1998 African Women's Championship

1998 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	17 – 31 October
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	62 (4.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nkiru Okosieme (3 goals)
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The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the biennial African Women's Championship tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions.

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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mozambique	7 – 2	Lesotho	3–0	4–2
South Africa	15 – 0	Swaziland	9–0	6 – 0
Egypt	2 – 1	Uganda	1–1	1–0
Ghana	19 – 0	Guinea	11–0	8–0
DR Congo	w/o	Namibia	—	—
Cameroon	w/o	Sierra Leone	—	—
Morocco	w/o	Kenya	—	—

First leg:

28 March 1998

Mozambique	3–0	Lesotho

Mozambique

Second leg:

12 April 1998

Lesotho	2–4	Mozambique

Maseru

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

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29 March 1998

South Africa	9–0	Swaziland
	Report

Johannesburg

11 April 1998

Swaziland	0–6	South Africa
	Report

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

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

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29 March 1998

Egypt	1–1	Uganda

Cairo ^[1]

10 April 1998

Uganda	0–1	Egypt

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala ^[1]

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

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29 March 1998

Ghana	11–0	Guinea
	Report

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

12 April 1998

Guinea	0–8	Ghana

Conakry

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

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DR Congo	Cancelled	Namibia

DR Congo won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

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Cameroon	Cancelled	Sierra Leone

Cameroon won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

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Morocco	Cancelled	Kenya

Morocco won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Qualified teams

DR Congo, Egypt and Morocco made their debuts in the tournament at this edition. Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament despite qualifying with Lesotho as its late replacement for Mozambique, also failing to show up. ^[2]

Team	Appearance	Previous best appearance
Cameroon	2nd	Runners-up (1991)
DR Congo	1st	Debut
Egypt	1st	Debut
Ghana	3rd	Semi-finals (1995)
Morocco	1st	Debut
Mozambique	1st	Debut
Nigeria (hosts)	3rd	Champions (1991, 1995)
South Africa	2nd	Runners-up (1995)

Venues

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

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	Nigeria (H)	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	DR Congo	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4 [a]
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	4	9	−5	4 [a]
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: DR Congo −3, Morocco −5.

17 October 1998 (1998-10-17)

Nigeria	8–0	Morocco
	Report

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

17 October 1998 (1998-10-17)

DR Congo	4–1	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

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20 October 1998 (1998-10-20)

Morocco	4–1	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

20 October 1998 (1998-10-20)

Nigeria	6–0	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

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23 October 1998 (1998-10-23)

Morocco	0–0	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

23 October 1998 (1998-10-23)

Nigeria	6–0	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	South Africa	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

  Mozambique was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.

18 October 1998 (1998-10-18)

Ghana	4–0	South Africa

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

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21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)

Cameroon	3–2	South Africa

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

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24 October 1998 (1998-10-24)

Ghana	3–1	Cameroon

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 October - Kaduna
	Nigeria	6
					31 October - Ijebu Ode
	Cameroon	0
					Nigeria	2
	27 October - Kaduna
					Ghana	0
	Ghana (a.e.t.)	4
	DR Congo	1
					Third place play-off
					30 October - Ijebu Ode
					Cameroon	3 (1)
					DR Congo (p)	3 (3)

Semi-finals

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

27 October 1998

Nigeria	6–0	Cameroon

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

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27 October 1998

Ghana	4–1	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Third place play-off

30 October 1998

DR Congo	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
Penalties
	3–1

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Final

31 October 1998

Nigeria	2–0	Ghana
Okosieme 43' Mbachu 64'

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Attendance: 30,000

Awards

1998 African Women's Championship winners
Nigeria 1st title

Statistics

Team statistics

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Nigeria	5	5	0	0	15	28	0	+28
2	Ghana	4	3	0	1	9	11	4	+7
3	DR Congo	5	1	2	2	5	8	14	−6
4	Cameroon	4	1	1	2	4	7	14	−7
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Morocco	3	1	1	1	4	4	9	−5
6	South Africa	2	0	0	2	0	2	7	−5
7	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	2	14	−12
—	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		12(1)	11	1(2)	11	35	62	62	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)

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Nkiru Okosieme

2 goals

• Patience Avre
• Rita Nwadike

1 goal

• Mercy Akide
• Stella Mbachu
• Florence Omagbemi

Unknown scorers

•   Nigeria  : 18 additional goals.
•   Ghana  : 11 additional goals.
•   DR Congo  : 8 additional goals.
•   Cameroon  : 7 additional goals.
•   Morocco  : 4 additional goals.
•   South Africa  : 2 additional goals.
•   Egypt  : 2 additional goals.

References

1. "Enkonge ezizze zeekiika mu kkubo lyagwo" [The cones that have been lurking in its path]. Bukedde Online (in Ganda). January 12, 2012. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
2. "History of CAF Women's Championship". The Nation Nigeria. Nigeria. November 10, 2006. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016. Title given copied from the title of the site page.

External links

• Tournament edition records and statistics at RSSSF