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14 April 2006


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Year Winner Runners-up
2002 Nigeria Ghana
2000 Nigeria South Africa
1998 Nigeria Ghana

1995* Nigeria South Africa
1991* Nigeria Cameroon
*FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament with only winner quaifying

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The 4th African Women's Championship 2004

18 September - 2 October 2004, South Africa

2004/2002/2000/1998 Champions - Nigeria

The biennual African Women's Championship has been won by Nigeria on each occasion since its inauguration in 1998 and were awarded the trophy for good with a new trophy designed for the 2004 tournament.

Note: the 1991 and 1995 tournaments, also won by Nigeria, were purely World Cup qualifiers with all matches played on a home-and-away basis.

  
Final

3 Oct

Nigeria 5-0 Cameroon

Johannesburg Stadium

  
Third place match

1 Oct

Ghana 0-0 Ethiopia

Orlando Stadium

Ghana win 6-5 on penalties
Semi-finals
28 Sep Ghana 0-1
aet
Cameroon Johannesburg Stadium
28 Sep Nigeria 4-0 Ethiopia Johannesburg Stadium
  
Group Rounds
Group 1
18 Sep South Africa 0-3 Ghana
18 Sep Zimbabwe 1-1 Ethiopia
21 Sep Ghana 2-1 Ethiopia
21 Sep Zimbabwe 2-1 South Africa
24 Sep Ghana 2-0 Zimbabwe
24 Sep South Africa 1-2 Ethiopia
   P W D L F A P
Ghana 3 3 0 0 7 1 9
Ethiopia 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Zimbabwe 3 1 1 1 3 4 4
South Africa 3 0 0 3 2 7 0
Group 2
19 Sep Nigeria 4-0 Algeria
19 Sep Cameroon 1-1 Mali
22 Sep Algeria 3-0 Mali
22 Sep Cameroon 2-2 Nigeria
25 Sep Algeria 1-3 Cameroon
25 Sep Nigeria 3-0 Mali
   P W D L F A P
Nigeria 3 2 1 0 9 2 7
Cameroon 3 1 2 0 6 4 5
Algeria 3 1 0 2 4 7 3
Mali 3 0 1 2 1 7 1
 
Second Round 1L 2L   
  DR Congo
Withdrew
Gabon  
11 Jul Congo 0-2 0-0 Cameroon 25 Jul
11 Jul Malawi* 0-4 0-5 Ethiopia 25 Jul
11 Jul Tanzania 0-3 0-4 Zimbabwe 25 Jul
11 Jul Mali 2-2 0-1 Algeria 25 Jul
11 Jul Guinea 0-13 0-9 Ghana 25 Jul
11 Jul Senegal 2-8 1-4** Nigeria 25 Jul
*unclear why Malawi played instead of Uganda
**match abandoned in 76th min
First Round 1L 2L   
  Malawi
Withdrew
  Uganda   
30 May Equatorial Guinea 2-2 0-2 Congo 12 Jun
30 May Tanzania  4-0 1-1 Eritrea 12 Jun