The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the biennial African Women's Championship tournament organised by the

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(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

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whose women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating

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2–0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the

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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 Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. ----

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won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. ----

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. ----

won 19–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament. ----

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won by default and qualified for the main tournament. ----

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won by default and qualified for the main tournament. ----

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Qualified teams

and

made their debuts in the tournament at this edition.

failed to arrive for the tournament despite qualifying with

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as its late replacement for Mozambique, also failing to show up.

Venues

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

was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing. ---- ----

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the

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in the

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Statistics

Team statistics

, - , colspan="10", Eliminated in the group stage , -

Goalscorers

;3 goals * Nkiru Okosieme ;2 goals * Patience Avre * Rita Nwadike ;1 goal *

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* Stella Mbachu * Florence Omagbemi ;Unknown scorers * : 18 additional goals. * : 11 additional goals. * : 8 additional goals. * : 7 additional goals. * : 4 additional goals. * : 2 additional goals. * : 2 additional goals.

References

External links

Tournament edition records and statistics
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1998–99 in Nigerian football