2006 African Women's Championship

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2006 African Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
Dates 28 October – 11 November 2006
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (7th title)
Runners-up  Ghana
Third place  South Africa
Fourth place  Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 54 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha
(7 goals)
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2008 →

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.

Qualifying Tournament

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.

Preliminary round
Benin  1–0  Malawi


Malawi  0–0  Benin


São Tomé and Príncipe  0–3  Togo


Togo  6–0  São Tomé and Príncipe


Senegal  4–0  Central African Republic


Central African Republic  n / p  Senegal


Mozambique  9–0  Namibia


Namibia  n / p  Mozambique


Djibouti  w / o  Lesotho


Zambia  w / o  Botswana


Libya  w / o  Swaziland

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]
Morocco  0–2  Mali


Mali  4–1  Morocco


Benin  1–1  Ivory Coast


Ivory Coast  1 – 1 (3-4p)  Benin


Angola  3–2  Equatorial Guinea


Equatorial Guinea  3–1  Angola


South Africa  6–2  Mozambique


Mozambique  1–6  South Africa


Congo  9–0  Togo


Togo  1–3  Congo


DR Congo  3–0  Zambia


Zambia  2–3  DR Congo


Senegal  7–0  Guinea


Guinea  1–5  Senegal


Kenya  8–0  Djibouti


Djibouti  n / p  Kenya


Egypt  w / o  Eritrea


Algeria  w / o  Libya


Tanzania  w / o  Uganda


Ethiopia  o / o  Zimbabwe

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]
Algeria  1–0  Egypt


Egypt  0–3  Algeria


Mali  3–1  Benin


Benin  0–1  Mali


South Africa  3–0  Tanzania


Tanzania  0–4  South Africa


Cameroon  4–0  Kenya


Kenya  0–5  Cameroon


DR Congo  3–0  Senegal


Senegal  2–0  DR Congo


Ghana  w / o  Congo


Nigeria  w / w  Equatorial Guinea

Final tournament

First round

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.

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.[4] However, their first match went ahead on time.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Nigeria 9 3 3 0 0 12 2
 South Africa 6 3 2 0 1 6 2
 Equatorial Guinea 1 3 0 1 2 5 9
 Algeria 1 3 0 1 2 3 13

October 28, 2006
South Africa  4–0  Algeria
Phewa Goal 1', 35'
Nompumelolo Goal 38'
Solomon Goal 90'		 (BBC)

October 28, 2006
Nigeria  4–2  Equatorial Guinea
Uwak Goal 4', 9'
Nkwocha Goal 34'
Ajayi Goal 89'		 Report Chinasa Okoro Goal 16'
Essiane Goal 22'

October 31, 2006
Algeria  0–6  Nigeria
(BBC) Ajayi Goal 8'
Nkwocha Goal 20', 90+'
Madu Goal 35'
Ekpo Goal 56'
Uwak Goal 89'

October 31, 2006
Equatorial Guinea  0–2  South Africa
Report Nkosi Goal 63'
Solomon Goal 75'

November 3, 2006
Equatorial Guinea  3–3  Algeria
Añonma Goal 2'
Essiane Goal 72', 78'		 Report Boumrar Goal 35'
Bouhani Goal 56', 76'

November 3, 2006
Nigeria  2–0  South Africa
Uwak Goal 4', 43' (BBC)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Ghana 9 3 3 0 0 6 2
 Cameroon 4 3 1 1 1 4 3
 Mali 3 3 1 0 2 3 5
 DR Congo 1 3 0 1 2 4 7

October 29, 2006
Mali  0–1  Ghana
(BBC) Rumanatu Goal 56'

October 29, 2006
Cameroon  1–1  DR Congo
Ngono Goal 1' (10 sec) (BBC) Milandu Goal 57'

November 1, 2006
Ghana  2–1  Cameroon
Aminkwa Goal 28', 90+' (BBC) Francoise Goal 53'

November 1, 2006
Mali  3–2  DR Congo
Doumbia Goal 36'
Diarra Goal 69', 90'		 (BBC) Zuma Goal 28'
Mafuta Goal 85'

November 4, 2006
DR Congo  1–3  Ghana
Vumongo Goal 51' (BBC) Amankwa Goal 22', 32'
Okoe Goal 84'

November 4, 2006
Cameroon  2–0  Mali
Bekombo Goal 42'
Ngo Goal 74'		 (BBC)

Semi-finals

November 7, 2006
Nigeria  5–0  Cameroon
Uwak Goal 33'
Nkwocha Goal 45', 46', 54'
Ekpo Goal 61'		 Report

November 7, 2006
Ghana  1–0  South Africa
Okoe Goal 88' (pen.) Report

Third place match

November 10, 2006
Cameroon  2 – 2
4–5 PSO		  South Africa
Bella Goal 48' (pen.)
Ngono Goal 81'		 Report Modise Goal 4'
Makhanya Goal 61'

Final match

November 11, 2006
Nigeria  1–0  Ghana
Nkwocha Goal 13' Report

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.

Awards

 2006 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Seventh title

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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Africa – Women's Championship 2006, from RSSSF, retrieved November 3, 2006
  4. ↑ E/Guinea Flies into Trouble, Return to Malabo, from thisdayonline.com, retrieved 29 October 2006

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