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Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

The 2007 All-Africa Games football – Women's tournament was the 2nd edition of the African Games men's football tournament for women. The football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria in July 2007 as part of the 2007 All-Africa Games. Six teams took part. The final was a repeat of the first one four years ago.[1] Nigeria again beat South Africa.[2]

2003 Women's All-Africa Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
CityAlgiers
DatesJuly 2007
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored36 (3.6 per match)
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Qualification

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Main article: Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's qualification

Algeria (hosts), Nigeria and Ghana qualified automatically. Cameroon and Mozambique withdrew. Teams that qualified for the tournament were:

Zone Team
Zone I   Algeria (hosts)
Zone II   Senegal
Zone III   Ghana
Zone IV   Cameroon (withdrew)
Zone V no team
Zone VI   Mozambique (withdrew)
  South Africa
Zone VII no team

Final tournament

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All times given as local time (UTC+1)

The top two teams advanced. Ethiopia and Senegal were eliminated.[3]

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semifinals

Group A

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Group A consisted of Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Nigeria 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
  South Africa 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
  Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
South Africa  2–2  Nigeria
Nigeria  3–0  Ethiopia
Ethiopia  1–3  South Africa

Group B

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Group B consisted of Algeria, Ghana and Senegal.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ghana 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
  Algeria 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
  Senegal 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Ghana  2–1  Algeria
  • Ankomah   17', 39 '
Stade Ali Benfedda, Zéralda
Algeria  3–1  Senegal
Stade Ali Benfedda, Zéralda
Ghana  3–0  Senegal

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
21 July – Algiers
 
 
  Nigeria5
 
22 July – Zéralda
 
  Algeria0
 
  Nigeria4
 
21 July – Algiers
 
  South Africa0
 
  Ghana0
 
 
  South Africa2
 
Third place
 
 
22 July – Algiers
 
 
  Algeria1
 
 
  Ghana3

Semifinals

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Nigeria  5–0  Algeria
Ghana  0–2  South Africa

Third-place match

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Algeria  1–3  Ghana

Final

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Nigeria  4–0  South Africa

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Nigeria 4 3 1 0 14 2 +12 10 Gold Medal
    South Africa 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7 Silver Medal
    Ghana 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6 Bronze Medal
4   Algeria (H) 4 1 0 3 5 11 −6 3 Fourth place
5   Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Senegal 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nigeria and SA in women's final". 18 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Sortie ratée de la sélection Algérienne".
  3. ^ http://nazret.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/16/ethiopia_senegal_out_of_women_s_soccer_a
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