4th edition of WAFCON
2000 African Women's Championship Host country South Africa Dates 11 – 25 November Teams 8 Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Champions Nigeria (4th title) Runners-up South Africa Third place Ghana Fourth place Zimbabwe Matches played 16 Goals scored 60 (3.75 per match) Top scorer(s) Mercy Akide (7 goals)
International football competition
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.
South Africa
2–0 in a final which got abandoned at the 73rd minute.
Qualification
as title holders qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place between June and August 2000.
Format
Qualification took place on a home-and-away
extra time
period was used.
The six winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage.
Preliminary round
Qualification round
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 .
Qualified teams
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.
Group stage
Officials
The following referees were named for this edition of the tournament:
Ondo Akono
Scholastica Tetteh
Justine Rasoanirina
Bola Abidoye
Bolanle Sekiteri
Fatou Gaye
Catherine Adipo
Sabelo Sibindi
Format
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win standard.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
A match at the third-place match with a levelled score at the end of 90 minutes would go to an
if necessary.
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
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]
Awards
2000 African Women's Championship winners
Nigeria 4th title
Statistics
Team statistics
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Group stage
Goalscorers
7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Notes
^ Réunion advanced to the qualification round after Kenya withdrew.
^ Réunion won by default and qualified for the qualification round.
^ Gabon failed to show for the second leg.
^ DR Congo withdrew.
^ Sierra Leone withdrew.
References
on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018 .
External links
Editions Qualification Finals Squads
1 No qualification took place in 1991 and 1995 .
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