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2010 African Women's Championship

Association football tournament

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Women's Championship
year	2010
other_titles	2010 Vroue se Afrikaanse Voetbalkampioenschap
dates	31 October – 14 November
country	South Africa
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	2
champion_other
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
count	8
matches	16
goals	58
top_scorer	NGR Perpetua Nkwocha
(11 goals)
prevseason	2008
nextseason	2012

(11 goals)

The 2010 African Women's Championship was held in South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. Seven national teams joined the host nation following a series of knock-out home and away ties. This tournament was also a qualification tournament for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the two finalists, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea qualifying for the finals in Germany.

Qualification

Main article: 2010 African Women's Championship qualification

A total of 23 national teams entered qualification which has held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, the 18 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The nine winners joined five other national teams in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.

Qualified teams

Squads

Main article: 2010 African Women's Championship squads

Group stage

The final tournament was held in Gauteng, South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. The seven first round winners joined the host in the finals. The draw took place on 21 September.

Matches were played at Sinaba Stadium in Daveyton and Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa (both located in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng).

Tiebreakers

Where teams finish the group stage at an equal number of points, the ranking in the group is determined based on:

greater number of points in matches between tied teams
superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
superior goal difference in all group matches
greater number of goals scored in all group matches
fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
drawing of lots

Group A

All times are SAST (UTC+2)

Mamello

Mbachu Ordega

Diarra N'Diaye Swalehe

Jermaine

Oparanozie

Group B

All times are SAST (UTC+2)

Jumária Michele

Ngo Ndoumbouk

S. Simporé Chinasa

Ejangue

Knockout stage

Bracket

|11 November - Daveyton||5||1 |11 November - Daveyton| |3||1 |14 November - Daveyton||4||2 |14 November - Daveyton||0||2

Semi-finals

All times are SAST (UTC+2)

Winners qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Oparanozie Nkwocha

Jade

Third place play-off

Dlamini

Final

Oparanozie Nke Carol Jade

Awards

References and notes

References

(June 2017)
[http://www.safa.net/index.php?page=articles&id=136 Ekurhuleni Municipality set to host cream of African women's football talent], from South African Football Association, retrieved 21 September 2010
(21 September 2010). "African Women's Championship resurrects old rivalries". bbc.co.uk.
[http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/AWCregulations.pdf Regulations of the African Women Championship], from cafonline.com, retrieved 4 November 2010

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