# 2012 African Women's Championship

The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.

## Qualification

A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.
Qualified teams
* Cameroon
* DR Congo
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ethiopia
* Ivory Coast
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* South Africa

## Group stage

The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.

### Tiebreakers

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:
* Points in head-to-head matches between tied teams
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches between tied teams
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches between tied teams
* Goal difference in all group matches
* Goals scored in all group matches
* Fair play conduct
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Senegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

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

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 7 November – Malabo | 7 November – Malabo |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 11 November – Malabo | 11 November – Malabo |
| Cameroon | 0 | 11 November – Malabo | 11 November – Malabo |
| Cameroon | 0 | Equatorial Guinea | 4 |
| 7 November – Bata | 7 November – Bata | | Equatorial Guinea | 4 |
| 7 November – Bata | 7 November – Bata | South Africa | 0 |
| Nigeria | 0 | South Africa | 0 |
| South Africa | 1 | | |
| South Africa | 1 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 11 November – Malabo | 11 November – Malabo |
| | | Cameroon | 1 |
| | | Nigeria | 0 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.
6 goals
* Genoveva Añonman
5 goals
* Gloria Chinasa
4 goals
* Ines Nrehy
* Andisiwe Mgcoyi
3 goals
* Jade Boho
2 goals
* Adrienne Iven
* Adriana Aparecida Costa
* Stella Mbachu
* Perpetua Nkwocha
1 goal
* Jeanine Alexise Gnago
* Ange N'Guessan
* Josée Nahi
* Christine Manie
* Gabrielle Onguéné
* Gaëlle Enganamouit
* Francine Zouga
* Lucie Mengi Nona
* Jolie Tuzolana
* Jumária Barbosa de Santana
* Ogonna Chukwudi
* Ngozi Ebere
* Martina Ohadugha
* Esther Sunday
* Leandra Smeda
* Janine van Wyk
1 own goal
* Bwadi Mwalutshe (against Equatorial Guinea)