2000 African Women's Championship

2000 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	11 – 25 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	60 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mercy Akide (7 goals)

The 2000 African Women's Championship was the fourth staging of the CAF Women's Championship, the women's football championship in Africa (CAF). The tournament took place in South Africa. Just like in 1998, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won the tournament for the fourth time, beating South Africa in the final 2–0, which was abandoned at the 73rd minute.

Qualifying Tournament

South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders were qualified automatically. All other teams had to enter qualifying.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réunion	w/o	Kenya	—	—

Réunion v Kenya

24 June 2000

Réunion	w/o	Kenya

Réunion

Kenya withdrew. Reunion advanced.

Final round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réunion	5–4	Egypt	4–3	1–1
Gabon	w/o¹	Cameroon	0–3	—
Morocco	6–1	Algeria	3–0	3–1
Zimbabwe	8–0	Lesotho	4–0	4–0
Sierra Leone	w/o²	Ghana	—	—
Uganda	w/o²	DR Congo	—	—

¹ Gabon withdraw after the first leg. Cameroon advanced to final tournament.
² Sierra Leone and Congo-Kinshasa withdraw. Ghana and Uganda advanced to final tournament.

First leg in 29–30 July, Second leg in 11–13 August:

Réunion v Egypt

30 July 2000

Réunion	4–3	Egypt

Saint Paul

Egypt v Réunion

11 August 2000

Egypt	1–1	Réunion

Alexandria

Gabon v Cameroon

29 July 2000

Gabon	3–0	Cameroon

Libreville

Cameroon v Gabon

Cameroon	w/o	Gabon

Morocco v Algeria

30 July 2000

Morocco	3–0	Algeria

Casablanca

Algeria v Morocco

12 August 2000

Algeria	1–3	Morocco

Algiers

Zimbabwe v Lesotho

30 July 2000

Zimbabwe	4–0	Lesotho

Harare

Lesotho v Algeria

13 August 2000

Lesotho	0–4	Algeria

Maseru

Sierra Leone v Ghana

Sierra Leone	w/o	Ghana

Uganda v DR Congo

Uganda	w/o	DR Congo

Participating teams

Final tournament

South Africa qualified as host.

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi-Finals.

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Uganda	3	1	1	1	4	6	-2	4
Réunion	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

South Africa v Réunion

11 November 2000

South Africa	3 – 0	Réunion
Phewa 33' Ellis 55' Malaku 69'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Abidoye

Zimbabwe v Uganda

11 November 2000

Zimbabwe	2 – 2	Uganda
Mathobela 26' Tapfumamoyo 79'		Nakawagi 21' Nakintu 30'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Sekiteri

Zimbabwe v Réunion

14 November 2000

Zimbabwe	2 – 1	Réunion
Mpala 57' Mutero 82'		Mussard 18'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Akono

South Africa v Uganda

14 November 2000

South Africa	3 – 0	Uganda
Solomon 27' Luthuli 32' Lekalakala 51'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Tetteh

Uganda v Réunion

17 November 2000

Uganda	2 – 1	Réunion
Nankimbugwe 42' Mbekeka 89'		Lecoutre 29'

Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Abidoye

South Africa v Zimbabwe

17 November 2000

South Africa	2 – 1	Zimbabwe
Luthili 49' Phewa 65'		Mpala 44'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Akono

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7
Ghana	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
Morocco	3	0	0	3	1	13	-12	0

Nigeria v Ghana

12 November 2000

Nigeria	2 – 2	Ghana
Akide 40', 50'		Baidu 52' Okine 80'

Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Gaye

Cameroon v Morocco

12 November 2000

Cameroon	4 - 1	Morocco
Eko Njolle 17' Anounga 67' Enama Abbe 89' Anong 90'		Maqdi 13'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Sibindi

Ghana v Cameroon

15 November 2000

Ghana	2 – 0	Cameroon
Sackey 7' Mah Djang 82'

Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Rasonirina

Nigeria v Morocco

15 November 2000

Nigeria	6 – 0	Morocco
Akide 44', 73' Ajayi 49', 70' Mmadu ?' Nwadire 90+2'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Adipo

Ghana v Morocco

18 November 2000

Ghana	3 – 0	Morocco
Baidu 65' Bayor 66' Gyamfua 70'

Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Sibindi

Nigeria v Cameroon

18 November 2000

Nigeria	3 – 0	Cameroon
Akide 14' Yusuf 35' Mmadu 90'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Gaye

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

South Africa v Ghana

21 November 2000

South Africa	1 – 0	Ghana
Solomon 9'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

Nigeria v Zimbabwe

21 November 2000

Nigeria	6 – 0	Zimbabwe
Yusuf 3' Mmadu 34' Akide 40', 65' Nwadike 52' Ajayi 79'

Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Catherine Adipo (Uganda)

Third place playoff

Ghana v Zimbabwe

24 November 2000

Ghana	6 – 3	Zimbabwe
Baidu 1' Bayor 6', 31' Djangmah 44' Darku 24' Foriwaa 35'		=Nyerukai 61' Mpala 14' Tapfumamoyo 16'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Justine Rasoanirina (Madagascar)

Final

Nigeria v South Africa

25 November 2000

Nigeria	2 – 0	South Africa
Yusuf 30' Mbachu 72'

Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Ondo Akono (Cameroon)

NOTE: Game abandoned in the 73rd minute, Nigeria leading 2- 0

Awards

2000 Women's African Football Championship Winners
Nigeria Fourth title

External links

Tournament at CAF website
Tournament at RSSSF (includes qualifying)

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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