1998 African Women's Championship

1998 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	17 – 31 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	62 (4.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nkiru Okosieme (2 goals)

The 1998 African Women's Championship was the third staging of the CAF Women's Championship, the women's football tournament of Africa (CAF), who took place in Nigeria. It determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. Nigeria won its third title, beating Ghana 2–0 in the final.

Qualifying Tournament

Nigeria as host qualified automatically.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mozambique	7–2	Lesotho	3–0	4–2
South Africa	15–0	Swaziland	9–0	6–0
Egypt	2–1	Uganda	1–1	1–0
Ghana	19–0	Guinea	11–0	8–0
DR Congo	w/o	Namibia	—	—
Cameroon	w/o	Sierra Leone	—	—
Morocco	w/o	Kenya	—	—

First leg in March 28–29, Second leg in April 10–12:

Mozambique v Lesotho

28 March 1998

Mozambique	3–0	Lesotho

Mozambique

Lesotho v Mozambique

12 April 1998

Lesotho	2–4	Mozambique

Maseru

South Africa v Swaziland

29 March 1998

South Africa	9–0	Swaziland

South Africa

Swaziland v South Africa

11 April 1998

Swaziland	0–6	South Africa

Swaziland

Egypt v Uganda

29 March 1998

Egypt	1–1	Uganda

Egypt

Uganda v Egypt

10 April 1998

Uganda	0–1	Egypt

Uganda

Ghana v Guinea

29 March 1998

Ghana	11–0	Guinea

Ghana

Guinea v Ghana

12 April 1998

Guinea	0–8	Ghana

Guinea

DR Congo v Namibia

DR Congo	w/o	Namibia

Cameroon v Sierra Leone

Cameroon	w/o	Sierra Leone

Morocco v Kenya

Morocco	w/o	Kenya

Participating teams

Morocco
Mozambique (withdrew)
Nigeria (hosts)
South Africa

Venues

Kaduna	Kaduna Ijebu Ode Locations of the 1998 African Women's Championship venues	Ijebu Ode
Ahmadu Bello Stadium		Gateway Stadium
Capacity: 16,000		Capacity: 20,000

Final tournament

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi-Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	9
DR Congo	3	1	1	1	4	7	-3	4
Morocco	3	1	1	1	4	9	-5	4
Egypt	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Nigeria v Morocco

17 October 1998

Nigeria	8–0	Morocco
Okosieme ?'

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

DR Congo v Egypt

17 October 1998

DR Congo	4–1	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Morocco v Egypt

20 October 1998

Morocco	4–1	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Nigeria v DR Congo

20 October 1998

Nigeria	6–0	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Morocco v DR Congo

23 October 1998

Morocco	0–0	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Nigeria v Egypt

23 October 1998

Nigeria	6–0	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Group B

Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament. Late replacement Lesotho also failed to show up.^[1]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6
Cameroon	2	1	0	1	4	5	-1	3
South Africa	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0
Mozambique	Withdrew

Ghana v South Africa

18 October 1998

Ghana	4–0	South Africa

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Cameroon v South Africa

21 October 1998

Cameroon	3–2	South Africa

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Ghana v Cameroon

24 October 1998

Ghana	3–1	Cameroon

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.

Semifinals			Final

27 October - Kaduna
Nigeria	6
Cameroon	0

			31 October - Ijebu Ode
			Nigeria	2
			Ghana	0


			Third place
27 October - Kaduna		30 October - Ijebu Ode
Ghana (a.e.t.)	4	Cameroon	3 (1)
DR Congo	1		DR Congo	3 (3)

Semi-finals

Nigeria v Cameroon

27 October 1998

Nigeria	6–0	Cameroon

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Ghana v DR Congo

27 October 1998

Ghana	4–1 (aet)	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Third place playoff

DR Congo v Cameroon

30 October 1998

DR Congo	3–3 (aet) (3–1 PSO)	Cameroon

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Final

Nigeria v Ghana

31 October 1998

Nigeria	2–0	Ghana
Okosieme 43' Mbachu 64'

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode
Attendance: 30,000

Awards

1998 African Women's Championship Winners
Nigeria Third title

Statistics

Team statistics


Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Nigeria	5	5	0	0	15	28	0	+28
2	Ghana	4	3	0	1	9	11	4	+7
3	DR Congo	5	1	2	2	5	8	14	-6
4	Cameroon	4	1	1	2	4	7	14	-7
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Morocco	3	1	1	1	4	4	9	-5
6	South Africa	2	0	0	2	0	2	7	-5
7	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	2	14	-12
—	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		12⁽¹⁾	11	1⁽²⁾	11	35	62	62	0

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s).
⁽¹⁾ – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
⁽²⁾ – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)

Goalscorers

2 goals

Nkiru Okosieme

1 goal

Stella Mbachu

Unknown scorers

Nigeria : 25 additional goals.
Ghana : 11 additional goals.
DR Congo : 8 additional goals.
Cameroon : 7 additional goals.
Morocco : 4 additional goals.
South Africa : 2 additional goals.
Egypt : 2 additional goals.

References

↑ http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=3145

External links

Tables & Results at RSSSF.com

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Tournaments	1991 1995 Nigeria 1998 South Africa 2000 Nigeria 2002 South Africa 2004 Nigeria 2006 Equatorial Guinea 2008 South Africa 2010 Equatorial Guinea 2012 Namibia 2014 Cameroon 2016

Qualification	1991 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Finals	1991 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	1991 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics

No qualification took place in 1991 and 1995.

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Men's football

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