2004 African Women's Championship

2004 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	18 September – 3 October
Teams	8
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (6th title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	48 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Perpetua Nkwocha (9 goals)
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The 2004 African Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football held in South Africa, who were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003,^[1] between 18 September and 3 October 2004.

Nigeria beat Cameroon 5–0 in the final to win its 6th title.

Qualification

South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place from May to July 2004. The defending champions receives no automatic qualification from this edition of the tournament onwards.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied and if still level, extra time would be skipped and will use the last-resort tie breaker of a penalty shoot-out.

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

Qualified teams

Algeria made their tournament debut at this edition.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous tournament appearances[a]
South Africa	Hosts	12 December 2003	4 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Algeria	Winners against Mali	23 July 2004	Debut
Ghana	Winners against Guinea	24 July 2004	5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Nigeria	Winners against Senegal	24 July 2004	5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Cameroon	Winners against Congo	25 July 2004	4 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Ethiopia	Winners against Malawi	25 July 2004	1 (2002)
Zimbabwe	Winners against Tanzania	25 July 2004	2 (2000, 2002)
Mali	Lucky loser[b]	July–August 2004	1 (2002)

Format

The qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win system. (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss)

Results

Group stage

Group A

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

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Knockout stage

At this stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes and additional playing time, extra time, except for the third place match, is played and followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

	Semifinals				Final
	28 September - Johannesburg
	Ghana	0
					3 October - Johannesburg
	Cameroon (a.e.t.)	1
					Cameroon	0
	28 September - Johannesburg
					Nigeria	5
	Nigeria	4
	Ethiopia	0
					Third place
					1 October - Johannesburg
					Ghana (p)	0 (6)
					Ethiopia	0 (5)

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

2004 African Women's Championship winners
Nigeria 6th title

Statistics

Team statistics

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nigeria	5	4	1	0	18	2	+16	13
2	Cameroon	5	2	2	1	8	10	–2	8
3	Ghana	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	10
4	Ethiopia	5	1	2	2	4	8	–4	5
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
6	Algeria	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3
7	Mali	3	0	1	2	2	8	–6	1
8	South Africa	3	0	0	3	2	7	–5	0

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

References

External links

• 2004 edition records and results at RSSSF
• 2004 edition records and results at BBC Sport