2004 African Women's Championship qualification

The 2004 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2004 African Women's Championship. South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from May to July 2004.

2004 African Women's Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates29 May – 25 July 2004
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored72 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Akua Anokyewaa
Adjoa Bayor (6 goals)

From this tournament onwards, the defending champions does not receive automatic qualification.

Teams

A total of 17 national teams participated in the qualifying process.

Teams who withdrew are in italics.

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Preliminary round
6
First round
11
Qualifying rounds Total 17
Final tournament 1

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.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 29–30 May 2004
Second leg 12 June 2004
First round First leg 10–11 July 2004
Second leg 23–25 July 2004

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Equatorial Guinea  2–4  Congo 2–2 0–2
Malawi  w/o1  Uganda — —
Tanzania  5–1  Eritrea 4–0 1–1
Equatorial Guinea 2–2 Congo
Aguilera Angono  52', 60' Report Ndolou  24'
Mpassou  50'
Congo 2–0 Equatorial Guinea
?  1H'
?  1H'		 Report

Congo won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Malawi Cancelled Uganda

Malawi won by default and advanced to the first round.

Tanzania 4–0 Eritrea
Mtumwa  2', 7', 10'
Yusuf  14'		 Report
Referee: Jane Silungwe (Malawi)
Eritrea 1–1 Tanzania
?  2H' Report ?  1H'

Tanzania won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Congo  0–2  Cameroon 0–2 0–0
Malawi  0–9  Ethiopia 0–4 0–5
Tanzania  0–7  Zimbabwe 0–3 0–4
Mali  2–3  Algeria 2–2 0–1
Guinea  0–22  Ghana 0–13 0–9
Senegal  3–12  Nigeria 2–8 1–4
DR Congo  —  Gabon — —
Congo 0–2 Cameroon
Report Mbida  15'
Ngo Ndoumbouk  75'
Referee: Bento Vila Nova Clara (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Cameroon 0–0 Congo
Report
Referee: Maximina Luzia Bernado (Angola)

Cameroon won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Malawi 0–4 Ethiopia
Report Addis  6', 87'
Gebrekirstos  27'
Kemal  83'
Referee: Risina Kuda Majo (Zimbabwe)
Ethiopia 5–0 Malawi
Gebrekirstos  24', 32', 53'
Seifu  57'
Addis  66'		 Report
Referee: Kubingi Margre (Uganda)

Ethiopia won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Tanzania 0–3 Zimbabwe
Report Moyo  8', 64'
Kulunga  82'
Referee: Limsisi Loise Shitilu (Kenya)
Zimbabwe 4–0 Tanzania
Moyo  5', 30'
Simao  84'
Matobela  90'		 Report
Referee: Rasoanirina Justine (Madagascar)

Zimbabwe won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Mali 2–2 Algeria
N'Diaye  45'
Camara  71'		 Report Zerrouki  26', 58'
Referee: Keita Aissatou (Guinea)
Algeria 1–0 Mali
Zerrouki  15' Report
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Guinea 0–13 Ghana
Report Okoe  10', 1H', 1H'
Anokyewaa  14', 1H', 1H'
Bayor  18', 1H', 84'
Darku  1H'
Baidu  2H'
Amenuku  2H', 2H'
Referee: Athacou Agathe (Ivory Coast)
Ghana 9–0 Guinea
Bayor  4', 23', 54'
Okoe  10', 40'
Anokyewaa  14', 16', 48'
Foriwaa  56'		 Report
Referee: Felicia Okwugba (Nigeria)

Ghana won 22–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Senegal 2–8 Nigeria
Thiaw  53'
Diop  90'		 Report Uwak  8', 17', 89'
Avre  15', 35', 50', 66'
Ulunma  89'
Referee: Maman Fati (Benin)
Nigeria 4–11 Senegal
Uwak  6', 59'
Obi  49'
Titilayo  74'		 Report N'Diaye  66'
Referee: Amegee Aissata Ameyo (Togo)

1 The match was abandoned at the 76th minute after an officer from the riot police 'mistakenly' fired tear gas which dispersed fans rushing to find an open space.[1]

Nigeria won 12–3 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

DR Congo Cancelled Gabon

DR Congo won by default after Gabon withdrew and qualified for the final tournament. The former also withdrew later, forcing the CAF to elect a lucky loser, to select the best of the eliminated teams to qualify for the final tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 201123−11
 Congo 201102−21
 Tanzania 200207−70
 Senegal 2002312−90
 Malawi 200209−90
 Guinea 2002022−220

Mali won as lucky loser and qualified for the final tournament.

Goalscorers

Akua Anokyewaa and Adjoa Bayor, both from Ghana, were the top scorers of the qualifying process with 6 goals each.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  • Dalila Zerrouki
  • Feleke Addis
  • Mwapewa Mtumwa
2 goals
1 goal
Unknown goalscorers

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

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 South AfricaHosts12 December 2003[2]4 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
 AlgeriaWinners against Mali23 July 2004Debut
 GhanaWinners against Guinea24 July 20045 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
 NigeriaWinners against Senegal24 July 20045 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002)
 CameroonWinners against Congo25 July 20044 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002)
 EthiopiaWinners against Malawi25 July 20041 (2002)
 ZimbabweWinners against Tanzania25 July 20042 (2000, 2002)
 MaliLucky loserJuly–August 20041 (2002)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Violence blights Nigerian football". BBC. 27 July 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. "Three bids for Nations Cup 2008". BBC. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.