2000 African Women's Championship


The 2000 African Women's Championship was the fourth edition of the African Women's Championship, the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in South Africa between 11 November and 25 November 2000.
Nigeria won the tournament for the fourth time, beating South Africa in the final 2–0, which was abandoned at the 73rd minute.

Qualification

as hosts and Nigeria as title holders were qualified automatically, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from June to August 2000.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
The six winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.

Preliminary round

Final round

Qualified teams

, Uganda and Zimbabwe made their first appearances in the tournament. Zimbabwe originally entered the 1991 edition, but withdrew before playing any match.
TeamAppearancePrevious best appearance

Final tournament

Officials

The following referees were named for the tournament:
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
The teams were ranked according to points.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.

Semi-finals

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Third place playoff

Final

Statistics

Team statistics

Goalscorers

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