Africa Women Cup of Nations
The Total Africa Women Cup of Nations (known as the African Women's Championship until 2015) is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was first contested in 1991, but was not held biennially until 1998. Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, having won a record 10 titles, meaning they have won all but two of the previous tournaments. The two tournaments not won by Nigeria were both won by Equatorial Guinea. For both those times, Equatorial Guinea hosted the competition. Ghana hosted the tournament in 2018.[1]
Founded | 1991 |
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Region | Africa (CAF) |
Number of teams | 8 (finals) |
Current champions | Nigeria (11th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Nigeria (11 titles) |
2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations |
The competition has served as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup every other tournament since its inception in 1991.
History
In 2000, hosts South Africa met three-time champions Nigeria in the final game of the tournament. After Nigeria finished the first half ahead 1–0, Nigeria's Stella Mbachu scored a second goal in the 72nd minute and the home crowd realized there was no coming back. Supporters began hurling bottles and other debris at officials and Nigerian players. The match was abandoned after three attempts at restarts were all interrupted by further disturbances. Riot police began fighting battles with bottle-throwing supporters about 40 minutes after the goal had been allowed, throwing tear gas into the crowd to break up the disturbance. The game and the tournament were awarded to Nigeria. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Nomination
On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Women's Championship to the Africa Women Cup of Nations, similar to the men's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[3]
Results
Note: abd – match abandoned in the 73rd minute
Statistics
Teams reaching the top four
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Total top four |
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Nigeria | 11 (1991, 1995, 1998*, 2000, 2002*, 2004, 2006*, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) | – | 1 (2008) | 1 (2012) | 13 |
Equatorial Guinea | 2 (2008*, 2012*) | 1 (2010) | – | – | 3 |
South Africa | – | 5 (1995, 2000*, 2008, 2012, 2018) | 2 (2006, 2010*) | 3 (2002, 2014, 2016) | 10 |
Cameroon | – | 4 (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016*) | 3 (2002, 2012, 2018) | 4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) | 11 |
Ghana | – | 3 (1998, 2002, 2006) | 4 (1995**, 2000, 2004, 2016) | – | 7 |
Guinea | – | – | 1 (1991**) | – | 1 |
Angola | – | – | 1 (1995**) | – | 1 |
DR Congo | – | – | 1 (1998) | – | 1 |
Ivory Coast | – | – | 1 (2014) | – | 1 |
Zimbabwe | – | – | – | 1 (2000) | 1 |
Ethiopia | – | – | – | 1 (2004) | 1 |
Mali | – | – | – | 1 (2018) | 1 |
- * hosts
- ** losing semi-finals
General statistics
Pos | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
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1 | Nigeria | 12 | 62 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 204 | 27 | +177 | 162 |
2 | South Africa | 11 | 46 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 76 | 75 | +1 | 71 |
3 | Cameroon | 12 | 49 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 60 | 77 | −17 | 70 |
4 | Ghana | 11 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 60 |
5 | Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 41 |
6 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 11 |
7 | Mali | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 11 |
8 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
9 | DR Congo | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 9 |
10 | Ethiopia | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 7 |
11 | Algeria | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 32 | −21 | 7 |
12 | Uganda | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
13 | Morocco | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22 | −17 | 4 |
14 | Namibia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
15 | Congo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
16 | Egypt | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 3 |
17 | Angola | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
18 | Tunisia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
19 | Zambia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 1 |
20 | Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Tanzania | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
22 | Réunion | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
23 | Guinea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
24 | Senegal | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
25 | Kenya | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
26 | Sierra Leone | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Top scorers (Golden boot) by year
Player | Country | Year of Tournament | Number of goals | Ref |
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1998 | ||||
Mercy Akide | Nigeria | 2000 | 7 goals | |
Perpetua Nkwocha | Nigeria | 2002 | 4 goals | [7] |
Perpetua Nkwocha | Nigeria | 2004 | 9 goals | |
Perpetua Nkwocha | Nigeria | 2006 | 7 goals | |
Genoveva Añonma Noko Matlou |
Equatorial Guinea | 2008 | 6 goals | [8] |
Perpetua Nkwocha | Nigeria | 2010 | 11 goals | |
Genoveva Añonma | Equatorial Guinea | 2012 | 6 goals | |
Desire Oparanozie | Nigeria | 2014 | 5 goals | |
Asisat Oshoala | Nigeria | 2016 | 6 goals | |
Thembi Kgatlana | South Africa | 2018 | 5 goals |
Best player (Golden ball) by year
Player | Country | Year of Tournament | Ref |
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1998 | |||
2000 | |||
2002 | |||
Perpetua Nkwocha | Nigeria | 2004 | [9] |
Portia Modise | South Africa | 2006 | [10] |
Genoveva Añonma | Equatorial Guinea | 2008 | [11] |
Stella Mbachu | Nigeria | 2010 | [12] |
2012 | |||
Asisat Oshoala | Nigeria | 2014 | [13] |
Gabrielle Onguéné | Cameroon | 2016 | [14] |
Thembi Kgatlana | South Africa | 2018 |
Hat-tricks
Participating nations
- Legend
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Team | 1991 |
1995 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2018 |
2020[2] |
Years |
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Algeria | • | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | • | GS | 5 | ||||||
Angola | SF | GS | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||
Cameroon | 2nd | × | 4th | GS | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 12 | |
Congo | × | • | • | GS | • | q | 2 | ||||||||
DR Congo | 3rd | × | • | × | GS | • | • | GS | × | 3 | |||||
Egypt | GS | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | 2 | ||||||
Equatorial Guinea | • | • | GS | 1st | 2nd | 1st | • | • | GS | 5 | |||||
Ethiopia | GS | 4th | × | • | GS | • | • | • | 3 | ||||||
Ghana | QF | SF | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | GS | GS | • | GS | 3rd | GS | 12 | |
Guinea | SF | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
Ivory Coast | • | • | • | • | GS | 3rd | • | • | 2 | ||||||
Kenya | x | x | • | x | x | • | GS | • | 1 | ||||||
Mali | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | GS | 4th | 7 | |||||
Morocco | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||||
Mozambique | × | • | • | × | 1 | ||||||||||
Namibia | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||
Nigeria | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 13 | |
Réunion | GS | 1 | |||||||||||||
Senegal | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 | ||||
Sierra Leone | QF | × | × | • | × | × | 1 | ||||||||
South Africa | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 4th | GS | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 12 | ||
Tanzania | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
Tunisia | GS | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||||
Uganda | • | GS | • | × | × | • | 1 | ||||||||
Zambia | × | QF | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | 3 | |||||
Zimbabwe | × | 4th | GS | GS | × | • | • | • | GS | • | 4 | ||||
Total (26 Teams) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Most tournaments hosted
Hosts | Nation | Year(s) |
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3 times | Nigeria | 1998, 2002, 2006 |
South Africa | 2000, 2004, 2010 | |
2 times | Equatorial Guinea | 2008, 2012 |
1 time | Namibia | 2014 |
Cameroon | 2016 | |
Ghana | 2018 | |
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