2–0 in the final to win their record-extending ninth title. Host Namibia were awarded the hosting rights in October 2011. This was the first time they would appear in the final tournament. There was some criticism of the slow preparation and campaigning for the event. The national women's league was suspended this year because all money was used for hosting the continental event. Qualification A re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desire Oparanozie
Ugochi Desire Oparanozie (born 17 December 1993) is a former Nigerian Women's association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward and the Nigeria women's national football team, Nigerian national team. Club career Oparanozie started her career at Bayelsa Queens in the Nigerian Women's Championship and moved to Delta Queens in 2010. She then spent 2 months on loan at Düvenciler Lisesispor in the Turkish Women's First Football League in 2011, before returning to Delta Queens. In 2012, she joined WFC Rossiyanka, Rossiyanka from the Russian Women's Football Championship, playing four matches for them in the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League, scoring one goal. Oparanozie joined Bundesliga (women), Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg (women), VfL Wolfsburg for the 2013–14 season, signing a two-year contract. In the first half of the season, she only appeared in one game, and mostly played for Wolfsburg's second team. In the winter, after half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 African Women's Championship
The 2004 African Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football held in South Africa, who were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003, between 18 September and 3 October 2004. Nigeria beat Cameroon 5–0 in the final to win its 6th title. Qualification South Africa 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 away goals rule would be applied and if still level, extra time 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, wherein participants are eliminated after a certain number of wins or losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ('ribbon'). Over time, the term became idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is frequently called a ''double round-robin''. The term is rarely used when all participants play one another more than twice, and is never used when one participant plays others an unequal number of times, as is the case in almost all of the major North American professional sports leagues. In the United Kingdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Nujoma Stadium
Sam Nujoma Stadium (also called the Sam Nujoma Soccer Stadium or SNSS) is a football (soccer) stadium in Katutura, Windhoek, Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no .... The stadium holds 10,300 and was finished in 2005. It is named after the former Namibian president Sam Nujoma.http://www.windhoekcc.org.na/Repository/News&Publications/Press/MediaStatementSNSS.pdf New Stadium Sam Nujoma "The City of Windhoek, at the June Council meeting, endorsed and approved the name of the new Soccer Stadium in Katutura as Sam Nujoma Soccer Stadium." the stadium is not in use due to safety concerns from "structural defects". The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decommissioned the stadium in 2021 for it being sub-standard, and no other Namibian stadium meets CAF's r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Stadium (Namibia)
The Independence Stadium in Windhoek's Olympia suburb is the national stadium of the Republic of Namibia. Owned by the Government of Namibia it holds 25,000 spectators and is mainly used for association football events. , the stadium has been described as "dilapidated". The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decommissioned the stadium in 2021 for it being sub-standard. No other Namibian stadium meets CAF's requirements. As a result, international games of the Namibia national football team will have to be played abroad. The stadium hosted the wake of President Hage Geingob in February 2024, and hosted a memorial service for Namibia's first president Sam Nujoma in February 2025. See also *Sam Nujoma Stadium, the other large football stadium in Windhoek References Football venues in Namibia Athletics (track and field) venues in Namibia Sports venues in Windhoek Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windhoek
Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which was 486,169 in 2023, is constantly growing due to a continued migration from other regions in Namibia. Windhoek is the social, economic, political, and cultural centre of the country. Nearly every Namibian national enterprise, governmental body, educational and cultural institution is headquartered there. The city developed at the site of a permanent hot spring known to the local pastoral tribes. It developed rapidly after Jonker Afrikaner, Tribal chief, Captain of the Orlam, settled there in 1840 and built a stone church for his community. In the decades following, multiple wars and armed hostilities resulted in the neglect and destruction of the new settlement. Windhoek was founded a second time in 1890 by Imperial German Army Major Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 African Women's Championship
The 2008 African Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football held between 15 and 29 November 2008 in and won by Equatorial Guinea. Qualification ;Qualified teams: * (hosts) * * * (debut) * * * * (debut) 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 ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket Semi-finals Third place play-off Final Awards Statistics Goalscorers External linksInformation on the 2008 edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 African Women's Championship
The 2002 African Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. It took place in Nigeria between 7 and 20 December 2002. This edition of the tournament also doubled as the African qualification for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Nigeria beat Ghana 2–0 in the final to with their 5th title, although both were guaranteed qualification to that international tournament edition held in the United States. Host selection On 24 January 2001, the Botswana Football Association announced the submission of a hosting bid, but it was neither considered nor came to fruition by CAF. CAF approached Nigeria at the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali for that tournament edition's hosting rights and got it on 19 March that year. Nigeria previously had the honor of hosting the tournament when it began full-scale in 1998. Qualification Nigeria qualified automatically as both hosts and ... [...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 women's association football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football and the second to be hosted by a country. It was held in South Africa between 11 and 25 November 2000. Nigeria won their 4th title, beating South Africa 2–0 in a final which got abandoned at the 73rd minute. Qualification South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between June and August 2000. Format Qualification took place 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 qualification round qualified for the group stage. Preliminary round ;Notes Qualification round ;Notes First ... [...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 biennial African Women's Championship tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions. It was hosted from 17 to 31 October by Nigeria whose women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. Qualification A qualification round was installed in the tournament for the first time. 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: Second leg: Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. ---- South Africa won 15–0 on aggregate an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 African Women's Championship
The 1995 African Women's Championship was the second edition of the African women's football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football to determine its single qualifier for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, which eventually went to Nigeria. Eight teams were initially scheduled to play in this edition of the tournament, but two withdrew. This was the second and final edition of the tournament to be played on a home-and-away knockout basis, as CAF upgraded and rechristen the tournament to full-scale with the introduction of a group stage from the following edition onwards. Participating teams The participating teams were: * * * * * * * * Bracket First round :''Nigeria win 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''South Africa win 11–5 on aggregate.'' ---- :''Cameroon withdrew, thus Angola advance.'' ---- :''Guinea withdrew, thus Ghana advance.'' Second round :''Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.'' F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
