Football Africa Cup of Women 2018
Africa Women Cup of Nations 2018
Number of nations
8 (of 25 applicants)
African champions
Nigeria Nigeria (9 (11) th titles)
venue
Ghana Ghana
Opening game
17th November 2018
Endgame
1st December 2018
Games
16
Gates
51 (⌀: 3.19 per game)
Top scorer
South Africa Thembi Kgatlana (5 goals)
Best player
South Africa Thembi Kgatlana
yellow cards
39 (⌀: 2.44 per game)
Yellow-red cards
0
Red cards
0
The Africa Cup of Women 2018 ( English 2018 Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations Ghana 2018 , French Coupe Coupe d'Afrique des Nations Féminine Total, Ghana 2018 ) was the 11th edition of the African continental championship in women's football and took place from November 17th to December 1, 2018 in Ghana . The Nigerian team won.
The top three teams in the tournament - Nigeria, South Africa and Cameroon - qualified for the 2019 Women's World Cup .
qualification
Ghana was automatically qualified as host for the Africa Cup. 24 of the 56 member associations of the CAF had registered a team for qualification. Of these, 23 teams ultimately took part in the qualification.
Attendees
Note: * The team was initially disqualified and Kenya was re- nominated. On November 7, 2018, the disqualification was withdrawn and Equatorial Guinea was admitted to the tournament. Equatorial Guinea cannot qualify for the World Cup due to a FIFA ban.
Venues
The tournament took place in Accra and Cape Coast in one stadium each.
competition
The group stage draw took place in Accra on October 21, 2018 . Ghana as the host and Nigeria as the defending champion were automatically placed as group heads, Cameroon and South Africa were assigned to Pot 1 and the remaining teams to Pot 2.
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Cameroon Cameroon
3
2
1
0
00 6: 200
+4
0 7th
2.
Mali Mali
3
2
0
1
00 6: 500
+1
0 6th
3.
Ghana Ghana
3
1
1
1
00 3: 300
± 0
0 4th
4th
Algeria Algeria
3
0
0
3
00 2: 700
−5
0 0
November 17, 2018 in Accra
Ghana
-
Algeria
1: 0 (1: 0)
Mali
-
Cameroon
1: 2 (0: 0)
November 20, 2018 in Accra
Ghana
-
Mali
1: 2 (0: 1)
Cameroon
-
Algeria
3: 0 (1: 0)
November 23, 2018 in Accra
Cameroon
-
Ghana
1: 1 (1: 1)
November 23, 2018 in Cape Coast
Algeria
-
Mali
2: 3 (1: 0)
Group B
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
South Africa South Africa
3
2
1
0
00 9: 200
+7
0 7th
2.
Nigeria Nigeria
3
2
0
1
0 10: 100
+9
0 6th
3.
Zambia Zambia
3
1
1
1
00 6: 500
+1
0 4th
4th
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
3
0
0
3
00 1:180
−17
0 0
November 18, 2018 in Cape Coast
Nigeria
-
South Africa
0: 1 (0: 0)
Zambia
-
Equatorial Guinea
5: 0 (2: 0)
November 21, 2018 in Cape Coast
Nigeria
-
Zambia
4: 0 (1: 0)
Equatorial Guinea
-
South Africa
1: 7 (1: 2)
November 24, 2018 in Cape Coast
Equatorial Guinea
-
Nigeria
0: 6 (0: 4)
November 24, 2018 in Accra
South Africa
-
Zambia
1: 1 (1: 1)
Final round
Semifinals
November 27, 3:30 p.m., Accra
Nigeria
-
Cameroon
0: 0 a.d., 4: 2 i. E.
November 27, 6:30 p.m., Cape Coast
South Africa
-
Mali
2: 0 (1: 0)
3rd place match
November 30th, 4:00 p.m., Cape Coast
Cameroon
-
Mali
4: 2 (2: 1)
final
Nigeria
South Africa
Nigeria
South Africa
Tochukwu Oluehi • osinachi ohale , Ngozi Ebere , Onome Ebi , Josephine Chukwunonye • Asisat Oshoala , Rita Chikwelu , Ngozi Okobi , Francisca Ordega (112 Chinaza Love Uchendu ) Halimatu Ayinde • Rasheedat Ajibade (62 Chinwendu Ihezuo ) Coach: Thomas Dennerby ( Sweden )
Sweden
Kaylin Swart • Lebohang Ramalepe , Nothando Vilakazi , Janine van Wyk , Bambanani Mbane • Mamello Makhabane , Linda Motlhalo , Jermaine Seoposenwe , Leandra Smeda (67th Noko Matlou ), Busisiwe Ndimeni (73 nompumelelo nyandeni ) • Thembi Kgatlana Coach: Desiree Ellis (C)
penalties shoot
1: 1 Ngozi Ebere 2: 1 Rita Chikwelu 3: 2 Chinwendu Ihezuo 4: 3 Chinaza Love Uchendu
0: 1 Noko Matlou 1: 1 Lebohang Ramalepe 2: 2 Nompumelelo Nyandeni 3: 3 Mamello Makhabane 4: 3 Linda Motlhalo
Ngozi Ebere (29.), Francisca Ordega (92.), Rita Chikwelu (117.)
Kaylin Swart (74th)
Asisat Oshoala shoots a penalty wide (75.)
Best goalscorers
There were also 21 players with one goal each and one own goal.
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Circular # 1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019 . FIFA.com. November 11, 2016.
↑ Nigeria draw bye in 2018 Women's AFCON qualifiers . busybuddiesng.com. October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
↑ cafonline.com: Kenya through, Equatorial Guinea disqualified
↑ footballkenya.org: Harambee Starlets appeal against Equatorial Guinea upheld, Kenya set to grace AWCON
↑ cafonline.com: DECISIONS OF THE APPEAL BOARD OF 7th NOVEMBER 2018
↑ cafonline.com: Accreditation for official draw and final tournament
↑ cafonline.com: PROCEDURE OF THE DRAW OF THE FINAL TOURNAMENT TOTAL WOMEN'S AFCON-GHANA 2018
↑ cafonline.com/: Finalists learn their fate in balanced draw
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