Host country Equatorial Guinea Runners-up South Africa | Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) | |
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Dates 28 October – 11 November 2012 Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) Champions Equatorial Guinea (2nd title) | ||
The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.
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Qualification
A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held on 13–15 January 2012 (first leg) and 27–29 January 2012 (second leg).
First round
The first round was held on 25–27 May 2012 (first leg) and 15–17 June 2012 (second leg).
Final tournament
The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.
If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:
- Points in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goals scored in head to head matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Goals scored in all group matches
- Fair play conduct
- Drawing of lots
All times are WAT (UTC+1)
Knockout Map
All times are WAT (UTC+1)