| Tourney Name: | African Women's Championship |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Dates: | 11 – 25 November |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 60 |
| Top Scorer: |  Mercy Akide (7 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1998 |
| Nextseason: | 2002 |
The 2000 African Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football and the second to be hosted by a country. It was held in South Africa between 11 and 25 November 2000.
Nigeria won their 4th title, beating South Africa 2–0 in a final which got abandoned at the 73rd minute.
South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between June and August 2000.
Qualification took place on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If aggregate scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would apply, even adding the penalty shoot-out if scores were still level. No extra time period was used.
The six winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage.
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First leg on 29–30 July; Second leg on 11–13 August.
Réunion won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.----
Cameroon won by default and qualified for the group stage after Gabon failed to show up for the second leg.----
Morocco won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.----
Zimbabwe won 8–0 on aggregate and qualified for the group stage.----
Ghana won by default and qualified for the group stage.----
Uganda won by default and qualified for the group stage.
Réunion, Uganda and Zimbabwe made their tournament debut at this edition. Zimbabwe originally entered this tournament's inaugural edition, but withdrew before playing any match.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best appearance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1991) | |||
| (1998) | |||
| (1998) | |||
| (1991, 1995, 1998) | |||
| (hosts) | (1995) | ||
The following referees were named for this edition of the tournament:
Ondo Akono
Scholastica Tetteh Bola Abidoye Bolanle Sekiteri
Fatou Gaye
Catherine AdipoThe top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win standard.
See main article: 2000 African Women's Championship squads.
| width=25 | width=175 | Team | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=100 | Qualification | |||||||||
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
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| width=25 | width=175 | Team | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=100 | Qualification | |||||||||
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 | Knockout stage | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
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A match at the third-place match with a levelled score at the end of 90 minutes would go to an extra time of 30 minutes is played and followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
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1 The match was abandoned in the 73rd minute with Nigeria leading 2–0 after fans started throwing objects at the referee following the second goal, with riot police arriving 40 minutes later and firing tear gas in the crowds; fans needed hospital treatment and cars belonging to journalists were attacked as they were leaving the stadium. The result stood as final.[1]
| width=25 | width=165 | Team | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | |||||||||
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| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | –9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | –12 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mavis Dgajmah Rita Nwadike Bernadette Anong Antoinette Anounga Lydienne Eko Njolle Desire Enama Abbe Memuna Darku Gloria Foriwaa Nana Gyamfuah Sheila Okine Alberta Sackey
Nadia Maqdi Stella Mbachu
Rachelle Lecoutre Florence Mussard Oliver Mbekeka Alaisa Nakawagi Annet Nakimbugwe Robina Nakintu