2006 Women's African Football Championship

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The 2006 Women's African Football Championship was originally scheduled to be held in Gabon, but due to "organisational reasons" Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition.[1] Nigeria took over hosting rights,[2] hosted the final tournament between October 28 and November 11,[3] and won the tournament after defeating Ghana 1–0 in the final. South Africa's Portia Modise was named Player of the Championship.

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[edit] Qualification

Eight teams make it through to the main tournament in Nigeria, and the teams played in a single-elimination tournament until eight teams remained for the finals.

[edit] Preliminary round

Winners, in bold, qualified directly for the first round.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benin Flag of Benin 1–0 Flag of Malawi Malawi 1–0 0–0
Senegal Flag of Senegal 4–0 Flag of the Central African Republic Central African Republic 4–0 n/a1
Mozambique Flag of Mozambique 9–0 Flag of Namibia Namibia 9–0 n/a2
São Tomé and Príncipe Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe 0–9 Flag of Togo Togo 0–3 0–6
Lesotho Flag of Lesotho n/a Flag of Djibouti Djibouti n/p n/p
Botswana Flag of Botswana n/a Flag of Zambia Zambia n/p n/p
Swaziland Flag of Swaziland n/a Flag of Libya Libya n/p n/p
  • 1 Central African Republic were disqualified before the second leg.
  • 2 Namibia withdrew before the second leg.

[edit] First round

Winners, in bold, progressed to the second round. Matches were played on 11 March and 12 March 2006 (1st leg), and 25 March and 26 March 2006 (2nd leg).[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco Flag of Morocco 1–6 Flag of Mali Mali 0–2 1–4
Benin Flag of Benin 2–2
(4-3 pen)		 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 1–1 1–1
Angola Flag of Angola 4–5 Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 3–2 1–3
South Africa Flag of South Africa 12–3 Flag of Mozambique Mozambique 6–2 6–1
Kenya Flag of Kenya 8–0 Flag of Djibouti Djibouti 8–0 n/a1
Congo Flag of the Republic of the Congo 12–1 Flag of Togo Togo 9–0 3–1
Congo DR Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 6–2 Flag of Zambia Zambia 3–0 3–2
Senegal Flag of Senegal 12–1 Flag of Guinea Guinea 7–0 5–1
Egypt Flag of Egypt n/a Flag of Eritrea Eritrea n/a n/a
Algeria Flag of Algeria n/a Flag of Libya Libya n/a n/a
Uganda Flag of Uganda n/a Flag of Tanzania Tanzania n/a n/a
Ethiopia Flag of Ethiopia n/a Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe n/a n/a
  • 1 Played over only one leg, in Kenya
  • 2 Eritrea, Libya and Uganda withdrew, giving Egypt, Algeria and Tanzania walk-over wins.

[edit] Second round

Matches took place on 23 July and 6 August.[3] The winners qualify for the final tournament in Nigeria, which will take place from October 28 to November 11.[3][4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria Flag of Algeria 4–0 Flag of Egypt Egypt 1–0 3–0
Mali Flag of Mali 4–1 Flag of Benin Benin 3–1 1–0
Nigeria Flag of Nigeria n/a Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea n/a n/a
South Africa Flag of South Africa 7–0 Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 3–0[4] 4–0
Cameroon Flag of Cameroon 9–0 Flag of Kenya Kenya 4–0[5] 5–0
Ghana Flag of Ghana n/a Flag of the Republic of the Congo Congo n/a n/a
Congo DR Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–2 Flag of Senegal Senegal 3–0 0–2

As new hosts for the final tournament, Nigeria was given an automatic berth. As Equatorial Guinea was set to face Nigeria, they were also given a berth to the final tournament.

After Congo failed to show up to the first leg match with Ghana, Ghana was declared winner over both legs. CAF had initially called for the match to be rescheduled but backed down from that stance.[6][7]

Flag of Gabon Gabon withdrew because lack of finances.

[edit] Final Tournament

The finals will take place in Warri at Warri Township Stadium. There will be two groups, A and B, with a semi-finals and finals.

[edit] Group A

Equatorial Guinea arrived at Murtala Mohammed Airport in a private chartered plane, which did not have clearance to land. The players were not allowed to disembark for three hours, and despite organising officials trying to remedy the situation, the Equatorial Guinea players apparently left for home, unhappy with the treatment they received by airport officials.[8] However, their first match went ahead on time.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 9 3 3 0 0 12 2
Flag of South Africa South Africa 6 3 2 0 1 6 2
Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 1 3 0 1 2 5 9
Flag of Algeria Algeria 1 3 0 1 2 3 13
October 28, 2006 South Africa Flag of South Africa 4–0 Flag of Algeria Algeria Warri Township Stadium
Phewa 1', 35'
Nompumelolo 38'
Solomon 90'		 (BBC)
October 28, 2006 Nigeria Flag of Nigeria 4–2 Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Oleh
Uwak 4', 7'
Nkwocha 52'
Ajayi 87'		 (BBC) Okoro 15'
Essiane 21'
October 31, 2006 Algeria Flag of Algeria 0–6 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Warri Township Stadium
(BBC) Ajayi 8'
Nkwocha 20', 90'+
Madu 35'
Ekpo 56'
Uwak 89'
October 31, 2006 South Africa Flag of South Africa 2–0 Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Oleh
Nkosi 62'
Solomon 73'		 (BBC)
November 3, 2006 Equatorial Guinea Flag of Equatorial Guinea 3–3 Flag of Algeria Algeria Oghara Township Stadium
(BBC)
November 3, 2006 Nigeria Flag of Nigeria 2–0 Flag of South Africa South Africa Oleh
Uwak 4', 43' (BBC)

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Ghana Ghana 9 3 3 0 0 6 2
Flag of Cameroon Cameroon 4 3 1 1 1 4 3
Flag of Mali Mali 3 3 1 0 2 3 5
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo DR 1 3 0 1 2 4 7
October 29, 2006 Mali Flag of Mali 0–1 Flag of Ghana Ghana Oghara
(BBC) Rumanatu 56'
October 29, 2006 Cameroon Flag of Cameroon 1–1 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo DR Ughelli
Ngono 1' (10 sec) (BBC) Milandu 57'
November 1, 2006 Ghana Flag of Ghana 2–1 Flag of Cameroon Cameroon Ughelli
Aminkwa 28' (BBC) Francoise 53'
November 1, 2006 Mali Flag of Mali 3–2 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo DR Oghara
Doumbia 36'
Diarra 69', 90'		 (BBC) Zuma 28'
Mafuta 85'
November 4, 2006 Congo DR Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–3 Flag of Ghana Ghana Ughelli
Vumongo 51' (BBC) Amankwa 22', 32'
Okoe 84'
November 4, 2006 Cameroon Flag of Cameroon 2–0 Flag of Mali Mali Warri Township Stadium
Bekombo 42'
Ngo 74'		 (BBC)

[edit] Semi-finals

November 7, 2006 Nigeria Flag of Nigeria 5–0 Flag of Cameroon Cameroon Warri Township Stadium
Uwak 33'
Nkwocha 45', 47'?, 54'
Ekpo 61'
November 7, 2006 Ghana Flag of Ghana 1–0 Flag of South Africa South Africa Oghara
Okoe 88' (pen)

[edit] Third place match

November 10, 2006 Cameroon Flag of Cameroon 2–2
4–5 PSO		 Flag of South Africa South Africa Oleh
Bella 50' (pen), Ngono 87' Modise 4', Makhanya 63'

[edit] Final match

November 11, 2006 Nigeria Flag of Nigeria 1–0 Flag of Ghana Ghana Warri Township Stadium
Nkwocha 14' (BBC)

25,000 people watched the match, which was described by the BBC as "a drab encounter". Both teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

[edit] Awards

 2006 Women's African Football Championship Winners 
Flag of Nigeria
Nigeria
Seventh title

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ Gabon pulls out of hosting AWC, from BBC, retrieved 29 May 2006
  2. ^ Nigeria: AWC :Adamu's Absence Not Affecting Preparation, from allafrica.com, retrieved 6 July 2006
  3. ^ a b c d e Africa - Women's Championship 2006, from RSSSF, retrieved November 3, 2006
  4. ^ a b Banyana exploit Tanzania's comedy of errors, from iol.co.za, retrieved 24 July 2006
  5. ^ CAMEROON HAMMER KENYA WOMEN, from kenyafootball.com, retrieved 24 July 2006
  6. ^ CAF orders Ghana-Congo to play, from myjoyonline.com, retrieved 25 July 2006
  7. ^ CAF to investigate Congolese no show, from myjoyonline.com, retrieved July 30, 2006
  8. ^ E/Guinea Flies into Trouble, Return to Malabo, from thisdayonline.com, retrieved 29 October 2006

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