2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Group C
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.[1]
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Federation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings[2] |
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| 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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
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South Africa
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Burundi vs Botswana
| Burundi | 2–4 | Botswana |
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Referee: Mame Faye (Senegal)
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Botswana
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South Africa vs Burundi
| South Africa | 3–1 | Burundi |
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Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt)
Botswana vs Nigeria
| Botswana | 0–2 | Nigeria |
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Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)
South Africa vs Botswana
| South Africa | 1–0 | Botswana |
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Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Nigeria vs Burundi
| Nigeria | 4–0 | Burundi |
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Referee: Fatima El Ajjani (Morocco)
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:[3]
- 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 | |||||||||
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| 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
1 goal
References
- ^ "SuperSport".
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Ranking (CAF - June 2021)".
- ^ "Regulations of CAF" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 3 July 2022.