2012 African Women's Championship
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = African Women's Championship
| year = 2012
| other_titles = Copa Africana de Naciones femenina 2012
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations féminine 2012
Copa das Nações Africanas feminina 2012
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Equatorial Guinea
| dates = 28 October – 11 November
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| champion_other = {{fbw|EQG}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{fbw|RSA}}
| third_other = {{fbw|CMR}}
| fourth_other = {{fbw|NGA}}
| matches = 16
| goals = 47
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|EQG}} Genoveva Añonman
(6 goals)
| prevseason = 2010
| nextseason = 2014
}}
The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.{{cite web|title=Women's round-up: January 2012|url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/women/news/newsid=1577572/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213165349/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/women/news/newsid=1577572/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 13, 2012|publisher=FIFA|access-date=2 February 2012}}
Qualification
{{main|2012 African Women's Championship qualification}}
A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.{{cite web|title=FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012|url=http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2010/fixture%20AWC%202012-final.pdf|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|date=19 October 2011|access-date=13 January 2011}}
Qualified teams
- {{fbw|CMR}}
- {{fbw|COD}}
- {{fbw|EQG}}
- {{fbw|ETH}}
- {{fbw|CIV}}
- {{fbw|NGA}}
- {{fbw|SEN}}
- {{fbw|RSA}}
Squads
{{Main|2012 African Women's Championship squads}}
Group stage
{{Hatnote|All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).}}
The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.{{cite web|title=8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-women-championship_2010/news/14803-8th-african-women-championship-final-draw-completed-in-cairo.html|publisher=CAF|access-date=17 July 2012|date=17 July 2012}}
=Tiebreakers=
If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:{{cite web|title=2012 Regulations|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-women-championship_2010/regulations|publisher=CAF|access-date=30 October 2012}}
- Points in head-to-head matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches between tied teams
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Goals scored in all group matches
- Fair play conduct
- Drawing of lots
=Group A=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers
|source=
|team_order =EQG, RSA, COD, SEN
|update=complete
|win_EQG=3 |draw_EQG=0 |loss_EQG=0 |gf_EQG=12|ga_EQG=0 |status_EQG=H
|win_RSA=2 |draw_RSA=0 |loss_RSA=1 |gf_RSA=5 |ga_RSA=2
|win_COD=1 |draw_COD=0 |loss_COD=2 |gf_COD=2 |ga_COD=10
|win_SEN=0 |draw_SEN=0 |loss_SEN=3 |gf_SEN=0 |ga_SEN=7
|name_EQG={{fbw|EQG}}
|name_RSA={{fbw|RSA}}
|name_COD={{fbw|COD}}
|name_SEN={{fbw|SEN}}
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to knockout stage
}}
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|10|28|df=y}}
|time = 14:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|EQG}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|goals1 =
- Chinasa {{goal|33}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance =
|referee = Therese Sagno (Guinea)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130922033757/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq1.pdf
}}
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|10|28|df=y}}
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|SEN}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fbw|COD}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Nona {{goal|74|pen.}}
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance =
|referee = Amegee Aissatta (Togo)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921082859/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq2.pdf
}}
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{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|10|31|df=y}}
|time = 14:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fbw|SEN}}
|goals1 =
- Mgcoyi {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance =
|referee = Lidya Tafese (Ethiopia)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921084709/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq5.pdf
}}
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|10|31|df=y}}
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|EQG}}
|score = 6–0
|team2 = {{fbw|COD}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance =
|referee = Christine Ziga (Ghana)
|report =
https://web.archive.org/web/20130922030201/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq6.pdf
}}
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{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|11|3|df=y}}
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|EQG}}
|score = 5–0
|team2 = {{fbw|SEN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance =
|referee = Grace Msiska (Malawi)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921220137/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq9.pdf
}}
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|11|3|df=y}}
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fbw|COD}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Tuzolana {{goal|88}}
|stadium = Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
|attendance =
|referee = Gladys Lingwe (Zambia)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921083549/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq10.pdf
}}
=Group B=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers
|source=
|team_order =NGA, CMR, CIV, ETH
|update=complete
|win_NGA=3 |draw_NGA=0 |loss_NGA=0 |gf_NGA=8 |ga_NGA=2
|win_CMR=1 |draw_CMR=1 |loss_CMR=1 |gf_CMR=5 |ga_CMR=3
|win_CIV=1 |draw_CIV=0 |loss_CIV=2 |gf_CIV=7 |ga_CIV=7
|win_ETH=0 |draw_ETH=1 |loss_ETH=2 |gf_ETH=0 |ga_ETH=8
|name_NGA={{fbw|NGA}}
|name_CMR={{fbw|CMR}}
|name_CIV={{fbw|CIV}}
|name_ETH={{fbw|ETH}}
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to knockout stage
}}
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|10|29|df=y}}
|time = 14:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fbw|CMR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Manie {{goal|52|pen.}}
|stadium = Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
|attendance =
|referee = Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130222210459/https://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq3.pdf
}}
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|10|29|df=y}}
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CIV}}
|score = 5–0
|team2 = {{fbw|ETH}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
|attendance =
|referee = Kankou Coulibaly (Mali)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130222210421/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq4.pdf
}}
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{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|11|1|df=y}}
|time = 14:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CMR}}
|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fbw|CIV}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Nahi {{goal|18}}
|stadium = Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
|attendance =
|referee = Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130222210227/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq7.pdf
}}
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|11|1|df=y}}
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ETH}}
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{fbw|NGA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
|attendance =
|referee = Maximina Bernardo (Angola)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130222210205/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq8.pdf
}}
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{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|11|4|df=y}}
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fbw|CIV}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Nrehy {{goal|82|}}
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance =
|referee = Insaf El Harkaoui (Morocco)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130222210238/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq11.pdf
}}
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|2012|11|4|df=y}}
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CMR}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fbw|ETH}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
|attendance =
|referee = Aisha Nabikko Ssemambo (Uganda)
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130222210400/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/comq12.pdf
}}
Knockout stage
=Bracket=
|style=white-space:nowrap|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes
|RD1=Semi-finals
|RD2=Final
|Consol=Third place play-off
|7 November – Malabo|{{fbw|EQG}}|2|{{fb|CMR}}|0
|7 November – Bata|{{fb|NGR}}|0|{{fb|RSA}}|1
|11 November – Malabo|{{fb|EQG}}|4|{{fb|RSA}}|0
|11 November – Malabo|{{fb|CMR}}|1|{{fb|NGR}}|0
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{footballbox
|date = 7 November 2012
|time = 14:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|EQG}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-women-championship_2010/news/15846-equatorial-guinea-south-africa-for-awc-final.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|CMR}}
|goals1 = Chinasa {{goal|7}}
Añonman {{goal|40}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 7 November 2012
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [http://www.kickoff.com/news/31209/banyana-banyana-beat-nigerias-super-falcons- Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = van Wyk {{goal|23}}
|stadium = Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Third place play-off=
{{footballbox
|date = 11 November 2012
|time = 14:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CMR}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20121117042305/http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/nigeria/news/2012/november/11-falcons-crash-again-in-disastrous-awc.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|NGR}}
|goals1 = Enganamouit {{goal|31}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Final=
{{footballbox
|date = 11 November 2012
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|EQG}}
|score = 4–0
|report = [http://allafrica.com/stories/201211120151.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|goals1 = Chinasa {{goal|43||72}}
Tiga {{goal|66}}
Añonman {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
|attendance = 20 000
|referee =
}}
Goalscorers
{{Goalscorers
|goals=47 |matches=16
|6 goals=
- {{fbwicon|EQG}} Genoveva Añonman
|5 goals=
- {{fbwicon|EQG}} Gloria Chinasa
|4 goals=
- {{fbwicon|CIV}} Ines Nrehy
- {{fbwicon|RSA}} Andisiwe Mgcoyi
|3 goals=
- {{fbwicon|EQG}} Jade Boho
|2 goals=
- {{fbwicon|CMR}} Adrienne Iven
- {{fbwicon|EQG}} Adriana Aparecida Costa
- {{fbwicon|NGR}} Stella Mbachu
- {{fbwicon|NGR}} Perpetua Nkwocha
|1 goal=
- {{fbwicon|CIV}} Jeanine Alexise Gnago
- {{fbwicon|CIV}} Ange N'Guessan
- {{fbwicon|CIV}} Josée Nahi
- {{fbwicon|CMR}} Christine Manie
- {{fbwicon|CMR}} Gabrielle Onguéné
- {{fbwicon|CMR}} Gaëlle Enganamouit
- {{fbwicon|CMR}} Francine Zouga
- {{fbwicon|COD}} Lucie Mengi Nona
- {{fbwicon|COD}} Jolie Tuzolana
- {{fbwicon|EQG}} Jumária Barbosa de Santana
- {{fbwicon|NGR}} Ogonna Chukwudi
- {{fbwicon|NGR}} Ngozi Ebere
- {{fbwicon|NGR}} Martina Ohadugha
- {{fbwicon|NGR}} Esther Sunday
- {{fbwicon|RSA}} Leandra Smeda
- {{fbwicon|RSA}} Janine van Wyk
|1 own goal =
- {{fbwicon|COD}} Bwadi Mwalutshe (against Equatorial Guinea)
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20115282 BBC] ;Results & Fixtures
- [http://uk.women.soccerway.com/international/africa/caf-championship--wc-qualifying-africa/2012-equatorial-guinea/group-stage/ Results] at soccerway.com
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