- CAF Women's Championship
The CAF Women's Championship is a biennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the
Confederation of African Football (CAF). Seven tournaments have been held, with the current champions being Nigeria. The "Super Falcons" have won all seven tournaments to date.The competition has served as a qualifying tournament for the
FIFA Women's World Cup every other year since its inception in1991 . In 2006, the final round of the competition took place inNigeria for the third time, replacingGabon , which was initially granted the right to host but later pulled out citing financial difficulties.History
In
2000 , hostsSouth Africa met three-time championsNigeria in the final game of the tournament. After Nigeria finished the first half ahead 1-0, Nigeria'sStella Mbachu scored a goal in the 72nd minute that the home crowd felt was offside. Supporters began hurling bottles and other debris at officials and Nigerian players. The match was abandoned after three attempts at restarts were all interrupted by further disturbances. Riot police began fighting battles with bottle-throwing supporters about 40 minutes after the goal had been allowed, throwing tear gas into the crowd to break up the disturbance. The game and the tournament were awarded to Nigeria.Results
Note: "agg" - aggregate total, "abd" - match abandoned
External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afr-women.html Africa - Women's Championship]
* [http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/preliminaries/preliminary=247808/index.html 2006 Africa - Women's Championship & 2007 FIFA Women's Cup Qualification]
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