Africa Cup of Women 2016

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Africa Cup of Women 2016
Africa Women Cup of Nations 2016
Number of nations 8  (of 24 applicants)
African champions NigeriaNigeria Nigeria (8 (10) th titles)
venue CameroonCameroon Cameroon
Opening game 19th November 2016
Endgame 3rd December 2016
Games 16
Gates 39  (⌀: 2.44 per game)
Top scorer NigeriaNigeria Asisat Oshoala (6)
Best player CameroonCameroon Gabrielle Onguéné

The Africa Women Cup of Nations 2016 ( English Africa Women Cup of Nations , French Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine ) was the tenth edition of the African continental championship in women's football and took place in Cameroon from November 19 to December 3, 2016 .

qualification

The qualification was played in two rounds in a knockout system with a return leg. The 22 weaker nations met in the first round. In the second round, the winners determined the seven teams that qualified for the final round with the three first place finishers in the last championship.

Attendees

CameroonCameroon Cameroon (hosts) ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe MaliMali Mali EgyptEgypt Egypt
KenyaKenya Kenya NigeriaNigeria Nigeria (defending champion) GhanaGhana Ghana South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa

After qualifying, Equatorial Guinea was excluded due to a player who was not eligible to play. Mali moved up for this.

Venues

Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium

The tournament took place in the capital Yaoundé ( Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium ) and in Limbe ( Limbe Stadium ).

mode

The eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The two group first and second played crosswise in the semifinals. The winners advanced to the final, the losers played for third place.

competition

The group stage draw took place in Yaoundé on September 18, 2016 . Cameroon as the host and Nigeria as the defending champion were automatically set as group heads.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CameroonCameroon Cameroon  3  3  0  0 005-000  +5 09
 2. South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa  3  1  1  1 005: 100  +4 04th
 3. EgyptEgypt Egypt  3  1  0  2 001: 700  −6 03
 4th ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe  3  0  1  2 000: 300  −3 01
19th November 2016
CameroonCameroon Cameroon - EgyptEgypt Egypt 2: 0 (1: 0)
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa - ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 0-0
22nd November 2016
CameroonCameroon Cameroon - South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1: 0 (0: 0)
ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe - EgyptEgypt Egypt 0: 1 (0: 0)
November 25, 2016
ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe - CameroonCameroon Cameroon 0: 2 (0: 1)
EgyptEgypt Egypt - South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 0: 5 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NigeriaNigeria Nigeria  3  2  1  0 011: 100 +10 07th
 2. GhanaGhana Ghana  3  2  1  0 007: 300  +4 07th
 3. MaliMali Mali  3  1  0  2 004:100  −6 03
 4th KenyaKenya Kenya  3  0  0  3 002:100  −8 00
20th November 2016
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - MaliMali Mali 6: 0 (2: 0)
GhanaGhana Ghana - KenyaKenya Kenya 3: 1 (0: 1)
23rd November 2016
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - GhanaGhana Ghana 1: 1 (1: 1)
KenyaKenya Kenya - MaliMali Mali 1: 3 (1: 2)
November 26, 2016
KenyaKenya Kenya - NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 0: 4 (0: 2)
MaliMali Mali - GhanaGhana Ghana 1: 3 (0: 1)

Final round

Semifinals

November 29, 4 p.m., Yaoundé CameroonCameroon Cameroon - GhanaGhana Ghana 1: 0 (0: 0)
November 29th, 7pm, Limbe NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1: 0 (0: 0)

3rd place match

December 2nd, 3:30 pm, Yaoundé GhanaGhana Ghana - South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1: 0 (0: 0)

final

December 3, 3:30 p.m., Yaoundé CameroonCameroon Cameroon - NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 0: 1 (0: 0)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015 . CAF. May 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Equatorial Guinea disqualified CAF, accessed November 22, 2016
  3. ↑ [1] accessed on November 22, 2016