1998 African Women's Championship

The 1998 African Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. Since this edition, the tournament has been organized biennially and was hosted by a country unlike the previous two editions.

It was hosted from 17 to 31 October by Nigeria whose women's team successfully defended its title, winning it for a 3rd time after beating Ghana 2–0 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the following year's FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Qualification
A qualification round was installed in the tournament for the first time. With Nigeria qualifying automatically as hosts, the remaining seven spots were determined by a qualification round and a play-off round which took place between March and April 1998.


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First leg:

Second leg:

Mozambique won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

South Africa won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate and qualified for the main tournament.

DR Congo won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Cameroon won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Morocco won by default and qualified for the main tournament.

Qualified teams
DR Congo, Egypt and Morocco made their debuts in the tournament at this edition. Mozambique failed to arrive for the tournament despite qualifying with Lesotho as its late replacement for Mozambique, also failing to show up.

Main tournament
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss).

Semi-finals
Winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.

Team statistics

 * colspan="10"|Eliminated in the group stage
 * colspan="10"|Eliminated in the group stage

Goalscorers

 * 3 goals


 * 🇳🇬 Nkiru Okosieme


 * 2 goals


 * 🇳🇬 Patience Avre
 * 🇳🇬 Rita Nwadike


 * 1 goal


 * 🇳🇬 Mercy Akide
 * 🇳🇬 Stella Mbachu
 * 🇳🇬 Florence Omagbemi


 * Unknown scorers
 * : 18 additional goals.
 * : 11 additional goals.
 * : 8 additional goals.
 * : 7 additional goals.
 * : 4 additional goals.
 * : 2 additional goals.
 * : 2 additional goals.