1998 African Women's Championship
3rd edition of WAFCON
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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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nigeria |
| Dates | 17 – 31 October |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Ghana |
| Third place |  DR Congo |
| Fourth place |  Cameroon |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 62 (4.77 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Nkiru Okosieme (3 goals) |
← 1995 2000 → | |
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:
Second leg:
Lesotho  | 2–4 |  Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.
South Africa won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.
Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.
Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.
DR Congo won by default and qualified for the main tournament.
| Cameroon | Cancelled |  Sierra Leone |
|---|---|---|
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
| Kaduna | Ijebu Ode | |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmadu Bello Stadium | Gateway Stadium | |
| Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
Group stage
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:
- greater number of points in matches between tied teams
- superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
- greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
- superior goal difference in all group matches
- greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
- drawing of lots
Group A
- Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: DR Congo −3, Morocco −5.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  South Africa |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Mozambique was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 27 October - Kaduna | ||||||
| Nigeria | 6 | |||||
| 31 October - Ijebu Ode | ||||||
| Cameroon | 0 | |||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| 27 October - Kaduna | ||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||
| DR Congo | 1 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 30 October - Ijebu Ode | ||||||
| Cameroon | 3 (1) | |||||
| DR Congo (p) | 3 (3) | |||||
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.
Third place play-off
Final
Awards
| 1998 African Women's Championship winners |
|---|
 Nigeria 3rd title |
Statistics
Team statistics
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 0 | +28 |
| 2 | Ghana |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | +7 |
| 3 | DR Congo |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 |
| 4 | Cameroon |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||
| 5 |  Morocco |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 |
| 6 | South Africa |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
| 7 |  Egypt |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | −12 |
| — | Mozambique |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 12(1) | 11 | 1(2) | 11 | 35 | 62 | 62 | 0 | |
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