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6th edition of WAFCON

2004 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates18 September – 3 October
Teams8
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 played16
Goals scored48 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha (9 goals)
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International football competition

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, between 18 September and 3 October 2004.

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

Qualification

Main article: 2004 African Women's Championship 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

  Qualified   Did not qualify   Did not enter or withdrew   Not part of CAF

Algeria made their tournament debut at this edition.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous tournament appearances
 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 July–August 2004 1 (2002)
Notes
  1. Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
  2. Mali qualified on walkover or as a lucky loser after both DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.

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)

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:

  1. greater number of points in matches between tied teams
  2. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
  3. greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
  4. superior goal difference in all group matches
  5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
  7. drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to 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 (H) 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Ethiopia 0, Zimbabwe −1.
South Africa 0–3 Ghana
Report
Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria
Zimbabwe 1–1 Ethiopia
Moyo 81' Report Addis 48'
Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria
Ghana 2–1 Ethiopia
Report Tutu 18'
Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria
Zimbabwe 2–1 South Africa
Report Modise 4'
Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria
Ghana 2–0 Zimbabwe
Report
Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria
South Africa 1–2 Ethiopia
Phewa 24' Report
  • Tutu 7'
  • Gebrekirstos 45'
Germiston Stadium, Germiston

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Advance to 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
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria 4–0 Algeria
Report
Germiston Stadium, Germiston
Cameroon 2–2 Mali
  • Mete 18'
  • Mbida 60'
 Report
Germiston Stadium, Germiston
Algeria 3–0 Mali
Report
Germiston Stadium, Germiston
Nigeria 2–2 Cameroon
Report
Germiston Stadium, Germiston
Algeria 1–3 Cameroon
Imloul 11' Report
  • Mbida 57', 70'
  • Mekongo 78'
Germiston Stadium, Germiston
Nigeria 3–0 Mali
Report
Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria

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.

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 28 September - Johannesburg
 
  Ghana0
 3 October - Johannesburg
  Cameroon (a.e.t.)1
  Cameroon0
 28 September - Johannesburg
  Nigeria5
  Nigeria4
 
  Ethiopia0
 Third place play-off
 
 1 October - Johannesburg
 
  Ghana (p)0 (6)
 
  Ethiopia0 (5)

Semi-finals

Ghana 0–1 (a.e.t./s.g.) Cameroon
Report Bella silver-colored soccer ball 96'
Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg
Nigeria 4–0 Ethiopia
Report
Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg

Third place play-off

Ghana 0–0 (a.e.t.) Ethiopia
Report
Penalties
6–5
  • soccer ball with check mark Gebrekirstos
  • soccer ball with check mark Yasine
  • soccer ball with red X Ali
  • soccer ball with check mark Addis
  • soccer ball with check mark Tutu
  • soccer ball with check mark Kemal
  • soccer ball with red X Seifu
  • soccer ball with red X Bezuhan
Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg

Final

Nigeria 5–0 Cameroon
Report
Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg

Awards

 2004 African Women's Championship winners 

Nigeria
6th title

Statistics

Team statistics

  Champion   Runner-up   Third place   Fourth place   Group stage
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

  • Cameroon Séraphine Mbida

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

References

  1. "Three bids for Nations Cup 2008". BBC Sport. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2017. Caf has also announced that South Africa will host the African women's championships again.

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