2012 African Women's Championship
The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Equatorial Guinea |
| Dates | 28 October – 11 November 2012 |
| 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 | 47 (2.94 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (6 goals) |
Qualification
A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.[2]
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held on 13–15 January 2012 (first leg) and 27–29 January 2012 (second leg).
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt  |
4–6 |  |
4–2 | 0–4 |
Namibia  |
2–7 |  |
0–2 | 2–5 |
Ivory Coast  |
10–1 |  |
5–1 | 5–0 |
Kenya  |
w/o1 |  |
— | — |
Zambia  |
9–4 |  |
7–0 | 2–4 |
Morocco  |
2–2 (5–3 pen) |  |
2–0 | 0–2 |
Senegal  |
w/o2 |  |
— | — |
Botswana  |
1–3 |  |
0–1 | 1–2 |
Uganda  |
1–5 |  |
1–1 | 0–4 |
Mali  |
0–8 |  |
0–3 | 0–5 |
- Notes
First round
The first round was held on 25–27 May 2012 (first leg) and 15–17 June 2012 (second leg).
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia |
3–1 | |
2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ivory Coast |
12–0 | |
7–0 | 5–0 |
| Zambia |
2–6 | |
1–4 | 1–2 |
| Morocco |
0–0 (4–5 p) | |
0–0 | 0–0 |
| Zimbabwe |
0–6 | |
0–2 | 0–4 |
| DR Congo |
w/o1 | |
— | — |
| Ghana |
2–2 (8–9 p) | |
1–1 | 1–1 |
- Notes
- Note 1: Match has been called off. DR Congo advanced to the final tournament, as Equatorial Guinea is qualified as hosts.
Squads
Final tournament
The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.[5]
If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:[6]
- Points in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goals scored in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Goals scored in all group matches
- Fair play conduct
- Drawing of lots
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 |
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 |
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Chinasa  |
Report |
| South Africa | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mgcoyi |
Report |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Iven Onguene Zouga |
Report | Nahi |
Knockout Stages
Knockout Map
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 7 November 2012 | ||||||
| 2 | |||||
| 11 November 2012 | ||||||
| 0 | |||||
| 4 | |||||
| 7 November 2012 | ||||||
| 0 | |||||
| 0 | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 11 November 2012 | ||||||
| 1 | |||||
| 0 | |||||
Semifinals
| Nigeria | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | van Wyk |
Third place play-off
| Cameroon | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Enganamouit |
Report |
Final
| Equatorial Guinea | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinasa Tiga Añonma |
Report |
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
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- Own goal
References and notes
- "Women's round-up: January 2012". FIFA. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- "FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- "Kenyan women's soccer team lose out on African qualifier". michezoafrika.com. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- "The Road to 2012 Women Championship Finals Begins". allafrica.com. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- "8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo". CAF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- "2012 Regulations". CAF. Retrieved 30 October 2012.