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12 September 2007


Past Winners

Year Winner Runners-up
2004 Nigeria Cameroon
2002 Nigeria Ghana
2000 Nigeria South Africa
1998 Nigeria Ghana

1995* Nigeria South Africa
1991* Nigeria Cameroon
*FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament with only winner quaifying

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The 5th African Women's Championship 2006

Qualifying rounds 11 March - 6 August 2006

Final Tournament: 28 October - 11 November 2006, Nigeria

2006/2004/2002/2000/1998 Champions - Nigeria

The biennual African Women's Championship has been won by Nigeria on each occasion since its inauguration in 1998 and they were awarded the trophy for good with a new trophy designed for the 2004 tournament.

Note: the 1991 and 1995 tournaments, also won by Nigeria, were purely World Cup qualifiers with all matches played on a home-and-away basis.

The finalists at the 2006 African Women's Championship, which Nigeria is hosting for a third time, will represent the continent at the 2007 World Cup finals in China.

Equatorial Guinea will host the 2008 African Women's Championship.

  
Final
11 Nov Nigeria 1-0 Ghana Warri Stadium
  
Third place match
10 Nov South Africa
won 5-4 on penalties
2-2 Cameroon Ughelli Stadium
 
Semi-finals
7 Nov Nigeria 5-0 Cameroon  
7 Nov Ghana 1-0 South Africa  
  
Group Rounds
Group 1 - Warri and Oleh Stadia
28 Oct Nigeria 4-2 Equatorial Guinea
28 Oct South Africa 4-0 Algeria
31 Oct Equatorial Guinea 0-2 South Africa
31 Oct Algeria 0-6 Nigeria
3 Nov Equatorial Guinea 3-3 Algeria
3 Nov Nigeria 2-0 South Africa
   P W D L F A P
Nigeria 3 3 0 0 12 2 9
South Africa 3 2 0 1 6 2 6
Equatorial Guinea 3 0 1 2 5 9 1
Algeria 3 0 1 2 3 13 1
Group 2 - Ughelli and Oghara Stadia
29 Oct Cameroon 1-1 DR Congo
29 Oct Mali 0-1 Ghana
1 Nov DR Congo 2-3 Mali
1 Nov Ghana 2-1 Cameroon
4 Nov DR Congo 1-3 Ghana
4 Nov Cameroon 2-0 Mali
   P W D L F A P
Ghana 3 3 0 0 6 2 9
Cameroon 3 1 1 1 4 3 4
Mali 3 1 0 2 3 5 3
DR Congo 3 0 1 2 4 7 1
 
Second Round 1L 2L   
  Nigeria*     Equatorial Guinea  
23 Jul Ghana **   Congo  
23 Jul Algeria 1-0 3-0 Egypt 4-6 Aug
22 Jul Mali 3-1 1-0 Benin 4-6 Aug
23 Jul South Africa 3-0 4-0 Tanzania 4 Aug
22 Jul Cameroon 4-0 5-0 Kenya 5 Aug
23 Jul DR Congo 3-0 0-2 Senegal 4-6 Aug
* Equatorial Guinea gets a bye after Nigeria was chosen as hosts following the withdrawal of Gabon. As host Nigeria no longer need to qualify
**Congo disqualified after failing to arrive
First Round 1L 2L   
  Algeria   Libya
withdrew
 
  Eritrea
withdrew
  Egypt  
11 Mar Morocco 0-2 1-4 Mali 25 Mar
13 Mar Benin
won 4-3 on penalties
1-1 1-1 Côte d'Ivoire 25 Mar
13 Mar Angola 3-2 1-3 Equatorial Guinea 26 Mar
11 Mar South Africa 6-2 6-1 Mozambique 25 Mar
  Uganda
withdrew
  Tanzania  
  Djibouti * 0-7 Kenya 25 Mar
12 Mar Congo 9-0 3-1 Togo 26 Mar
11 Mar DR Congo 3-0 3-2 Zambia 25 Mar
11 Mar Senegal 7-0 5-1 Guinea 26 Mar
*one match only
Byes for Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana