Misplaced Pages

Group C of 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations will be played from 4 to 10 July 2022. The group was made up of Nigeria, South Africa, debutants Burundi and Botswana.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Federation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
										C1	Nigeria	Seed	WAFU	2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification winner	23 February 2022	14th	2018	Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)	39
C2	South Africa	1	COSAFA	2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification winner	23 February 2022	13th	2018	Runners-up (1995, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018)	58
C3	Burundi	1	CECAFA	2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification winner	21 February 2022	1st	—	Debut	169
C4	Botswana	1	COSAFA	2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification winner	23 February 2022	1st	—	Debut	152

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Botswana	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Burundi	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Matches

Nigeria vs South Africa

Nigeria	1–2	South Africa
Ajibade 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Seoposenwe 61' Magaia 63'

Nigeria

Team stats Nigeria Statistic South Africa 13 Shots 9 4 Shots on target 2 43% Possession 57% 271 Passes 350 68% Pass accuracy 73% 13 Fouls 7 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 1 Offsides 1 5 Corners 7

South Africa

Formation: 4–3–3 GK 1 Tochukwu Oluehi RB 20 Michelle Alozie  44' CB 5 Onome Ebi CB 3 Osinachi Ohale LB 4 Ashleigh Plumptre DM 18 Halimatu Ayinde CM 10 Rita Chikwelu  70' CM 15 Rasheedat Ajibade RF 7 Toni Payne CF 8 Asisat Oshoala  82' LF 9 Ifeoma Onumonu  82' Substitutions: FW 17 Francisca Ordega  82' FW 14 Vivian Ikechukwu  70' FW 6 Uchenna Kanu  82' Manager: Randy Waldrum

Formation: 4–4–2 GK 16 Andile Dlamini RB 2 Lebogang Ramalepe CB 13 Bambanani Mbane CB 4 Noko Matlou LB 18 Sibulele Holweni  79' RM 9 Noxolo Cesane CM 15 Refiloe Jane CM 10 Linda Motlhalo LM 8 Hildah Magaia  69' CF 11 Thembi Kgatlana  90' CF 12 Jermaine Seoposenwe Substitutions: MF 20 Robyn Moodaly  90' DF 3 Bongeka Gamede  79' MF 22 Amogelang Motau  69' Manager: Desiree Ellis

Burundi vs Botswana

Burundi	2–4	Botswana
Niyonkuru 52', 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Dithebe 43' Radiakanyo 47' Tholakele 55', 60'

Burundi

Team stats Burundi Statistic Botswana 14 Shots 14 7 Shots on target 5 49% Possession 51% 300 Passes 327 61% Pass accuracy 60% 12 Fouls 24 2 Yellow cards 3 0 Red cards 0 0 Offsides 0 5 Corners 3

Botswana

Formation: 4–2–3–1 GK 16 Jeanine Irakoze RB 17 Nasra Nahimana CB 6 Diane Irankunda CB 25 Salha Nduwayo  11' LB 20 Annociate Nshimirimana  63' CM 2 Charlotte Irankunda CM 18 Joëlle Bukuru RW 7 Aniella Uwimana AM 10 Falone Sumaili  43' LW 11 Asha Djafari CF 9 Sandrine Niyonkuru Substitutions: MF 15 Cheilla Ineza  43' Manager: Gustave Niyonkuru

Formation: 4–4–2 GK 16 Sedilame Boseja RB 14 Veronicah Mogotsi CB 12 Bonang Otlhagile  79' CB 4 Masego Montsho LB 2 Kesegofetse Mochawe RM 10 Lesego Radiakanyo  87' CM 9 Mokgabo Thanda CM 6 Golebaone Selebatso  79' LM 13 Keitumetse Dithebe  80' CF 18 Nondi Mahlasela  54'  87' CF 7 Refilwe Tholakele Substitutions: MF 11 Thuto Ramafifi  80' MF 21 Annah Sechane  90+3'  79' DF 8 Lone Gaofetoge  79' MF 15 Balotlhanyi Johannes  90'  87' FW 19 Esalenna Galekhutle  87' Manager: Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang

South Africa vs Burundi

South Africa	3–1	Burundi
Kgatlana 20' Motau 32' Motlhalo 54' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Uwimana 30'

Botswana vs Nigeria

Botswana	0–2	Nigeria
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Onumonu 21' Ucheibe 48'

South Africa vs Botswana

South Africa	1–0	Botswana
Majiya 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Nigeria vs Burundi

Nigeria	4–0	Burundi
Ajibade 25' (pen.) Efih 28' Kanu 29', 46'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Discipline

Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers in the group if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied, or if teams had the same record in the ranking of third-placed teams. These are calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:

• first yellow card: plus 1 point;
• indirect red card (second yellow card): plus 3 points;
• direct red card: plus 4 points;
• yellow card and direct red card: plus 5 points;

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
Nigeria	1								2				–3
South Africa					1								–1
Botswana	3				3				2				–8
Burundi	2				1		1		2				–9

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.

2 goals

• Refilwe Tholakele
• Sandrine Niyonkuru
• Rasheedat Ajibade
• Uchenna Kanu

1 goal

• Keitumetse Dithebe
• Lesego Radiakanyo
• Aniella Uwimana
• Peace Efih
• Ifeoma Onumonu
• Christy Ucheibe
• Thembi Kgatlana
• Hildah Magaia
• Nthabiseng Majiya
• Amogelang Motau
• Linda Motlhalo
• Jermaine Seoposenwe

References

1. "SuperSport".
2. "FIFA Women's World Ranking (CAF - June 2021)".
3. "Regulations of CAF" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

External links

• 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations