1998 African Women's Championship
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The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the biennial African Women's Championship tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions.
It was hosted from 17 to 31 October by Nigeria whose women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.
Qualification
A qualification round was installed in the tournament for the first time. With Nigeria qualifying automatically as hosts, the remaining seven spots were determined by a qualification round and a play-off round which took place between March and April 1998.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg | 7 – 2 | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 15 – 0 | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 9–0 | 6 – 0 |
| Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg | 2 – 1 | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg | 19 – 0 | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 11–0 | 8–0 |
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| Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg | w/o | Script error: No such module "flagg". | — | — |
| Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg | w/o | Script error: No such module "flagg". | — | — |
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Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.
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South Africa won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.
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Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.
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Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.
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DR Congo won by default and qualified for the main tournament.
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Cameroon won by default and qualified for the main tournament.
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Morocco won by default and qualified for the main tournament.
Qualified teams
DR Congo, Egypt and Morocco made their debuts in the tournament at this edition. Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament despite qualifying with Lesotho as its late replacement for Mozambique, also failing to show up.[1]
| Team | Appearance | Previous best appearance |
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Venues
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|---|---|---|
| Ahmadu Bello Stadium | Gateway Stadium | |
| Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
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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Group B
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Knockout stage
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Semi-finals
Winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.
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Third place play-off
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Final
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Awards
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3rd title
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Statistics
Team statistics
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Goalscorers
- 3 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Unknown scorers
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References
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External links
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