2014 African Women's Championship
International football competition
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The 2014 African Women's Championship, the 11th edition of the tournament, was held in Namibia.[1] This tournament, organized by the Confederation of African Football, was also a qualification tournament for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, with top three qualifying for the finals in Canada. It was played on 11–25 October 2014.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Namibia |
| Dates | 11–25 October |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (9th title) |
| Runners-up |  Cameroon |
| Third place |  Ivory Coast |
| Fourth place |  South Africa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 44 (2.75 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Desire Oparanozie (5 goals) |
| Best player | Asisat Oshoala |
| Best goalkeeper | Annette Ngo Ndom |
| Fair play award | South Africa |
← 2012 2016 → | |
The tournament marked the first participation of Namibia in the African championship. Also for the first time the defending champions, Equatorial Guinea, were not taking part after failing to win their last qualifying round match.[2]
Nigeria defeated Cameroon 2–0 in the final to win their record-extending seventh title.[3]
Host
Namibia were awarded the hosting rights in October 2011. This was the first time they would appear in the final tournament.
There was some criticism of the slow preparation and campaigning for the event. The national women's league was suspended this year because all money was used for hosting the continental event.[4]
Qualification
A record 25 teams applied for the 2014 African Women's Championship.[5] The top three teams from the 2012 tournament, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa received a bye to the second round. The preliminary round was held on 13–15 February (first leg) and 28 February–2 March 2014 (second leg), while the final qualifying round was held on 23–25 May (first leg) and 6–8 June (second leg).[6]
- Qualified teams
| Team | Method of qualification |
Previous appearances in tournament |
|---|---|---|
 Namibia | Hosts | 0 |
 Algeria | Second round winners | 3 (2004, 2006, 2010) |
| Cameroon | 10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | |
 Ghana | 9 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | |
| Ivory Coast | 1 (2012) | |
| Nigeria | 10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | |
| South Africa | 9 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | |
 Zambia | 2 (1991, 1995) |
Venues
The final tournament matches were held in two stadium venues located in Windhoek:[7]
| Windhoek | Locations of the 2014 African Women's Championship venues |
Windhoek |
|---|---|---|
| Independence Stadium | Sam Nujoma Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 10,300 | |
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Format
Eight teams were divided in two groups and play a round-robin tournament. The top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals. The losers of those semifinals played in the third place match, while the winners faced off in the final. The top three placed teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Match officials
12 referees and 15 assistants were announced on 5 October 2014.[8]
- Referees
Maximina Bernado
Thérèse Raïssa
Ledia Tafesa
Christine Ziga
Aya Irène Ahoua
Damaris Kimani
Kankou Coulibaly
Insaf El Harkaoui
Fadouma Dia
Lilia Abdeljaoued
Aisha Ssemambo
Gladys Lengwe
- Assistant referees
Rosalie Tempa
Botsalo Mosimanewatlala
Élodie Bieiginin
Mona Mahmoud Atallah- Trhas Gebreyohanis
- Emmanuella Aglago
- Mary Njoroge
Lidwine Rakotozafinoro
Bernadette Kwimbira- Fanta Idrissa Koné
- Souad Oulhaj
- Aminata Dialo
Ayawa Dzodope- Chafia Hendaoui
- Mercy Zulu
Squads
Group stage
The draw was held on 19 July 2014 at 19:00 local time at Windhoek, Namibia.[9][10]
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[11]
- Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams;
- Best Goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
- Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ivory Coast |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Namibia (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Zambia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 4–2 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
Sunday  11'Diakité 54' (o.g.)Oparanozie 74', 86' |
Report | F. Coulibaly 21' (pen.) Lohoues 75' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ghana |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Algeria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
| South Africa | 0–1 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Feudjio 86' |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.[11]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 October - Windhoek | ||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| 25 October - Windhoek | ||||||
| South Africa | 1 | |||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| 22 October - Windhoek | ||||||
| Cameroon | 0 | |||||
| Cameroon (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 1 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 25 October - Windhoek | ||||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
| Cameroon | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Enganamouit 60' Manie 118' |
Report | Nrehy 65' |
Third place play-off
Winners qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
| South Africa | 0–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Guehai 84' |
Final
Statistics
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[12]
| Award | Player |
|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Asisat Oshoala |
| Golden Boot | Desire Oparanozie |
| Golden Gloves | Annette Ngo Ndom |
| Fair Play Award | South Africa |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
- Mariam Diakité (playing against Nigeria)
Team statistics
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 3 | +13 |
| 2 | Cameroon |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | South Africa |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||
| 5 | Ghana |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Namibia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| 7 | Algeria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
| 8 | Zambia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 |
| Total | 16(1) | 14 | 2(2) | 14 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 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)