2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations

2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine de football 2016
Tournament details
Host country  Cameroon
Dates 19 November – 3 December 2016
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations will be the 12th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations, the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. The tournament will be held in Cameroon between 19 November and 3 December 2016.[1] The initial dates were 8–22 October 2016, but were changed due to weather considerations.[2] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.[3]

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Women's Championship to the Africa Women Cup of Nations, similar to the men's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[4]

Qualification

Cameroon qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots will be determined by the qualifying rounds, which will take place from March to April 2016.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
 Cameroon (hosts) 11th Runners-up (1991, 2004, 2014)
 Egypt 2nd Group stage (1998)
 Equatorial Guinea 5th Champions (2008, 2012)
 Ghana 11th Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006)
 Kenya 1st Debut
 Nigeria 12th Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 South Africa 11th Runners-up (1995, 2000, 2008, 2012)
 Zimbabwe 4th Fourth place (2000)

Venues

The tournament will be held in Yaounde and Limbe.[2]

Yaoundé
Locations of the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations venues
 Limbe
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Stade Municipal de Limbe
Capacity: 38,509 Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four.

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on November 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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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.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
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Winner Group A
 
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Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
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Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third Place
 
 
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Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

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Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B

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Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A

Third place play-off

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Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2

Final

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Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2

References

  1. ↑ "AWC 2016: From Namibia to Cameroon". CAF. 26 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015". CAF. 27 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fixtures for Women AFCON 2016 & Africa Futsal Cup of Nations 2016". CAF. 3 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.

External links

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