2003 Women's All-Africa Games football tournament Host country Nigeria City Abuja Dates 3–16 October 2003 Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)Champions Nigeria (1st title) Runners-up South Africa Third place Cameroon Fourth place Mali Matches played 16 Goals scored 51 (3.19 per match)
International football competition
The 2003 All-Africa Games football – Women's tournament was the 1st edition of the African Games men's football tournament for women. The football tournament was held in Abuja , Nigeria between 3–16 October 2003 as part of the 2003 All-Africa Games . It was played by players under the age of 23. Nigeria won the final against South Africa.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Participating teams [ edit ] No qualifying took part, but teams were invited.[ 4] Nigeria and Ghana were seeded and put in different groups.[ 5] Ghana then withdraw on short notice and were to be replaced by Nigeria's A national team, but that was withdrawn later too, due to lack of funding from the Nigerian FA.[ 6] DR Congo then took part at a last minute replacement.
All times given as local time (UTC+1 )
Key to colours in group tables Teams that advanced to the semifinals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result Nigeria (H) 5 5 0 0 17 1 +16 15 Gold Medal South Africa 5 4 0 1 12 3 +9 12 Silver Medal Cameroon 5 2 1 2 7 5 +2 7 Bronze Medal 4 Mali 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 4 Fourth place 5 DR Congo 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4 Eliminated in group stage 6 Zimbabwe 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4 7 Algeria 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0 8 Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
General Tournaments
Qualifications
Squads