2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

The 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football that was held in Cameroon.[1] Originally scheduled to be held between 8 and 22 October 2016, it was delayed to between 19 November and 3 December 2016 due to weather considerations.[2]

2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine de football 2016
Tournament details
Host countryCameroon
Dates19 November – 3 December
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (10th title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Ghana
Fourth place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Asisat Oshoala (6 goals)
Best player(s)Cameroon Gabrielle Onguéné
Fair play award Cameroon

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee announced a tournament name change from the African Women's Championship to the African Women Cup of Nations, similar to the male Africa Cup of Nations.[3] However, CAF alternated this tournament's official logo between the original name and the new name, the Women/Women's Africa Cup of Nations or Women/Women's AFCON.

Qualification
Main article: 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Hosts Cameroon qualified automatically, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between March and April 2016.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the group stage. Mali protested to CAF about Equatorial Guinea fielding an ineligible player in their qualifier; CAF thus disqualified the latter and had the former replace them at the group stage.[4]

Team Appearance Previous best appearance
[5]
 Cameroon (hosts)11thRunners-up (1991, 2004, 2014)47
 Egypt2ndGroup stage (1998)80
 Ghana11thRunners-up (1998, 2002, 2006)46
 Kenya1stDebut132
 Mali6thGroup stage (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)92
 Nigeria12thChampions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014)37
 South Africa11thRunners-up (1995, 2000, 2008, 2012)48
 Zimbabwe4thFourth place (2000)94

Venues

This edition of the tournament took place in Yaoundé and Limbe.[2]

Yaoundé
Limbe
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Limbe Omnisports Stadium
Capacity: 42,500 Capacity: 20,000

Squads
Main article: 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations squads

Each participating team's squad contained a maximum of 21 players.[6]

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports in Yaoundé on 18 September 2016 at 16:00 WAT (UTC+1).[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[8] For the draw, hosts Cameroon were seeded in position A1 and the defending champions Nigeria were seeded in position B1, with the remaining six teams seeded based on their results in the preceding three tournament editions.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Group stage

The fixtures were released on 3 November 2015.[10] The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to the three points for a win system; 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss. If tied on points, the following tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[6]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).[11]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon (H) 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Knockout stage
2  South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 1 +4 4
3  Egypt 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 3
4  Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: CAF (archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Cameroon 2–0 Egypt
  • Onguéné 25'
  • Manie 72' (pen.)
 Report
Referee: Lidya Tafesse (Ethiopia)
South Africa 0–0 Zimbabwe
Report
Referee: Caroline Wanjala (Kenya)
Cameroon 1–0 South Africa
Ngo 83' Report
Referee: Aissata Ameyo Amegee (Togo)
Zimbabwe 0–1 Egypt
Report Tarik 83'
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)
Zimbabwe 0–2 Cameroon
Report Akaba 2', 50'
Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)
Egypt 0–5 South Africa
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7 Knockout stage
2  Ghana 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
3  Mali 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
4  Kenya 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: CAF (archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria 6–0 Mali
 Report
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
Ghana 0–1 Kenya
 Report Akida 23'
Referee: Jeanne Ekoumou (Cameroon)
Nigeria 1–1 Ghana
Oshoala 19' Report Addo 43' (pen.)
Kenya 1–3 Mali
Salano 80' {ubl

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Kenya 0–4 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)
Mali 1–3 Ghana
Diarra 87' Report
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Knockout stage

At this stage, if a match has its scores level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time except for the third place match and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out[6]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 November – Yaoundé
 
 
 Cameroon1
 
3 December – Yaoundé
 
 Ghana0
 
 Cameroon0
 
29 November – Limbe
 
 Nigeria1
 
 Nigeria1
 
 
 South Africa0
 
Third place
 
 
2 December – Yaoundé
 
 
 Ghana1
 
 
 South Africa0

Semi-finals
Cameroon 1–0 Ghana
Feudjio 72' Report
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
Nigeria 1–0 South Africa
Oparanozie 54' Report
Referee: Lidya Tafesse (Ethiopia)

Third place play-off
Ghana 1–0 South Africa
Eshun 48' Report
Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)

Final
Cameroon 0–1 Nigeria
Report Oparanozie 86'
Referee: Aissata Ameyo Amegee (Togo)

Goalscorers
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of this edition of the tournament:[12]

Award Winner
Best player Cameroon Gabrielle Onguéné
Top scorer Nigeria Asisat Oshoala
Fair Play award  Cameroon
Best XI
Position Players
Goalkeeper Cameroon Annette Ngo Ndom
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Substitutes
  • Demonstrations during the Opening Ceremony in Yaoundé
  • Musical instruments
    Musical instruments
  • Opening Ceremony in Yaoundé, Cameroon
    Opening Ceremony in Yaoundé, Cameroon

References
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  3. "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAFOnline.com. 9 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. "Equatorial Guinea disqualified, Mali in". CAFOnline.com. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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  6. "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 29 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  7. "Accreditation for the Draw of the Final Tournament of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2016". CAFOnline.com. 27 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  8. "Results of the draw of 10th Women's AFCON". CAFOnline.com. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  9. "Draw procedure for the 10th Women's Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2016" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 15 May 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  10. "Fixtures for Women AFCON 2016 & Africa Futsal Cup of Nations 2016". CAFOnline.com. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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