# 2004 African Women's Championship

The 2004 African Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football held in South Africa, who were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003, between 18 September and 3 October 2004.
Nigeria beat Cameroon 5–0 in the final to win its 6th title.

## Qualification

South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place from May to July 2004. The defending champions receives no automatic qualification from this edition of the tournament onwards.

### Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If scores were tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied and if still level, extra time would be skipped and will use the last-resort tie breaker of a penalty shoot-out.
The seven winners of the qualification round qualified for the group stage.

### Qualified teams

Algeria made their tournament debut at this edition.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous tournament appearances |
| South Africa | Hosts | 12 December 2003 | 4 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Algeria | Winners against Mali | 23 July 2004 | Debut |
| Ghana | Winners against Guinea | 24 July 2004 | 5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Nigeria | Winners against Senegal | 24 July 2004 | 5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Cameroon | Winners against Congo | 25 July 2004 | 4 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Ethiopia | Winners against Malawi | 25 July 2004 | 1 (2002) |
| Zimbabwe | Winners against Tanzania | 25 July 2004 | 2 (2000, 2002) |
| Mali | Lucky loser | July–August 2004 | 1 (2002) |

#### Notes

* ↑ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
* ↑ Mali qualified on walkover or as a lucky loser after both DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.

## Format

The qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to the three points for a win system. (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss)

## Group stage
### Tiebreakers

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:
* 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Ethiopia 0, Zimbabwe −1.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mali | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

At this stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes and additional playing time, extra time, except for the third place match, is played and followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 28 September - Johannesburg | 28 September - Johannesburg |
| Ghana | 0 |
| Ghana | 0 | 3 October - Johannesburg | 3 October - Johannesburg |
| Cameroon (a.e.t.) | 1 | 3 October - Johannesburg | 3 October - Johannesburg |
| Cameroon (a.e.t.) | 1 | Cameroon | 0 |
| 28 September - Johannesburg | 28 September - Johannesburg | | Cameroon | 0 |
| 28 September - Johannesburg | 28 September - Johannesburg | Nigeria | 5 |
| Nigeria | 4 | Nigeria | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 0 | | |
| Ethiopia | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 1 October - Johannesburg | 1 October - Johannesburg |
| | | Ghana (p) | 0 (6) |
| | | Ethiopia | 0 (5) |

### Final
## Awards

* 2004 African Women's Championship winners
* Nigeria 6th title

## Statistics
### Team statistics

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nigeria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 13 |
| 2 | Cameroon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | –2 | 8 |
| 3 | Ghana | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 5 |
| Eliminated in the group stage ||||||||||
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 |
| 6 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 3 |
| 7 | Mali | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 1 |
| 8 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
9 goals
* Perpetua Nkwocha
4 goals
* Cynthia Uwak
3 goals
* Séraphine Mbida
2 goals
* Nabila Imloul
* Françoise Bella
* Stéphanie Mekongo
* Belay Tutu
* Akua Anokyewaa
* Bernice Asante
* Vera Okolo
* Nomsa Moyo
1 goal
* Naïma Laouadi
* Farida Sedhane
* Marceline Mete
* Feleke Addis
* Birtukan Gebrekirstos
* Anita Amenuku
* Adjoa Bayor
* Gloria Foriwa
* Fatoumata Diarra
* Man Keita
* Ajuma Ameh
* Effioanwan Ekpo
* Felicia Eze
* Portia Modise
* Veronica Phewa
* Marjory Nyaumwe