Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

The 2015 African Games women's football tournament was the 4th edition of the African Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the 2015 African Games. The tournament was open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).

2015 African Games
women's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Republic of the Congo
CityBrazzaville
Dates6–18 September 2015
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored28 (2.15 per match)
Top scorer(s) Desire Oparanozie (5 goals)

Qualification

Congo qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.[1]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[2]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Cameroon3rdGold medal (2011)
 Congo (hosts)1stDebut
 Egypt1stDebut
 Ghana3rdSilver medal (2011)
 Ivory Coast1stDebut
 Nigeria3rdGold medal (2003, 2007)
 South Africa4thSilver medal (2003, 2007)
 Tanzania2ndGroup stage (2011)

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Senegal, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.[3]

Venues

A new 60,000 capacity stadium, Stade Municipal de Kintélé, was built for the 2015 African Games. The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat and Stade Kintélé 3 were also used.

Group stage

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[5][6] For the draw, the hosts Congo were seeded in position A1 and the holders Cameroon were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.[7]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times were local, WAT (UTC+1).[8]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1
4  Congo (H) 3 0 1 2 2 7 5 1
Source: CAF
(H) Host.
Congo 1–5 Nigeria
Mabahou-Ngoma  61' Report Oparanozie  5', 15', 89'
Sunday  7'
Uchendu  90'
Referee: Marximina Bernardo (Angola)
Tanzania 0–1 Ivory Coast
Report Niamien  48'

Nigeria 3–0 Tanzania
Oparanozie  13', 46'
Sunday  51'
Report
Ivory Coast 1–0 Congo
Akaffou  38' Report

Congo 1–1 Tanzania
Mbondzo  45' Report Mafuru  53'
Nigeria 1–2 Ivory Coast
Amanze  10' Report Elloh  45'
Nahi  77' (pen.)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 Knockout stage
2  Ghana 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
3  South Africa 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
4  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. As Ghana and South Africa were tied on points, head-to-head record, total goal difference and total goals scored, a drawing of lots was held on 14 September 2015, 09:00 local time, to determine which team finished as runners-up of Group B,[9] which was won by Ghana.[10]
Cameroon 1–1 South Africa
Manie  88' (pen.) Report Smeda  71'
Ghana Cancelled Egypt
Report

South Africa 0–0 Ghana
Report
Referee: Chancelle Ngakosso (Congo)
Egypt Cancelled Cameroon
Report

Cameroon 1–1 Ghana
Akaba  54' Report Kobblah  32'
Stade Kintélé 3, Brazzaville
Referee: Aissatou Keita (Guinea)
South Africa Cancelled Egypt
Report
Stade Kintélé 3, Brazzaville

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 September – Brazzaville
 
 
 Ivory Coast0
 
17 September – Brazzaville
 
 Ghana1
 
 Ghana1
 
15 September – Brazzaville
 
 Cameroon0
 
 Cameroon2
 
 
 Nigeria1
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
18 September – Brazzaville
 
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
 
 Nigeria1

Semi-finals

Ivory Coast 0–1 Ghana
Report Suleman  15'
Stade Kintélé 3, Brazzaville
Referee: Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Cameroon 2–1 Nigeria
Abena  10'
Ngono Mani  14'
Report Ebi  48'
Stade Kintélé 3, Brazzaville
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Bronze medal match

Ivory Coast 2–1 Nigeria
N'Guessan  70'
F. Coulibaly  77'
Report Ihezuo  53'

Gold medal match

Ghana 1–0 Cameroon
Boakye  88' Report
Referee: Marximina Bernardo (Angola)

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
 Ghana 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 8 Gold Medal
 Cameroon 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 Silver Medal
 Ivory Coast 5 4 0 1 6 3 +3 12 Bronze Medal
4  Nigeria 5 2 0 3 11 7 +4 6 Fourth place
5  South Africa 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1
7  Congo (H) 3 0 1 2 2 7 5 1
8  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: rsssf
(H) Host.

Goalscorers

5 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also

References

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