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2012 African Women's Championship

The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.[1]

2012 African Women's Championship
Copa Africana de Naciones femenina 2012
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations féminine 2012
Copa das Nações Africanas feminina 2012
Tournament details
Host countryEquatorial Guinea
Dates28 October – 11 November
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Equatorial Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored47 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Equatorial Guinea Genoveva Añonman
(6 goals)
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2014 →

Qualification

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Main article: 2012 African Women's Championship qualification

A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.[2]

Qualified teams

Squads

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Main article: 2012 African Women's Championship squads

Group stage

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All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.[3]

Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches between tied teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair play conduct
  7. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Equatorial Guinea (H) 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   South Africa 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3   DR Congo 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
4   Senegal 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Equatorial Guinea  1–0  South Africa
  • Chinasa   33'
 Report
Referee: Therese Sagno (Guinea)
Senegal  0–1  DR Congo
Report
Referee: Amegee Aissatta (Togo)
South Africa  1–0  Senegal
 Report
Referee: Lidya Tafese (Ethiopia)
Equatorial Guinea  6–0  DR Congo
 Report
Referee: Christine Ziga (Ghana)
Equatorial Guinea  5–0  Senegal
 Report
Referee: Grace Msiska (Malawi)
South Africa  4–1  DR Congo
 Report
Referee: Gladys Lingwe (Zambia)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Nigeria 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Cameroon 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3   Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
4   Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria  2–1  Cameroon
 Report
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
Ivory Coast  5–0  Ethiopia
 Report
Referee: Kankou Coulibaly (Mali)
Cameroon  4–1  Ivory Coast
 Report
Referee: Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)
Ethiopia  0–3  Nigeria
Report
Referee: Maximina Bernardo (Angola)
Nigeria  3–1  Ivory Coast
 Report
Referee: Insaf El Harkaoui (Morocco)
Cameroon  0–0  Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Aisha Nabikko Ssemambo (Uganda)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 November – Malabo
 
 
  Equatorial Guinea2
 
11 November – Malabo
 
  Cameroon0
 
  Equatorial Guinea4
 
7 November – Bata
 
  South Africa0
 
  Nigeria0
 
 
  South Africa1
 
Third place play-off
 
 
11 November – Malabo
 
 
  Cameroon1
 
 
  Nigeria0

Semi-finals

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Equatorial Guinea  2–0  Cameroon
Chinasa   7'
Añonman   40'		 Report
Nigeria  0–1  South Africa
Report van Wyk   23'

Third place play-off

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Cameroon  1–0  Nigeria
Enganamouit   31' Report

Final

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Equatorial Guinea  4–0  South Africa
Chinasa   43', 72'
Tiga   66'
Añonman   70'		 Report
Attendance: 20 000

Goalscorers

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There were 47 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "Women's round-up: January 2012". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. ^ "FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. ^ "8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo". CAF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  4. ^ "2012 Regulations". CAF. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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