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{{short description|6th edition of WAFCON}}
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{{Use South African English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   =
| year           = 2004
| dates          = 18 September – 3 October
| country        = South Africa
| num_teams      = 8
| venues         = 3
| cities         = 3
| champion_other = {{fbw|NGA}}
| count          = 6
| second_other   = {{fbw|CMR}}
| third_other    = {{fbw|GHA}}
| fourth_other   = {{fbw|ETH|1996}}
| matches        = 16
| goals          = 48
| top_scorer     = {{nowrap|{{fbwicon|NGA}} [[Perpetua Nkwocha]] (9 goals)}}
| prevseason     = [[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]]
| nextseason     = [[2006 African Women's Championship|2006]]
}}
The '''2004 [[Women's Africa Cup of Nations|African Women's Championship]]''' was the 6th edition of the biennial African [[women's association football]] tournament organized by the [[Confederation of African Football]] held in [[South Africa]], who were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003,<ref>{{cite web|date=12 December 2003|title=Three bids for Nations Cup 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3313603.stm|website=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=23 November 2017|quote=Caf has also announced that South Africa will host the African women's championships again.}}</ref> between 18 September and 3 October 2004.

[[Nigeria women's national football team|Nigeria]] beat [[Cameroon women's national football team|Cameroon]] 5–0 in the final to win its 6th title.

==Qualification==
{{main|2004 African Women's Championship qualification}}
[[South Africa women's national football team|South Africa]] qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place from May to July 2004. The defending champions receives no automatic qualification from this edition of the tournament onwards.

===Format===
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away [[two-legged tie|two-legged]] basis. If scores were tied after the second leg, the [[away goals rule]] would be applied and if still level, [[extra time (association football)|extra time]] would be skipped and will use the last-resort tie breaker of [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|a penalty shoot-out]].

The seven winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage.

===Qualified teams===
[[File:2004 African Womens Football Championship qualification.png|thumb|right|250px|{{legend|#0000ff|Qualified}} {{legend|#ff0000|Did not qualify}} {{legend|#000000|Did not enter or withdrew}} {{legend|#cccccc|Not part of CAF}}]]
[[Algeria women's national football team|Algeria]] made their tournament debut at this edition.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous tournament appearances{{efn|'''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.}}
|-
| {{fbw|RSA}} || Hosts || 12 December 2003 || 4 ([[1995 African Women's Championship|1995]], [[1998 African Women's Championship|1998]], ''[[2000 African Women's Championship|2000]]'', [[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]])
|-
| {{fbw|ALG}} || Winners against [[Mali women's national football team|Mali]] || 23 July 2004 || Debut
|-
| {{fbw|GHA}} || Winners against [[Guinea women's national football team|Guinea]] || 24 July 2004 || 5 ([[1991 African Women's Championship|1991]], [[1995 African Women's Championship|1995]], [[1998 African Women's Championship|1998]], [[2000 African Women's Championship|2000]], [[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]])
|-
| {{fbw|NGA}} ||  Winners against [[Senegal women's national football team|Senegal]] || 24 July 2004 || 5 ('''[[1991 African Women's Championship|1991]]''', '''[[1995 African Women's Championship|1995]]''', '''''[[1998 African Women's Championship|1998]]''''', '''[[2000 African Women's Championship|2000]]''', '''''[[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]]''''')
|-
| {{fbw|CMR}} || Winners against [[Congo women's national football team|Congo]] || 25 July 2004 || 4 ([[1991 African Women's Championship|1991]], [[1998 African Women's Championship|1998]], [[2000 African Women's Championship|2000]], [[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]])
|-
| {{fbw|ETH|1996}} || Winners against [[Malawi women's national football team|Malawi]] || 25 July 2004 || 1 ([[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]])
|-
| {{fbw|ZIM}} || Winners against [[Tanzania women's national football team|Tanzania]] || 25 July 2004 || 2 ([[2000 African Women's Championship|2000]], [[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]])
|-
| {{fbw|MLI}} || [[Lucky loser]]{{efn|Mali qualified on walkover or as a lucky loser after both [[DR Congo women's national football team|DR Congo]] and [[Gabon women's national football team|Gabon]] withdrew.}} || July–August 2004 || 1 ([[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]])
|}

;Notes
{{notelist}}

==Format==
The qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals.
The teams were ranked according to the [[three points for a win]] system. (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss)

==Group stage==
===Tiebreakers===
If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:
# greater number of points in matches between tied teams
# superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
# greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
# superior goal difference in all group matches
# greater number of goals scored in all group matches
# fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
# drawing of lots

===Group A===
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|class_rules=[[2004 African Women's Championship#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]
|source=

<!--Update team positions below (check tiebreakers)-->
|team_order =GHA, ETH, ZIM, RSA
|hth_ETH=Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Ethiopia 0, Zimbabwe −1.
|hth_ZIM=ETH

<!--Update team results below (including date)-->
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|win_GHA=3 |draw_GHA=0 |loss_GHA=0 |gf_GHA=7 |ga_GHA=1
|win_ETH=1 |draw_ETH=1 |loss_ETH=1 |gf_ETH=4 |ga_ETH=4
|win_ZIM=1 |draw_ZIM=1 |loss_ZIM=1 |gf_ZIM=3 |ga_ZIM=4
|win_RSA=0 |draw_RSA=0 |loss_RSA=3 |gf_RSA=2 |ga_RSA=7 |status_RSA=H

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|name_GHA={{fbw|GHA}}
|name_ETH={{fbw|ETH}}
|name_ZIM={{fbw|ZIM}}
|name_RSA={{fbw|RSA}}
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|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[2004 African Women's Championship#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
|date = 18 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|score1 = 0
|score2 = 3
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|team2 = {{fbw|GHA}}
|goals2 = {{ubl|[[Akua Anokyewaa|Anokyewaa]] {{goal|36}}|[[Gloria Foriwa|Foriwa]] {{goal|51}}|Asante {{goal|89}}}}
|stadium = [[Caledonian Stadium (Pretoria)|Caledonian Stadium]], [[Pretoria]]
}}

{{football box
|date = 18 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ZIM}}
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 1
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|ETH|1996}}
|goals1 = [[Nomsa Moyo|Moyo]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = Addis {{goal|48}}
|stadium = [[Caledonian Stadium (Pretoria)|Caledonian Stadium]], [[Pretoria]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 21 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GHA}}
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 1
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|ETH|1996}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|[[Anita Amenuku|Amenuku]] {{goal|16}}|Asante {{goal|90}}}}
|goals2 = Tutu {{goal|18}}
|stadium = [[Caledonian Stadium (Pretoria)|Caledonian Stadium]], [[Pretoria]]
}}

{{football box
|date = 21 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ZIM}}
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 1
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|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|[[Nomsa Moyo|Moyo]] {{goal|30}}|[[Marjory Nyaumwe|Nyaumwe]] {{goal|50}}}}
|goals2 = [[Portia Modise|Modise]] {{goal|4}}
|stadium = [[Caledonian Stadium (Pretoria)|Caledonian Stadium]], [[Pretoria]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 24 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GHA}}
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 0
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|ZIM}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|[[Akua Anokyewaa|Anokyewaa]] {{goal|18}}|[[Adjoa Bayor|Bayor]] {{goal|25}}}}
|stadium = [[Caledonian Stadium (Pretoria)|Caledonian Stadium]], [[Pretoria]]
}}

{{football box
|date= 24 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 2
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|ETH|1996}}
|goals1 = Phewa {{goal|24}}
|goals2 = {{ubl|Tutu {{goal|7}}|Gebrekirstos {{goal|45}}}}
|stadium = [[Germiston Stadium]], [[Germiston]]
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|class_rules=[[2004 African Women's Championship#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]
|source=

<!--Update team positions below (check tiebreakers)-->
|team_order =NGA, CMR, ALG, MLI

<!--Update team results below (including date)-->
|update=complete
|win_NGA=2 |draw_NGA=1 |loss_NGA=0 |gf_NGA=9 |ga_NGA=2
|win_CMR=1 |draw_CMR=2 |loss_CMR=0 |gf_CMR=7 |ga_CMR=5
|win_ALG=1 |draw_ALG=0 |loss_ALG=2 |gf_ALG=4 |ga_ALG=7
|win_MLI=0 |draw_MLI=1 |loss_MLI=2 |gf_MLI=2 |ga_MLI=8

<!--Team definitions-->
|name_NGA={{fbw|NGA}}
|name_CMR={{fbw|CMR}}
|name_ALG={{fbw|ALG}}
|name_MLI={{fbw|MLI}}
<!--Qualification column definitions-->
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[2004 African Women's Championship#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}

{{football box
|date = 19 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGR}}
|score1 = 4
|score2 = 0
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|ALG}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|[[Felicia Eze|Eze]] {{goal|42}}|Ameh {{goal|50}}|[[Perpetua Nkwocha|Nkwocha]] {{goal|70}}|[[Vera Okolo|Okolo]] {{goal|75}}}}
|stadium = [[Germiston Stadium]], [[Germiston]]
}}

{{football box
|date = 19 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CMR}}
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 2
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|MLI}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|Mete {{goal|18}}|Mbida {{goal|60}}}}
|goals2 = {{ubl|Diarra {{goal|29}}|Keita {{goal|34}}}}
|stadium = [[Germiston Stadium]], [[Germiston]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 22 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ALG}}
|score1 = 3
|score2 = 0
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|MLI}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|Sedhane {{goal|10}}|[[Nabila Imloul|Imloul]] {{goal|11}}|[[Naïma Laouadi|Laouadi]] {{goal|46}}}}
|stadium = [[Germiston Stadium]], [[Germiston]]
}}

{{football box
|date = 22 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGR}}
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 2
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|CMR}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|[[Perpetua Nkwocha|Nkwocha]] {{goal|10}}|[[Cynthia Uwak|Uwak]] {{goal|69}}}}
|goals2 =  {{ubl|Mekongo {{goal|61}}|[[Françoise Bella|Bella]] {{goal|74}}}}
|stadium = [[Germiston Stadium]], [[Germiston]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ALG}}
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 3
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|CMR}}
|goals1 = [[Nabila Imloul|Imloul]] {{goal|11}}
|goals2 =  {{ubl|Mbida {{goal|57||70}}|Mekongo {{goal|78}}}}
|stadium = [[Germiston Stadium]], [[Germiston]]
}}

{{football box
|date = 25 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGR}}
|score1 = 3
|score2 = 0
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|MLI}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|[[Cynthia Uwak|Uwak]] {{goal|7}}|[[Perpetua Nkwocha|Nkwocha]] {{goal|33||48}}}}
|stadium = [[Caledonian Stadium (Pretoria)|Caledonian Stadium]], [[Pretoria]]
}}

==Knockout stage==
At this stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes and additional playing time, [[extra time (association football)|extra time]], except for the third place match, is played and followed by [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|a penalty shoot-out]] if necessary.

===Bracket===
<section begin=Bracket/>{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|style=white-space:nowrap|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes
|RD1=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD2=[[#Final|Final]]
|Consol=[[#Third place play-off|Third place play-off]]
<!-- Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--Semi-finals-->
|28 September - [[Johannesburg Stadium|Johannesburg]]|{{fbw|GHA}}|0|{{fbw|CMR}} {{aet}}|1
|28 September - [[Johannesburg Stadium|Johannesburg]]|{{fbw|NGA}}|4|{{fbw|ETH|1996}}|0
<!--Final-->
|3 October - [[Johannesburg Stadium|Johannesburg]]|{{fbw|CMR}}|0|{{fbw|NGA}}|5
<!--3rd Place-->
|1 October - [[Johannesburg Stadium|Johannesburg]]|{{fbw|GHA}} {{pso}}|0 (6)|{{fbw|ETH|1996}}|0 (5)
}}<section end=Bracket/>

===Semi-finals===
{{football box
|date = 28 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GHA}}
|score1 = 0
|score2 = 1 
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|asget = yes 
|team2 = {{fbw|CMR}}
|goals2 = [[Françoise Bella|Bella]] {{silver goal|96}}
|stadium = [[Johannesburg Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 28 September 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGR}}
|score1 = 4
|score2 = 0
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|team2 = {{fbw|ETH|1996}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|[[Cynthia Uwak|Uwak]] {{goal|3||43}}|Ekpo {{goal|20}}|[[Perpetua Nkwocha|Nkwocha]] {{goal|68}}}}
|stadium = [[Johannesburg Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]]
}}

===Third place play-off===
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|date  = 2 October 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GHA}}
|score1 = 0
|score2 = 0
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html
|aet   = yes
|team2 = {{fbw|ETH|1996}}
|penaltyscore = 6–5
|penalties1 = {{ubl|[[Lydia Ankrah|Ankrah]] {{pengoal}}|[[Adjoa Bayor|Bayor]] {{pengoal}}|[[Memunatu Sulemana|Sulemana]] {{pengoal}}|Ameneku {{pengoal}}|Rumanatu {{penmiss}}|[[Patricia Ofori|Ofori]] {{pengoal}}|[[Yaa Avoe|Avoe]] {{pengoal}}}}
|penalties2 = {{ubl|{{pengoal}} Gebrekirstos|{{pengoal}}     Yasine|{{penmiss}} Ali|{{pengoal}} Addis|{{pengoal}} Tutu|{{pengoal}} Kemal|{{penmiss}} Seifu|{{penmiss}} Bezuhan}}
|stadium = [[Johannesburg Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]]
}}

===Final===
{{football box
|date = 3 October 2004
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGR}}
|score1 = 5
|score2 = 0
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intland-wom04.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|CMR}}
|goals1 = {{ubl|[[Perpetua Nkwocha|Nkwocha]] {{goal|15||35||42||60}}|[[Vera Okolo|Okolo]] {{goal|83}}}}
|stadium = [[Johannesburg Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]]
}}

==Awards==
{{winners|fbw|2004 African Women's Championship winners|Nigeria|6th}}

==Statistics==
===Team statistics===
[[File:2004 African Womens Football Championship Results.png|thumb|right|250px|{{legend|#2b42a3|Champion}} {{legend|#34c0be|Runner-up}} {{legend|#269c5a|Third place}} {{legend|#81c846|Fourth place}} {{legend|#b94954|Group stage}}]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width=165 | Team
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:gold;"
|1||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|NGA}}
|5||4||1||0||18||2||+16||'''13'''
|- style="background:silver;"
|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|CMR}}
|5||2||2||1||8||10||–2||'''8'''
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|GHA}}
|5||3||1||1||7||2||+5||'''10'''
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|4||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|ETH|1996}}
|5||1||2||2||4||8||–4||'''5'''
|-
| colspan=10 | '''Eliminated in the group stage'''
|- align=center
|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|ZIM}}
|3||1||1||1||3||4||–1||'''4'''
|- align=center
|6||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|ALG}}
|3||1||0||2||4||7||–3||'''3'''
|- align=center
|7||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|MLI}}
|3||0||1||2||2||8||–6||'''1'''
|- align=center
|8||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|RSA}}
|3||0||0||3||2||7||–5||'''0'''
|}

===Goalscorers===
{{Goalscorers
|goals=48 |matches=16

|9 goals=
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Perpetua Nkwocha]]

|4 goals=
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Cynthia Uwak]]

|3 goals=
*{{flagicon|CMR}} Séraphine Mbida

|2 goals=
*{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Nabila Imloul]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Françoise Bella]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} Stéphanie Mekongo
*{{flagicon|ETH|1996}} Belay Tutu
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Akua Anokyewaa]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} Bernice Asante
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Vera Okolo]]
*{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Nomsa Moyo]]

|1 goal=
*{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Naïma Laouadi]]
*{{flagicon|ALG}} Farida Sedhane
*{{flagicon|CMR}} Marceline Mete
*{{flagicon|ETH|1996}} Feleke Addis
*{{flagicon|ETH|1996}} Birtukan Gebrekirstos
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Anita Amenuku]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Adjoa Bayor]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Gloria Foriwa]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} Fatoumata Diarra
*{{flagicon|MLI}} Man Keita
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Ajuma Ameh]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} Effioanwan Ekpo
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Felicia Eze]]
*{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Portia Modise]]
*{{flagicon|RSA}} Veronica Phewa
*{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Marjory Nyaumwe]]
}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-women04.html 2004 edition records and results] at [[RSSSF]]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3666018.stm 2004 edition records and results] at [[BBC Sport]]

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