Torneo Femenino UNIFFAC 2020 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Equatorial Guinea |
City | Ebibeyin Mongomo |
Dates | 18 – 28 February |
Teams | 5 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Equatorial Guinea (1st title) |
Runners-up | DR Congo |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Goals scored | 28 (2.55 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Salomé Nke (4 goals) [1] |
Best player(s) | 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]
Host Equatorial Guinea claimed the inaugural title after defeating DR Congo 4–2 on penalties in the final. [3]
A total of 5 out of 8 UNIFFAC members confirmed their participation in the tournament.
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking December 2019 |
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Central African Republic | 1st | Debut | NR |
Chad | 1st | Debut | NR |
DR Congo | 1st | Debut | 108 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1st | Debut | 71 |
Gabon | 1st | Debut | 126 |
Ebibeyin | Mongomo |
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Estadio de Ebibeyin | Estadio de Mongomo |
Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 13.750 |
All times are local, CAT (UTC+1)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | DR Congo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 8 | Advance to Final |
2 | Equatorial Guinea (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 | |
3 | Gabon | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Chad | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
5 | Central African Republic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 |
Gabon | 1–1 | Central African Republic |
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Mazaly 78' | Report (FEGAFOOT) | Yamale 61' (pen.) |
Having secured the top positions in the Group Stage, DR Congo and Equatorial Guinea faced off in the final of the inaugural edition. [6]
There were 28 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.55 goals per match.
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
R | Team | Pts. | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
2 | DR Congo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 |
3 | Gabon | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
4 | Chad | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
5 | Central African Republic | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 |
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