2008 African Women's Championship

2008 African Women's Football Championship

2008 Campeonato Femenino de Fútbol de África
Tournament details
Host country	Equatorial Guinea
Dates	15 November - 29 November 2008
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Equatorial Guinea (1st title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Genoveva Añonma (6 goals)
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The 2008 Women's African Football Championship is of 15-29 November 2008 in Equatorial Guinea. The central African country is the first time host of the tournament. Eight national teams played in group matches and then against each other.

Qualifying Tournament

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.^[1]

First round

Was played between 30 November and 16 December 2007.

	Morocco	0 – 1	Algeria	Morocco

	Algeria	2 – 1	Morocco	Algeria

	Zimbabwe	3 – 1	Zambia	Zimbabwe

	Zambia	2 – 3	Zimbabwe	Zambia

	Eritrea	2 – 3	Tanzania	Eritrea

	Tanzania	1 – 0	Eritrea	Tanzania

	Botswana	0 – 3	Namibia	Botswana

	Namibia	6 – 1	Botswana	Namibia

	Senegal	1 – 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Senegal

	Côte d'Ivoire	2 – 0	Senegal	Côte d'Ivoire

	Tunisia	w / o	Egypt

	Congo	w / o	Burundi

	Guinea	w / o	Benin

Second round

Played between the 24th February and 8 March 2008.

	Tunisia	0 – 0	Algeria	Tunisia

	Algeria	1 – 2	Tunisia	Algeria

	Congo	4 – 1	Congo DR	Congo

	Congo DR	1 – 1	Congo	Congo DR

	Zimbabwe	1 – 4	South Africa	Zimbabwe

	South Africa	2 – 0	Zimbabwe	South Africa

	Tanzania	0 – 3	Cameroon	Tanzania

	Cameroon	2 – 1	Tanzania	Cameroon

	Namibia	0 – 3	Nigeria	Namibia

	Nigeria	10 – 1	Namibia	Nigeria

	Guinea	0 – 8	Mali	Guinea

	Mali	3 – 0	Guinea	Mali

	Côte d'Ivoire	1 – 1	Ghana	Côte d'Ivoire

	Ghana	3 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Ghana

Participants

Therefore, the following eight teams will take part at the African Championship:

Equatorial Guinea	Ghana	Cameroon	Congo
Mali	Nigeria	South Africa	Tunisia

Tunisia and Congo will compete at the African Championship for the first time.

Final tournament

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First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Equatorial Guinea	3	3	0	0	8	3	9
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	3	2	6
Congo	3	1	0	2	3	6	3
Mali	3	0	0	3	2	5	0

2008-11-15 15:00 UTC+1	Equatorial Guinea	1 – 0	Cameroon	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	Añonma  16' (pen.)

2008-11-15 17:30 UTC+1	Mali	0 – 1	Congo	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
			Passou N'Diaye  69'

2008-11-18 15:00 UTC+1	Cameroon	2 – 1	Mali	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	Bekombo  38' Ngo Ndoumbouk  90+3'		Doumbia  75' (pen.)

2008-11-18 17:30 UTC+1	Equatorial Guinea	5 – 2	Congo	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	S. Simporé  1' Chinasa  9' Amarachi  46' Añonma  65'  90' (pen.)		Passou N'Diaye  5' Mabonzo  14'

2008-11-21 15:00 UTC+1	Equatorial Guinea	2 – 1	Mali	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	Chinasa  18' Añonma  88'		Diarra  30'

2008-11-21 15:00 UTC+1	Cameroon	1 – 0	Congo	Estadio La Libertad, Bata
	Ngono Mani  45'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Africa	3	2	0	1	3	2	6
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	2	1	5
Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	3	5	1

2008-11-16 13:00 UTC+1	Nigeria	1 – 1	Ghana	Estadio La Libertad, Bata
	Chiejine  90'		Okoe  32'

2008-11-16 15:30 UTC+1	South Africa	2 – 1	Tunisia	Estadio La Libertad, Bata
	Matlou Ngwane		Guedri

2008-11-19 13:00 UTC+1	Ghana	0 – 1	South Africa	Estadio La Libertad, Bata
			Phewa  24'

2008-11-19 15:30 UTC+1	Tunisia	0 – 0	Nigeria	Estadio La Libertad, Bata

2008-11-22 15:00 UTC+1	Nigeria	1 – 0	South Africa	Estadio La Libertad, Bata
	Chiejine  16'

2008-11-22 15:00 UTC+1	Ghana	3 – 2	Tunisia	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	Ibrahim  45+1' Abdul-Rahman  51'  82'		Mamay  4' Abidi  48'

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

2008-11-25 14:00 UTC+1	Equatorial Guinea	1 – 0	Nigeria	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	Añonma  58'

2008-11-25 17:00 UTC+1	South Africa	3 – 0	Cameroon	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	Matlou  28'  47'  80'

Third Place match

2008-11-28 15:00 UTC+1	Nigeria	1 – 1	Cameroon	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	Eke  28'		Onguene Aboudi  64'
		Penalties
	Eke Ekpo Chiejine George Nkwocha	4 – 3	Ngo Ndoumbouk Manie Bella Onguene Aboudi Mbida

Final match

2008-11-29 15:00 UTC+1	Equatorial Guinea	2 – 1	South Africa	Estadio Internacional, Malabo
	Diala  22' Añonma  68'		Matlou  35'

Awards

2008 Women's African Football Championship Winners
Equatorial Guinea First title

References and notes

1. ^ cafonline.com: RESULTS AND STATISTICS/ African Women Championship
2. ^ "Coupe d'Afrique des Nations : la Guinée Equatoriale championne". le football au féminin. 2008-11-29. http://www.footofeminin.fr/index.php?action=article&numero=401. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 

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