2000 African Women's Championship

2000 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	11 – 25 November
Teams	8
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 played	16
Goals scored	60 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mercy Akide (7 goals)
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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.

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

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

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réunion	w/o[a]	Kenya	—	—

Qualification round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réunion	5–4	Egypt	4–3	1–1
Gabon	w/o[c]	Cameroon	0–3	—
Morocco	6–1	Algeria	3–0	3–1
Zimbabwe	8–0	Lesotho	4–0	4–0
Sierra Leone	w/o[d]	Ghana	—	—
Uganda	w/o[e]	DR Congo	—	—

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

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

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

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

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

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Ghana won by default and qualified for the group stage.

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Uganda won by default and qualified for the group stage.

Qualified teams

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

Group stage

Officials

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

• Ondo Akono
• Scholastica Tetteh
• Justine Rasoanirina
• Bola Abidoye
• Bolanle Sekiteri
• Fatou Gaye
• Catherine Adipo
• Sabelo Sibindi

Format

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win standard.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Uganda	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Réunion	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Knockout stage
2	Ghana	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
3	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Morocco	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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Knockout stage

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.

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 November - Boksburg
	South Africa	1
					25 November - Boksburg
	Ghana	0
					Nigeria	2
	21 November - Johannesburg
					South Africa	0
	Nigeria	6
	Zimbabwe	0
					Third place
					24 November - Boksburg
					Ghana	6
					Zimbabwe	3

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

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

2000 African Women's Championship winners
Nigeria 4th title

Statistics

Team statistics

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

7 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

References

External links

• 2000 edition results chronology (including qualification) at RSSSF