2002 African Women's Championship

The 2002 Women's African Football Championship was the fifth edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the Africa Women Cup of Nations), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in Nigeria between 7 December and 20 December 2002.

2002 African Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates7–20 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored46 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alberta Sackey
Perpetua Nkwocha
Veronica Phewa
(4 goals)

The tournament determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. Nigeria won its fifth title, beating Ghana 2–0 in the final.

Host selection

In January 2001, the Botswana Football Association had confirmed that the country has submitted a bid to host the tournament.[1] It is unknown if they withdrew from bidding later.

Nigeria were elected as hosts in March 2002 after there were no serious takers for the tournament. Nigerian officials were approached by the CAF at the 2002 African Cup of Nations finals in Mali and were keen to host the tournament. Nigeria had hosted the tournament previously, in 1998.[2]

Qualification
Main article: 2002 African Women's Championship qualification

Nigeria qualified automatically as both hosts and defending champions,[3] while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from August to October 2002.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter or withdrew
  Not part of CAF

Ethiopia and Mali made their first appearances in the tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 NigeriaHosts and defending champions19 March 20024 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000)
 AngolaWinners against DR Congo11 October 20021 (1995)
 MaliWinners against Morocco11 October 2002Debut
 South AfricaWinners against Zambia12 October 20023 (1995, 1998, 2000)
 CameroonWinners against Gabon12 October 20023 (1991, 1998, 2000)
 GhanaWinners against Senegal12 October 20024 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000)
 EthiopiaWinners against Uganda13 October 2002Debut
 ZimbabweWinners against Tanzania13 October 20021 (2000)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Officials

The following referees were named for the tournament:

  • Ondo Akono
  • Chimane Nombauli
  • Mukulu Mbula
  • Scholastica Tetteh
  • Bola Abidoye
  • Bolanle Sekiteri
  • Xonam Agboyi
  • Constance Adipo

Format

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two teams in the groups advanced to the semi-finals. The finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss).

Results

Group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ghana 330060+69Knockout stage
2 Nigeria 320182+66
3 Mali 301239−61
4 Ethiopia 301228−61
Nigeria 3–0 Ethiopia
Mbachu  15'
Akide  63', 66'
Referee: Chimane Nombauli (Congo)
Mali 0–2 Ghana
Sackey  55'
Dgajmah  78'
Referee: Xonam Agboyi (Togo)
Ethiopia 2–2 Mali
Endegene-Leme  61', 70' Konate  20'
Samake  44'
Referee: Mukulu Mbula (DR Congo)
Nigeria 0–1 Ghana
Sackey  33'
Referee: Ondo Akono (Cameroon)
Nigeria 5–1 Mali
Akide  38'
Nkwocha  40', 70'
Iweta  49'
Chiejine  82'		 Samake  60'
Referee: Xonam Agboyi (Togo)
Ghana 3–0 Ethiopia
Sackey  30', 60'
Gyamfuah  75'
Referee: Chimane Nombauli (Congo)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Africa 321063+37Knockout stage
2 Cameroon 31112204
3 Angola 302123−12
4 Zimbabwe 302124−22
South Africa 2–1 Cameroon
Phewa  70'
Carelse  71'		 Anounga  72'
Referee: Bola Abidoye (Nigeria)
Angola 1–1 Zimbabwe
Gonçalves  16' Talent  48'
Referee: Bolanle Sekiteri (Nigeria)
Cameroon 0–0 Zimbabwe
Referee: Scholastica Tetteh (Ghana)
South Africa 1–1 Angola
Monyepao  9' Ramos  75'
Referee: Constance Adipo (Uganda)
Cameroon 1–0 Angola
Ngono Mani  89'
Referee: Scholastica Tetteh (Ghana)
South Africa 3–1 Zimbabwe
Phewa  27', 33', 61' Talent  50'
Referee: Bola Abidoye (Nigeria)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
17 December - Warri
 
 
 Ghana3
 
20 December - Warri
 
 Cameroon2
 
 Ghana0
 
18 December - Warri
 
 Nigeria2
 
 South Africa0
 
 
 Nigeria5
 
Third place
 
 
20 December - Warri
 
 
 Cameroon3
 
 
 South Africa0

Semi-finals
Ghana 3–2 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Dgajmah  2'
Gyamfuah  75'
Bayor  120'		 Pokam  83'
Belemgoto  90' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Constance Adipo (Uganda)
South Africa 0–5 Nigeria
Yusuf  31'
Chiejine  47'
Mbachu  56', 81'
Nkwocha  69'
Referee: Chimane Nombauli (Congo)

Third-place playoff
Cameroon 3–0 South Africa

Final
Ghana 0–2 Nigeria
Nkwocha  25'
Effionwan  25'
Referee: Xonam Agboyi (Togo)

The match was held up for about 5 minutes after fans pelted a linesman with sachets of water after Alberta Sackey had not been given offside (but missed the chance anyway).

Awards
 2002 African Women's Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Fifth title

Statistics

Team statistics
  Champion
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
  Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nigeria 5401152+1312
2 Ghana 540194+512
3 Cameroon 521275+27
4 South Africa 5212611–57
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Angola 302123–12
6 Zimbabwe 302124–22
7 Mali 301239–61
8 Ethiopia 301228–61

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Unknown goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Ghana17 December 20021 (1999)
 Nigeria18 December 20023 (1991, 1995, 1999)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Botswana Bids to Host 2002 Africa Women's Soccer". allAfrica. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. "Nigeria rescue women's CAN". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  3. "Nigeria rescue women's CAN". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
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