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]

2012 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEquatorial Guinea
Dates28 October – 11 November
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Equatorial Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored47 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Equatorial Guinea Genoveva Añonma
(6 goals)

Qualification
Main article: 2012 African Women's Championship 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]

Qualified teams

Squads
Main article: 2012 African Women's Championship squads

Group stage

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.[3]

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair play conduct
  7. Drawing of lots

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Equatorial Guinea 3300120+129
 South Africa 320152+36
 DR Congo 3102210−83
 Senegal 300307−70
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 South Africa
Chinasa 33' Report
Referee: Therese Sagno (Guinea)
Senegal 0–1 DR Congo
Report Nona 74' (pen.)
Referee: Amegee Aissatta (Togo)
South Africa 1–0 Senegal
Mgcoyi 70' Report
Referee: Lidya Tafese (ETH)
Equatorial Guinea 6–0 DR Congo
Añonman 25', 66', 73'
Bwadi 39' (o.g.)
Chinasa 63'
Jade 86'		 Report
Referee: Christine Ziga (Ghana)
Equatorial Guinea 5–0 Senegal
Jade 5', 14'
Tiga 15'
Jumária 47'
Añonman 72'		 Report
Referee: Grace Msiska (Malawi)
South Africa 4–1 DR Congo
Smeda 3'
Mgcoyi 10', 48', 57'		 Report Tuzolana 88'
Referee: Gladys Lingwe (Zambia)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 330082+69
 Cameroon 311153+24
 Ivory Coast 31027703
 Ethiopia 301208−81
Nigeria 2–1 Cameroon
Ohadugha 45+1'
Nkwocha 86'		 Report Manie 52' (pen.)
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
Ivory Coast 5–0 Ethiopia
Nrehy 1', 9', 68'
Gnago 51'
N'Guessan 53'		 Report
Referee: Kankou Coulibaly (Mali)
Cameroon 4–1 Ivory Coast
Iven 11', 25'
Onguene 62'
Zouga 88'		 Report Nahi 18'
Referee: Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)
Ethiopia 0–3 Nigeria
Report Sunday 26'
Mbachu 64'
Nkwocha 66'
Referee: Maximina Bernardo (Angola)
Nigeria 3–1 Ivory Coast
Chukwudi 9'
Ebere 39'
Mbachu 75'		 Report Nrehy 82'
Referee: Insaf El Harkaoui (Morocco)
Cameroon 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Aisha Nabikko Ssemambo (Uganda)

Knockout stages

Knockout Map
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 November 2012
 
 
 Equatorial Guinea2
 
11 November 2012
 
 Cameroon0
 
 Equatorial Guinea4
 
7 November 2012
 
 South Africa0
 
 Nigeria0
 
 
 South Africa1
 
Third place
 
 
11 November 2012
 
 
 Cameroon1
 
 
 Nigeria0

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Semifinals
Equatorial Guinea 2–0 Cameroon
Chinasa 7'
Añonman 40'		 Report
Nigeria 0–1 South Africa
Report van Wyk 23'

Third place play-off
Cameroon 1–0 Nigeria
Enganamouit 31' Report

Final
Equatorial Guinea 4–0 South Africa
Chinasa 43', 72'
Tiga 66'
Añonman 70'		 Report
Attendance: 20 000

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References and notes
  1. "Women's round-up: January 2012". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. "FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. "8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo". CAF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  4. "2012 Regulations". CAF. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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