2020 UNIFFAC Women's Cup

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2020 UNIFFAC Women's Cup
Torneo Femenino UNIFFAC 2020
Tournament details
Host country Equatorial Guinea
City Ebibeyin
Mongomo
Dates18 – 28 February
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored28 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Salomé Nke
(4 goals) [1]
Best player(s) Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Celestina Manga [1]
TBD

The 2020 UNIFFAC Women's Tournament (Spanish : Torneo Femenino UNIFFAC 2020) is the inaugural edition of the UNIFFAC Women's Cup, an international women's football tournament contested by the women's national association football teams of Central Africa organized by the Central African Football Federations' Union. The tournament took place in Equatorial Guinea from 18 to 28 February 2020. [2]

Contents

Host Equatorial Guinea claimed the inaugural title after defeating DR Congo 4–2 on penalties in the final. [3]

Participants

A total of 5 out of 8 UNIFFAC members confirmed their participation in the tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance FIFA ranking
December 2019
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 1stDebut
NR
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 1stDebut
NR
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 1stDebut
108
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 1stDebut
71
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 1stDebut
126
Did not enter

Venues

Ebibeyin Mongomo
Estadio de Ebibeyin Estadio de Mongomo
Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 13.750
No image available.svg Stade-Mongomo.jpg

Squads

Group Stage

All times are local, CAT (UTC+1)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 422093+68Advance to Final
2Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea (H)422084+48
3Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 40314513
4Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 40315723
5Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 40222972
Source: FastScore
(H) Hosts
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg2–1Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Report (FEGAFOOT)
Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svg0–0Flag of Chad.svg  Chad

Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg1–1Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
Mazaly Soccerball shade.svg78' Report (FEGAFOOT) Yamale Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.)
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg1–1Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo

DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg4–0Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
Chad  Flag of Chad.svg2–2Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon

Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg4–1Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
Report (FEGUIFUT)
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg4–2Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Report

DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg0–0Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Report (FEGAFOOT)
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg1–1Flag of Chad.svg  Chad

Final

Having secured the top positions in the Group Stage, DR Congo and Equatorial Guinea faced off in the final of the inaugural edition. [6]

DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg0–0Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Penalties
2–4

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.55 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking

RTeamPts.PWDLGFGAGD
1Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 9523084+4
2Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 9523093+6
3Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 3403145−1
4Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 3403157−2
5Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 2402229−7

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