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2010 African Women's Championship

2010 Vroue se Afrikaanse Voetbalkampioenschap
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	31 October – 14 November
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (8th title)
Runners-up	Equatorial Guinea
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	58 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Perpetua Nkwocha (11 goals)
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The 2010 African Women's Championship was held in South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. Seven national teams joined the host nation following a series of knock-out home and away ties. This tournament was also a qualification tournament for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the two finalists, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea qualifying for the finals in Germany.

Qualification

A total of 23 national teams entered qualification which has held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, the 18 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The nine winners joined five other national teams in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.

Qualified teams

•  Algeria
•  Cameroon
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  Nigeria
•  South Africa
•  Tanzania

Squads

Group stage

The final tournament was held in Gauteng, South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. The seven first round winners joined the host in the finals. The draw took place on 21 September.

Matches were played at Sinaba Stadium in Daveyton and Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa (both located in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng).

Tiebreakers

Where teams finish the group stage at an equal number of points, the ranking in the group is determined based on:

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	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Mali	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Tanzania	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

All times are SAST (UTC+2)

South Africa	2–1	Tanzania
Popela 35' Mamello 87' (pen.)	Report	Chabruma 43'

Nigeria	5–0	Mali
Nkwocha 15', 16', 42' Mbachu 70' Ordega 84'	Report

South Africa	1–2	Nigeria
van Wyk 44'	Report	Nkwocha 33', 39'

Mali	3–2	Tanzania
Konate 25' Diarra 31' N'Diaye 67'	Report	Mwasikili 30' Swalehe 32'

Mali	0–4	South Africa
	Report	Amanda 32', 76', 90' Jermaine 84'

Tanzania	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Nkwocha 12', 32' Oparanozie 82'

Group B

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

1. ^ Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Equatorial Guinea +3, Cameroon +2.

All times are SAST (UTC+2)

Equatorial Guinea	2–2	Cameroon
Jade 2' Jumária 30'	Report	Patiance 45+1' Michele 57'

Algeria	1–2	Ghana
Ouadah 4'	Report	Agnes 62', 73'

Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Algeria
Chinasa 31'	Report

Ghana	1–2	Cameroon
Agnes 31'	Report	Manie 24' Ngo Ndoumbouk 37'

Ghana	1–3	Equatorial Guinea
Agnes 40' (pen.)	Report	Añonma 12' (pen.) S. Simporé 58' Chinasa 68'

Cameroon	2–1	Algeria
Onguene 50' Ejangue 65'	Report	Bouhenni 55'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 November - Daveyton
	Nigeria	5
					14 November - Daveyton
	Cameroon	1
					Nigeria	4
	11 November - Daveyton
					Equatorial Guinea	2
	Equatorial Guinea (a.e.t.)	3
	South Africa	1
					Third place play-off
					14 November - Daveyton
					Cameroon	0
					South Africa	2

Semi-finals

All times are SAST (UTC+2)

Winners qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Nigeria	5–1	Cameroon
Helen Ukaonu 33' Oparanozie 45+1' Nkwocha 58', 74', 81' (pen.)	Report	Ngock 47'

Equatorial Guinea	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
S. Simporé 103', 120+5' Jade 109'	Report	Dlamini 120+8'

Third place play-off

Cameroon	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Skiti 8' Dlamini 38'

Final

Nigeria	4–2	Equatorial Guinea
Nkwocha 8' Oparanozie 76' Nke 77' (o.g.) Carol 84' (o.g.)	Report	Carol 62' Jade 81'

Awards

2010 African Women's Football Championship winners
Nigeria Eighth title

References and notes

1. Content2010 African Women’s Championship Draw, from MTN Football.com, retrieved 13 September 2009
2. Ekurhuleni Municipality set to host cream of African women's football talent, from South African Football Association, retrieved 21 September 2010
3. "African Women's Championship resurrects old rivalries". bbc.co.uk. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
4. Regulations of the African Women Championship, from cafonline.com, retrieved 4 November 2010

External links

• Official website
• FIFA page on CAF Preliminary matches for 2011 Women's World Cup

• 2010 African Women's Championship
• Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournaments
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
• 2010–11 in South African soccer
• 2010 in South African women's sport
• International association football competitions hosted by South Africa
• 2010 in women's association football
• October 2010 sports events in Africa
• November 2010 sports events in Africa