Football at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament


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The 2003 All-Africa Games football – Women's tournament was the 1st edition of the African Games men's football tournament for women. The football tournament was held in Abuja, Nigeria between 3–16 October 2003 as part of the 2003 All-Africa Games. It was played by players under the age of 23. Nigeria won the final against South Africa.[1][2][3]

2003 Women's All-Africa Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
CityAbuja
Dates3–16 October 2003
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)

2007

No qualifying took part, but teams were invited.[4] Nigeria and Ghana were seeded and put in different groups.[5] Ghana then withdraw on short notice and were to be replaced by Nigeria's A national team, but that was withdrawn later too, due to lack of funding from the Nigerian FA.[6] DR Congo then took part at a last minute replacement.

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semifinals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9
  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
  Zimbabwe 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
  Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0


Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
  Mali 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
  DR Congo 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
  Algeria 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0


SemifinalsFinal
      
12 October – Lagos
  Nigeria3
16 October – Abuja
  Mali1
  Nigeria1
12 October – Kaduna
  South Africa0
  South Africa3
  Cameroon1
Third place
15 October – Kaduna
  Mali0
  Cameroon1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Nigeria (H) 5 5 0 0 17 1 +16 15 Gold Medal
    South Africa 5 4 0 1 12 3 +9 12 Silver Medal
    Cameroon 5 2 1 2 7 5 +2 7 Bronze Medal
4   Mali 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 4 Fourth place
5   DR Congo 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Zimbabwe 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
7   Algeria 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
8   Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
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  2. ^ HighBeam
  3. ^ "EN féminine : Algérie 2 - RD du Congo 5".
  4. ^ Tendai Ndemera (25 April 2003). "Africa: Mighty Warriors Invited to All-Africa Games". allAfrica. Harare. The Herald. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Okocha, Kanu to grace Abuja All-Africa Games soccer draw". www.panapress.com. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  6. ^ "All-Africa Games female soccer: Nigeria 5 Zimbabwe 0". panapress.com. Retrieved 2018-06-04.