1998 African Women's Championship

1998 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	17 – 31 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	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 (2 goals)

The 1998 African Women's Championship was the third staging of the CAF Women's Championship, the women's football tournament of Africa (CAF), who took place in Nigeria. It determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. Nigeria won its third title, beating Ghana 2–0 in the final.

Qualifying Tournament

Nigeria as host qualified automatically.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mozambique	7–2	Lesotho	3–0	4–2
South Africa	15–0	Swaziland	9–0	6–0
Egypt	2–1	Uganda	1–1	1–0
Ghana	19–0	Guinea	11–0	8–0
DR Congo	w/o	Namibia	—	—
Cameroon	w/o	Sierra Leone	—	—
Morocco	w/o	Kenya	—	—

First leg in March 28–29, Second leg in April 10–12:

Mozambique v Lesotho

28 March 1998

Mozambique	3–0	Lesotho

Mozambique

Lesotho v Mozambique

12 April 1998

Lesotho	2–4	Mozambique

Maseru

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South Africa v Swaziland

29 March 1998

South Africa	9–0	Swaziland

South Africa

Swaziland v South Africa

11 April 1998

Swaziland	0–6	South Africa

Swaziland

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Egypt v Uganda

29 March 1998

Egypt	1–1	Uganda

Egypt

Uganda v Egypt

10 April 1998

Uganda	0–1	Egypt

Uganda

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Ghana v Guinea

29 March 1998

Ghana	11–0	Guinea

Ghana

Guinea v Ghana

12 April 1998

Guinea	0–8	Ghana

Guinea

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DR Congo v Namibia

DR Congo	w/o	Namibia

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Cameroon v Sierra Leone

Cameroon	w/o	Sierra Leone

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Morocco v Kenya

Morocco	w/o	Kenya

Participating teams

Cameroon DR Congo Egypt Ghana

Morocco Mozambique (withdrew) Nigeria (hosts) South Africa

Squads

Main article: 1998 African Women's Championship squads

Venues

Kaduna	Kaduna Ijebu Ode Locations of the 1998 African Women's Championship venues	Ijebu Ode
Ahmadu Bello Stadium		Gateway Stadium
Capacity: 16,000		Capacity: 20,000

Final tournament

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi-Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	9
DR Congo	3	1	1	1	4	7	-3	4
Morocco	3	1	1	1	4	9	-5	4
Egypt	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Nigeria v Morocco

17 October 1998

Nigeria	8–0	Morocco
Okosieme  ?'

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

DR Congo v Egypt

17 October 1998

DR Congo	4–1	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

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Morocco v Egypt

20 October 1998

Morocco	4–1	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Nigeria v DR Congo

20 October 1998

Nigeria	6–0	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

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Morocco v DR Congo

23 October 1998

Morocco	0–0	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Nigeria v Egypt

23 October 1998

Nigeria	6–0	Egypt

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Group B

Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament. Late replacement Lesotho also failed to show up.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6
Cameroon	2	1	0	1	4	5	-1	3
South Africa	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0
Mozambique	Withdrew

Ghana v South Africa

18 October 1998

Ghana	4–0	South Africa

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

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Cameroon v South Africa

21 October 1998

Cameroon	3–2	South Africa

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

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Ghana v Cameroon

24 October 1998

Ghana	3–1	Cameroon

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

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.

	Semifinals				Final
	27 October - Kaduna
	Nigeria	6
	Cameroon	0
					31 October - Ijebu Ode
					Nigeria	2
					Ghana	0
					Third place
	27 October - Kaduna			30 October - Ijebu Ode
	Ghana (a.e.t.)	4		Cameroon	3 (1)
	DR Congo	1			DR Congo	3 (3)

Semi-finals

Nigeria v Cameroon

27 October 1998

Nigeria	6–0	Cameroon

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

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Ghana v DR Congo

27 October 1998

Ghana	4–1 (aet)	DR Congo

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Third place playoff

DR Congo v Cameroon

30 October 1998

DR Congo	3–3 (aet) (3–1 PSO)	Cameroon

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode

Final

Nigeria v Ghana

31 October 1998

Nigeria	2–0	Ghana
Okosieme  43' Mbachu  64'

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode Attendance: 30,000

Awards

1998 African Women's Championship Winners
Nigeria Third 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).
⁽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

2 goals

• Nkiru Okosieme

1 goal

• Stella Mbachu

Unknown scorers

• Nigeria : 25 additional goals.
• Ghana : 11 additional goals.
• DR Congo : 8 additional goals.
• Cameroon : 7 additional goals.
• Morocco : 4 additional goals.
• South Africa : 2 additional goals.
• Egypt : 2 additional goals.

External links

• Tables & Results at RSSSF.com