2012 African Women's Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	African Women's Championship
Year:	2012
Other Titles:	Copa Africana de Naciones femenina 2012 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations féminine 2012 Copa das Nações Africanas feminina 2012
Country:	Equatorial Guinea
Dates:	28 October – 11 November
Num Teams:	8
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Count:	2
Matches:	16
Goals:	47
Top Scorer:	Genoveva Añonman (6 goals)
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2014

The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.^[1]

Qualification

See main article: 2012 African Women's Championship qualification. A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.^[2]

Qualified teams

Squads

See main article: 2012 African Women's Championship squads.

Group stage

The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.^[3]

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:^[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches between tied teams
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches between tied teams
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches between tied teams
4. Goal difference in all group matches
5. Goals scored in all group matches
6. Fair play conduct
7. Drawing of lots

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Group A

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	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9
	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Group B

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	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1

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Knockout stages

Knockout Map

All times are WAT (UTC+1)

Final

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Genoveva Añonman

5 goals

• Gloria Chinasa

4 goals

• Ines Nrehy
• Andisiwe Mgcoyi

3 goals

• Jade Boho

2 goals

• Adrienne Iven
• Adriana Aparecida Costa
• Stella Mbachu
• Perpetua Nkwocha

1 goal

• Jeanine Alexise Gnago
• Ange N'Guessan
• Josée Nahi
• Christine Manie
• Gabrielle Onguéné
• Gaëlle Enganamouit

• Francine Zouga
• Lucie Mengi Nona
• Jolie Tuzolana
• Jumária Barbosa de Santana
• Ogonna Chukwudi

• Ngozi Ebere
• Martina Ohadugha
• Esther Sunday
• Leandra Smeda
• Janine van Wyk

Own goal

• Bwadi Mwalutshe (playing against Equatorial Guinea)

References and notes

1. Web site: Women's round-up: January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213165349/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/women/news/newsid=1577572/index.html. dead. February 13, 2012. FIFA. 2 February 2012.
2. Web site: FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012. Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. 13 January 2011.
3. Web site: 8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo. CAF. 17 July 2012. 17 July 2012.
4. Web site: 2012 Regulations. CAF. 30 October 2012.

External links

• BBC ;Results & Fixtures
• Results at soccerway.com