1998 African Women's Championship

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1998 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates17 – 31 October
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Third placeFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo
Fourth placeFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored62 (4.77 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Nigeria.svg Nkiru Okosieme
(3 goals)
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The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions.

Contents

It was hosted from 17 to 31 October by Nigeria whose women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Qualification

A qualification round was installed in the tournament for the first time. With Nigeria qualifying automatically as hosts, the remaining seven spots were determined by a qualification round and a play-off round which took place between March and April 1998.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg7 – 2Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg  Lesotho 3–0 4–2
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg15 – 0Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 9–0 6 – 0
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2 – 1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1–1 1–0
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg19 – 0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 11–0 8–0
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg w/o Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia — —
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgw/oFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone — —
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svgw/oFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya — —

First leg:

Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg3–0Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg  Lesotho
Mozambique

Second leg:

Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg2–4Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Maseru

Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg9–0Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
Report
Johannesburg
Swaziland  Flag of Eswatini.svg0–6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

South Africa won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Cairo [1]
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg0–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala [1]

Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg11–0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Report
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg0–8Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Conakry

Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

Venues

Kaduna
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Locations of the 1998 African Women's Championship venues
 Ijebu Ode
Ahmadu Bello Stadium Gateway Stadium
Capacity: 16,000Capacity: 20,000

Main tournament

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss).

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

First round

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3300200+209 Knock-out stage
2Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo 311147−34
3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 311149−54
4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3003214−120
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg8–0Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg4–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg4–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg6–0Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg0–0Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg6–0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 220071+66 Knock-out stage
2Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 210145−13
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 200227−50
—Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 00000000Withdrew
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg4–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg3–2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg3–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 October - Kaduna
 
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6
 
31 October - Ijebu Ode
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2
 
27 October - Kaduna
 
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0
 
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (a.e.t.)4
 
 
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo 1
 
Third place
 
 
30 October - Ijebu Ode
 
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3 (1)
 
 
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo 3 (3)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg6–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg4–1 (aet)Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Third place play-off

DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg3–3 (a.e.t.)Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Penalties
3–1
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Final

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
  • Okosieme Soccerball shade.svg43'
  • Mbachu Soccerball shade.svg64'
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode
Attendance: 30,000

Awards

 1998 African Women's Championship winners 
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
3rd title

Statistics

Team statistics

Pos.TeamPldWDLPtsGFGAGD
1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 550015280+28
2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 43019114+7
3Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo 51225814−6
4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 41124714−7
Eliminated in the group stage
5Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3111449−5
6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2002027−5
7Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 30030214−12
—Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 00000000
Total12(1)111(2)113562620

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)

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Unknown scorers

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