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2015 African Games
women's football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Republic of the Congo
City	Brazzaville
Dates	6–18 September 2015
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	28 (2.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Desire Oparanozie (5 goals)
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The 2015 African Games women's football tournament was the 4th edition of the African Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the 2015 African Games. The tournament was open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).

Qualification

Congo qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Cameroon	3rd	Gold medal (2011)
Congo (hosts)	1st	Debut
Egypt	1st	Debut
Ghana	3rd	Silver medal (2011)
Ivory Coast	1st	Debut
Nigeria	3rd	Gold medal (2003, 2007)
South Africa	4th	Silver medal (2003, 2007)
Tanzania	2nd	Group stage (2011)

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Senegal, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.

Venues

A new 60,000 capacity stadium, Stade Municipal de Kintélé, was built for the 2015 African Games. The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat and Stade Kintélé 3 were also used.

Squads

Group stage

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. For the draw, the hosts Congo were seeded in position A1 and the holders Cameroon were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times were local, WAT (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Tanzania	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
4	Congo (H)	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Congo	1–5	Nigeria
Mabahou-Ngoma 61'	Report	Oparanozie 5', 15', 89' Sunday 7' Uchendu 90'

Tanzania	0–1	Ivory Coast
	Report	Niamien 48'

Nigeria	3–0	Tanzania
Oparanozie 13', 46' Sunday 51'	Report

Ivory Coast	1–0	Congo
Akaffou 38'	Report

Congo	1–1	Tanzania
Mbondzo 45'	Report	Mafuru 53'

Nigeria	1–2	Ivory Coast
Amanze 10'	Report	Elloh 45' Nahi 77' (pen.)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Knockout stage
2	Ghana	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	South Africa	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
4	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

1. ^ As Ghana and South Africa were tied on points, head-to-head record, total goal difference and total goals scored, a drawing of lots was held on 14 September 2015, 09:00 local time, to determine which team finished as runners-up of Group B, which was won by Ghana.

Cameroon	1–1	South Africa
Manie 88' (pen.)	Report	Smeda 71'

Ghana	Cancelled	Egypt
	Report

South Africa	0–0	Ghana
	Report

Egypt	Cancelled	Cameroon
	Report

Cameroon	1–1	Ghana
Akaba 54'	Report	Kobblah 32'

South Africa	Cancelled	Egypt
	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	15 September – Brazzaville
	Ivory Coast	0
					17 September – Brazzaville
	Ghana	1
					Ghana	1
	15 September – Brazzaville
					Cameroon	0
	Cameroon	2
	Nigeria	1
					Bronze medal match
					18 September – Brazzaville
					Ivory Coast	2
					Nigeria	1

Semi-finals

Ivory Coast	0–1	Ghana
	Report	Suleman 15'

Cameroon	2–1	Nigeria
Abena 10' Ngono Mani 14'	Report	Ebi 48'

Bronze medal match

Ivory Coast	2–1	Nigeria
N'Guessan 70' F. Coulibaly 77'	Report	Ihezuo 53'

Gold medal match

Ghana	1–0	Cameroon
Boakye 88'	Report

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Ghana	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	8	Gold Medal
	Cameroon	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5	Silver Medal
	Ivory Coast	5	4	0	1	6	3	+3	12	Bronze Medal
4	Nigeria	5	2	0	3	11	7	+4	6	Fourth place
5	South Africa	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Eliminated in group stage
6	Tanzania	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
7	Congo (H)	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1
8	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Desire Oparanozie

2 goals

• Esther Sunday

1 goal

• Ninon Abena
• Henriette Akaba
• Christine Manie
• Madeleine Ngono Mani
• Flore Mabahou-Ngoma
• Dedina Mbondzo
• Hillia Kobblah
• Portia Boakye
• Samira Suleman
• Rita Akaffou
• Fatou Coulibaly
• Rebecca Elloh
• Josée Nahi
• Ange N'Guessan
• Sandrine Niamien
• Mercy Amanze
• Onome Ebi
• Chinwendu Ihezuo
• Chinaza Uchendu
• Leandra Smeda
• Shelder Mafuru

See also

• Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament

References

1. "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
2. "African Games (Women): Finalists for Brazzaville decided". CAF. 13 April 2015.
3. "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.
4. "Accreditation for African Games Congo 2015 draw". CAF. 29 June 2015.
5. "RESULTS OF AFRICAN GAMES BRAZZAVILLE 2015 DRAW". CAFonline.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
6. "Debutants Lady Pharaohs in 'group of death'". CAF. 9 July 2015.
7. "Procedure for the African Games Brazzaville 2015 draw". CAF. 8 July 2015.
8. "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 11th African Games- Congo 2015". CAF.
9. "Drawing of lots to decide between Ghana and South Africa". CAF. 13 September 2015.
10. "Ghana – Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso – Nigeria for semis". CAF. 14 September 2015.

External links

• Official Website of the African Games, Brazzaville 2015
• African Games Women Brazzaville 2015, CAFonline.com

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