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2000 African Women's Championship

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The 2000 African Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football and the second to be hosted by a country. It was held in South Africa between 11 and 25 November 2000.

2000 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates11 – 25 November
Teams8
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 played16
Goals scored60 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Mercy Akide (7 goals)
← 1998
2002 →

Nigeria won their 4th title, beating South Africa 2–0 in a final which got abandoned at the 73rd minute.

Qualification

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Main article: 2000 African Women's Championship qualification

South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between June and August 2000.

Format

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Qualification took place on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If aggregate scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would apply, even adding the penalty shoot-out if scores were still level. No extra time period was used.

The six winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  Réunion w/o[a]   Kenya — —
Réunion  [b]Cancelled  Kenya
Notes
  1. ^ Réunion advanced to the qualification round after Kenya withdrew.
  2. ^ Réunion won by default and qualified for the qualification round.

Qualification round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Réunion   5–4   Egypt 4–3 1–1
Gabon   w/o[a]   Cameroon 0–3 —
Morocco   6–1   Algeria 3–0 3–1
Zimbabwe   8–0   Lesotho 4–0 4–0
Sierra Leone   w/o[b]   Ghana — —
Uganda   w/o[c]   DR Congo — —
Notes
  1. ^ Gabon failed to show for the second leg.
  2. ^ DR Congo withdrew.
  3. ^ Sierra Leone withdrew.


First leg on 29–30 July; Second leg on 11–13 August.

Réunion  4–3  Egypt
Egypt  1–1  Réunion

Réunion won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.

Gabon  0–3  Cameroon
Cameroon  Cancelled  Gabon

Cameroon won by default and qualified for the group stage after Gabon failed to show up for the second leg.

Morocco  3–0  Algeria
  • El Jazouli   5'
  • El Amrani   47'
  • Najeh   86'
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Algeria  1–3  Morocco

Morocco won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.

Zimbabwe  4–0  Lesotho
Moyo   Report
Lesotho  0–4  Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe won 8–0 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.

Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Ghana

Ghana won by default and qualified for the group stage.

Uganda  Cancelled  DR Congo

Uganda won by default and qualified for the group stage.

Qualified teams

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Réunion, Uganda and Zimbabwe made their tournament debut at this edition. Zimbabwe originally entered this tournament's inaugural edition, but withdrew before playing any match.

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
  Cameroon 3rd Runners-up (1991)
  Ghana 4th Runners-up (1998)
  Morocco 2nd Group stage (1998)
  Nigeria 4th Champions (1991, 1995, 1998)
  Réunion 1st Debut
  South Africa (hosts) 3rd Runners-up (1995)
  Uganda 1st Debut
  Zimbabwe 1st Debut

Squads

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Main article: 2000 African Women's Championship squads

Match officials

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Referees

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The following referees were named for this edition of the tournament:

Group stage

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Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:

  1. greater number of points in matches between tied teams
  2. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
  3. greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
  4. superior goal difference in all group matches
  5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
  7. drawing of lots

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Africa (H) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Zimbabwe 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4[a]
3   Uganda 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4[a]
4   Réunion 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Zimbabwe 0, Uganda −2.
South Africa  3–0  Réunion
  • Phewa   33'
  • Ellis   55'
  • Malaku   69'
Referee: Bola Abidoye(Nigeria)
Zimbabwe  2–2  Uganda
  • Mathobela   26'
  • Moyo   79'
  • Nakawagi   21'
  • Nakintu   30'
Referee: Bolanle Sekiteri (Nigeria)
Zimbabwe  2–1  Réunion
 Mussard   18'
Referee: Ondo Akono (Cameroon)
South Africa  3–0  Uganda
  • Solomon   27'
  • Luthuli   32'
  • Lekalakala   51'
Referee: Scholastica Tetteh (Ghana)
Uganda  2–1  Réunion
 Lecoutre   29'
Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Bola Abidoye (Nigeria)
South Africa  2–1  Zimbabwe
  • Luthili   49'
  • Phewa   65'
 Mpala   44'
Referee: Ondo Akono (Cameroon)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Nigeria 3 2 1 0 11 2 +9 7[a] Advance to knockout stage
2   Ghana 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7[a]
3   Cameroon 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4   Morocco 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Nigeria +9, Ghana +5.
Nigeria  2–2  Ghana
Akide   40', 50'
Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)
Cameroon  4–1  Morocco
  • Eko Njolle   17'
  • Anounga   67'
  • Enama Abbe   89'
  • Anong   90'
 Maqdi   13'
Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Sabelo Sibindi (Zimbabwe)
Ghana  2–0  Cameroon
Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Justine Rasoanirina (Madagascar)
Nigeria  6–0  Morocco
Boksburg, South Africa
Ghana  3–0  Morocco
Johannesburg, South Africa
Referee: Sabelo Sibindi (Zimbabwe)
Nigeria  3–0  Cameroon
Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

Knockout stage

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A match at the third-place match with a levelled score at the end of 90 minutes would go to an extra time of 30 minutes is played and followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 November - Boksburg
 
 
  South Africa1
 
25 November - Boksburg
 
  Ghana0
 
  Nigeria2
 
21 November - Johannesburg
 
  South Africa0
 
  Nigeria6
 
 
  Zimbabwe0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
24 November - Boksburg
 
 
  Ghana6
 
 
  Zimbabwe3

Semi-finals

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South Africa  1–0  Ghana
Solomon   9'
Boksburg, South Africa
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)
Nigeria  6–0  Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, South Africa

Third place play-off

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Ghana  6–3  Zimbabwe
Referee: Justine Rasoanirina (Madagascar)

Final

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Nigeria  2–0 1  South Africa
Referee: Ondo Akono (Cameroon)

1 The match was abandoned in the 73rd minute with Nigeria leading 2–0 after fans started throwing objects at the referee following the second goal, with riot police arriving 40 minutes later and firing tear gas in the crowds; fans needed hospital treatment and cars belonging to journalists were attacked as they were leaving the stadium. The result stood as final.[1]

Awards

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 2000 African Women's Championship winners 
 
Nigeria
4th title

Statistics

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Team statistics

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  Champion
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
  Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Nigeria 5 4 1 0 19 2 +17 13
2   South Africa 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6 12
3   Ghana 5 3 1 1 13 6 +7 10
4   Zimbabwe 5 1 1 3 8 17 –9 4
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Uganda 3 1 1 1 4 6 –2 4
6   Cameroon 3 1 0 2 4 6 –2 3
7   Réunion 3 0 0 3 2 7 –5 0
8   Morocco 3 0 0 3 1 13 –12 0

Goalscorers

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7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Nigeria and the African Women Championship finals". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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