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1998 African Women's Championship

The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the biennial African Women's Championship tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions.

It was hosted from 17 to 31 October by Nigeria whose women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Qualification

A qualification round was installed in the tournament for the first time. With Nigeria qualifying automatically as hosts, the remaining seven spots were determined by a qualification round and a play-off round which took place between March and April 1998.

First leg:

Mozambique

Second leg:

Maseru

Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

Johannesburg
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

South Africa won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

Cairo[1]
Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala[1]

Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Conakry

Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

DR Congo won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Cameroon won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Morocco won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Qualified teams

DR Congo, Egypt and Morocco made their debuts in the tournament at this edition. Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament despite qualifying with Lesotho as its late replacement for Mozambique, also failing to show up.[2]

Venues

Group stage

Tiebreakers

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

  1. greater number of points in matches between tied teams
  2. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
  3. greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
  4. superior goal difference in all group matches
  5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
  7. drawing of lots

Group A

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: DR Congo −3, Morocco −5.
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Group B

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

 Mozambique was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Third place play-off

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Final

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode
Attendance: 30,000

Awards

Statistics

Team statistics

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Unknown scorers

References

  1. ^ a b "Enkonge ezizze zeekiika mu kkubo lyagwo" [The cones that have been lurking in its path]. Bukedde Online (in Ganda). January 12, 2012. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "History of CAF Women's Championship". The Nation Nigeria. Nigeria. November 10, 2006. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016. Title given copied from the title of the site page.

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