2014 African Women's Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Namibia |
Dates | 11–25 October |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 44 (2.75 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 2014 African Women's Championship, the 11th edition of the tournament, was held in Namibia.[1] This tournament, organized by the Confederation of African Football, was also a qualification tournament for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, with top three qualifying for the finals in Canada. It was played on 11–25 October 2014.
The tournament marked the first participation of Namibia in the African championship. Also for the first time the defending champions, Equatorial Guinea, were not taking part after failing to win their last qualifying round match.[2]
Nigeria defeated Cameroon 2–0 in the final to win their ninth title.[3]
Host
[edit]Namibia were awarded the hosting rights in October 2011. This was the first time they would appear in the final tournament.
There was some criticism of the slow preparation and campaigning for the event. The national women's league was suspended this year because all money was used for hosting the continental event.[4]
Qualification
[edit]A record 25 teams applied for the 2014 African Women's Championship.[5] The top three teams from the 2012 tournament, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa received a bye to the second round. The preliminary round was held on 13–15 February (first leg) and 28 February–2 March 2014 (second leg), while the final qualifying round was held on 23–25 May (first leg) and 6–8 June (second leg).[6]
- Qualified teams
Team | Method of qualification |
Previous appearances in tournament |
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Hosts | 0 |
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Second round winners | 32004, 2006, 2010) | (
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10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | |
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Venues
[edit]The final tournament matches were held in two stadium venues located in Windhoek:[7]
Windhoek | Locations of the 2014 African Women's Championship venues |
Windhoek |
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Independence Stadium | Sam Nujoma Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 10,300 | |
Format
[edit]Eight teams were divided in two groups and play a round-robin tournament. The top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals. The losers of those semifinals played in the third place match, while the winners faced off in the final. The top three placed teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Match officials
[edit]12 referees and 15 assistants were announced on 5 October 2014.[8]
- Referees
- Assistant referees
Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]The draw was held on 19 July 2014 at 19:00 local time at Windhoek, Namibia.[9][10]
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[11]
- Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams;
- Best Goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
- Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee.
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
Nigeria ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Sunday ![]() Diakité ![]() Oparanozie ![]() |
Report | F. Coulibaly ![]() Lohoues ![]() |
Zambia ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | Okobi ![]() Ohale ![]() Oparanozie ![]() Oshoala ![]() Nkwocha ![]() |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
South Africa ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Feudjio ![]() |
Algeria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Affak ![]() |
Report |
South Africa ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Dlamini ![]() Modise ![]() Mollo ![]() Makhabane ![]() |
Report | Affak ![]() |
Knockout stage
[edit]In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.[11]
Semifinals | Final | |||||
22 October | ||||||
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25 October | ||||||
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22 October | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
25 October | ||||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]Winners qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Cameroon ![]() | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Enganamouit ![]() Manie ![]() |
Report | Nrehy ![]() |
Third place match
[edit]Winners qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
South Africa ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Guehai ![]() |
Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[12]
Award | Player |
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Golden Ball | ![]() |
Golden Boot | ![]() |
Golden Gloves | ![]() |
Fair Play Award | ![]() |
Goalscorers
[edit]- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
Mariam Diakité (playing against Nigeria)
Team statistics
[edit]Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 3 | +13 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||
5 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
7 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
8 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 |
Total | 16(1) | 14 | 2(2) | 14 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 0 |
Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
References
[edit]- ^ "Namibia to host 2014 CAF Women's Championship". starafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ "Ivorians edge holders Equatorial Guinea; Nigeria through". cafonline.com. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
- ^ "Nigeria beat Cameroon for seventh title". cafonline.com. Retrieved 2014-10-25.
- ^ "Namibia: NFA Caught On Its Heels". allafrica.com. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Record entries for Namibia 2014 African Women Championship
- ^ Fixtures IXTH African Women Championship
- ^ "Namibia will be ready- Oliphant". nfa.org.na. 13 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Referees gear up for Women's tourney". cafonline.com. 5 October 2014.
- ^ AWC Namibia 2014 draw set for July 19
- ^ Hosts Namibia draw Nigeria in AWC draw
- ^ a b "Regulations of the African Women Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
- ^ "Oshoala, Oparanozie claim individual honours". CAF. 26 October 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Tn Mobile 9th African Women Championship-Namibia, CAFonline.com