2002 African Women's Championship

2002 African Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
Dates 7–20 December
Teams 8 (from CAF confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up  Ghana
Third place  Cameroon
Fourth place  South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16

The 2002 Women's African Football Championship was the fifth staging of the CAF Women's Championship. It determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana. The tournament took place in Nigeria.

Qualifying Tournament

First round

First leg August 10 & 11, second leg August 24:






Zambia  w / o  Botswana



Second round

First leg September 21 & 22, second leg October 11–13:


Gabon  0–0  Cameroon




Senegal  0–3  Ghana


Ghana  3–1  Senegal



Angola  1–0  DR Congo


DR Congo  1 – 0 (4-5p)  Angola


Mali  0–0  Morocco


Morocco  0 – 0 (4-5p)  Mali

Final tournament

Nigeria was qualified as host.

First round

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Ghana 3300609
 Nigeria 3201826
 Mali 3012391
 Ethiopia 3012281

December 7, 2002
Nigeria  3–0  Ethiopia

December 7, 2002
Mali  0–2  Ghana

December 10, 2002
Ethiopia  2–2  Mali

December 10, 2002
Nigeria  0–1  Ghana

December 13, 2002
Nigeria  5–1  Mali

December 13, 2002
Ghana  3–0  Ethiopia

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 3210637
 Cameroon 3111224
 Angola 3021232
 Zimbabwe 3021242

December 8, 2002
South Africa  2–1  Cameroon

December 8, 2002
Angola  1–1  Zimbabwe

December 11, 2002
Cameroon  0–0  Zimbabwe

December 11, 2002
South Africa  1–1  Angola

December 14, 2002
Cameroon  1–0  Angola

December 14, 2002
South Africa  3–1  Zimbabwe

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

December 17, 2002
Ghana  3 – 2 (aet)  Cameroon

December 18, 2002
South Africa  0–5  Nigeria

Third place playoff

December 20, 2002
Cameroon  3–0  South Africa

Final

December 20, 2002
Ghana  0–2  Nigeria

Awards

 2002 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Fifth title

External links

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