2006 African Women's Championship

The 2006 Women's African Football Championship was the seventh edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the Africa Women Cup of Nations), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in Nigeria between 28 October and 11 November 2006.

2006 African Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates28 October – 11 November 2006
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (7th title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place South Africa
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored54 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Perpetua Nkwocha
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Portia Modise

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Gabon, but the country withdrew from hosting the competition due to organisational reasons.[1] The CAF awarded the hosting of the competition to Nigeria in May 2006.[2]

Initially, the tournament was scheduled for September 2006, but it was moved to October due to weather considerations.[3]

The tournament determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. Nigeria won its seventh consecutive title, beating Ghana 1–0 in the final. South African Portia Modise was named player of the championship.[4]

Qualification
Main article: 2006 African Women's Championship qualification

Gabon qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from March to August 2006.

Before Gabon's withdrawal, Nigeria entered qualification and was scheduled to play Equatorial Guinea in the second round. After CAF elected Nigeria as replacement hosts, the match was called off and both teams qualified for the final tournament. Gabon did not retain its automatic qualification and therefore, was excluded from the tournament.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter or withdrew
  Not part of CAF

Equatorial Guinea appeared for the first time in the tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 NigeriaReplacement hosts17 May 20066 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Equatorial GuineaBy default17 May 2006Debut
 South AfricaWinners against Tanzania4 August 20065 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 AlgeriaWinners against Egypt5 August 20061 (2004)
 GhanaWinners by default against Congo5 August 20066 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 CameroonWinners against Kenya5 August 20065 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002)
 DR CongoWinners against Senegal5 August 20061 (1998)
 MaliWinners against Benin6 August 20062 (2002, 2004)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Final tournament

First round

The finals took place in Warri at Warri Township Stadium. There was two groups, A and B, with a semi-finals and finals.

Group A

Equatorial Guinea arrived at Murtala Mohammed Airport in a private chartered plane, which did not have clearance to land. The players were not allowed to disembark for three hours, and despite organising officials trying to remedy the situation, the Equatorial Guinea players apparently left for home, unhappy with the treatment they received by airport officials.[5] However, their first match went ahead on time.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Nigeria 93300122
 South Africa 6320162
 Equatorial Guinea 1301259
 Algeria 13012313
South Africa 4–0 Algeria
Phewa  1', 35'
Nompumelolo  38'
Solomon  90'		 (BBC)
Nigeria 4–2 Equatorial Guinea
Uwak  4', 9'
Nkwocha  34'
Ajayi  89'		 Report Chinasa Okoro  16'
Essiane  22'
Algeria 0–6 Nigeria
(BBC) Ajayi  8'
Nkwocha  20', 90+'
Madu  35'
Ekpo  56'
Uwak  89'
Equatorial Guinea 0–2 South Africa
Report Nkosi  63'
Solomon  75'
Equatorial Guinea 3–3 Algeria
Añonma  2'
Essiane  72', 78'		 Report Boumrar  35'
Bouhani  56', 76'
Nigeria 2–0 South Africa
Uwak  4', 43' (BBC)

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Ghana 9330062
 Cameroon 4311143
 Mali 3310235
 DR Congo 1301247
Mali 0–1 Ghana
(BBC) Rumanatu  56'
Cameroon 1–1 DR Congo
Ngono  1' (BBC) Milandu  57'
Ghana 2–1 Cameroon
Aminkwa  28', 90+' (BBC) Bella  53'
Mali 3–2 DR Congo
Doumbia  36'
Diarra  69', 90'		 (BBC) Zuma  28'
Mafuta  85'
DR Congo 1–3 Ghana
Vumongo  51' (BBC) Amankwa  22', 32'
Okoe  84'
Cameroon 2–0 Mali
Bekombo  42'
Ngo Ndoumbouk  74'		 (BBC)

Semi-finals
Nigeria 5–0 Cameroon
Uwak  33'
Nkwocha  45', 46', 54'
Ekpo  61'		 Report
Ghana 1–0 South Africa
Okoe  88' (pen.) Report

Third place match
Cameroon 2 – 2
4–5 PSO		 South Africa
Bella  48' (pen.)
Ngono  81'		 Report Modise  4'
Makhanya  61'

Final match
Nigeria 1–0 Ghana
Nkwocha  13' Report

25,000 people watched the match, which was described by the BBC as "a drab encounter". Both teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Awards
 2006 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Seventh title

References and notes
  1. Gabon pulls out of hosting AWC, from BBC, retrieved 29 May 2006
  2. Boadu-Ayeboafoh, Yaw (17 May 2006). "Nigeria awarded 2006 AWC". Daily Graphic. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. "CAF delays Women's Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. "Portia simply the Ellis". Sowetan. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. E/Guinea Flies into Trouble, Return to Malabo Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, from thisdayonline.com, retrieved 29 October 2006
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