2000 African Women's Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
Dates | 11 – 25 November |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 60 (3.75 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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.
Contents
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 |
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w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
- Kenya withdrew. Reunion advanced.
- Final round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Réunion ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
4–3 | 1–1 |
Gabon ![]() |
w/o1 | ![]() |
0–3 | — |
Morocco ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 |
Zimbabwe ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 4–0 |
Sierra Leone ![]() |
w/o2 | ![]() |
— | — |
Uganda ![]() |
w/o2 | ![]() |
— | — |
- 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:
Participating teams
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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 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 0 |
12 November 2000
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Cameroon ![]() |
4 - 1 | ![]() |
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Eko Njolle ![]() Anounga ![]() Enama Abbe ![]() Anong ![]() |
Maqdi ![]() |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
24 November 2000
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Ghana ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
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Baidu ![]() Bayor ![]() ![]() Djangmah ![]() Darku ![]() Foriwaa ![]() |
=Nyerukai ![]() Mpala ![]() Tapfumamoyo ![]() |
Final
- NOTE: Game abandoned in the 73rd minute, Nigeria leading 2- 0
Awards
2000 Women's African Football Championship Winners |
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![]() Nigeria Fourth title |
External links
- Tournament at CAF website
- Tournament at RSSSF (includes qualifying)