Football at the 2023 African Games – Women's tournament

The 2023 African Games women's football tournament is the 6th edition of the African Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held as part of the 2023 African Games between 8 and 21 March 2024. Under-20 national teams took part in the tournament.^[1]

2023 African Games
women's football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Ghana
City	Accra
Dates	8–21 March 2024
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Uganda
Fourth place	Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	31 (2.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tracey Twum (3 goals)
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Main article: Football at the 2023 African Games

Schedule

P

Group stage

½

Semifinals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

8 Fri	9 Sat	10 Sun	11 Mon	12 Tue	13 Wed	14 Thu	15 Fri	16 Sat	17 Sun	18 Mon	19 Tue	20 Wed	21 Thu
G	G		G	G		G	G			½			B	F

Qualification

Main article: 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

As per the decision of CAF Executive Committee was as below, the eight teams who reached the fourth round of the 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification are qualified to the Final Tournament.

Means of qualification	Venue(s)	Dates	Qualified
2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round	Home/away	12 December 2021	Morocco
		17 December 2021	Ethiopia
			Nigeria
			Uganda
		18 December 2021	Cameroon
			Ghana
			Senegal
			Tanzania
Total			8 teams

Venues

1 stadium were allocated to host the matches.

Cape Coast		Cape Coast
		Cape Coast Sports Stadium
		Capacity: 15,000

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2023 African Games – Women's team squads

Match officials

Group stage

All match times are local, WAT (UTC).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Semifinals
2	Uganda	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Tanzania	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: results.accra2023ag.com
(H) Hosts

9 March 2024 (2024-03-09)

17:00

Tanzania	1–1	Uganda
Mnunka 89'	Report	Kunihira 41'

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Natacha Konan (Ivory Coast)

9 March 2024 (2024-03-09)

20:00

Ghana	1–0	Ethiopia
Owusu 59'	Report

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Cynthia Ngakosso (Congo)

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12 March 2024 (2024-03-12)

17:00

Uganda	2–0	Ethiopia
Nagadya 11' Lwalisa 30'	Report

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Zakia El Grini (Morocco)

12 March 2024 (2024-03-12)

20:00

Ghana	2–1	Tanzania
Twum 45+2' M. Abdulai 64'	Report	Mnunka 22'

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Noura Samir (Egypt)

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15 March 2024 (2024-03-15)

17:00

Ethiopia	1–1	Tanzania
Tadesse 80'	Report	Ubamba 6'

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Yacine Samassa (Mauritania)

15 March 2024 (2024-03-15)

20:00

Uganda	1–1	Ghana
Nagadya 10'	Report	M. Abdulai 37'

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Seonyatseng Joyce Tshephe (Botswana)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Semifinals
2	Senegal	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Morocco	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: results.accra2023ag.com

8 March 2024 (2024-03-08)

20:00

Nigeria	2–0	Morocco
Olise 19' Yina 40'	Report

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Raya Sisai (Ethiopia)

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11 March 2024 (2024-03-11)

20:00

Nigeria	4–0	Senegal
Nijdeka 14' Ezekiel 50' Kales 51' (o.g.) Olise 81'	Report

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Rachel Nzigire (Central African Republic)

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14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)

20:00

Morocco	0–4	Senegal
	Report	Badio 6' Kandé 18' Choab 65' (o.g.) Mendy 87'

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	18 March – Cape Coast
	Ghana	3
					21 March – Cape Coast
	Senegal	1
					Ghana (a.e.t.)	2
	18 March – Cape Coast
					Nigeria	1
	Nigeria	2
	Uganda	0
					Bronze medal match
					21 March – Cape Coast
					Senegal	0 (5)
					Uganda (p)	0 (6)

Semi-finals

18 March 2024 (2024-03-18)

20:30

Ghana	3–1	Senegal
Twum 18' Amponsah 45+1', 55'	Report	Kandé 54' (pen.)

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Rachel Nzigire (Central African Republic)

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18 March 2024 (2024-03-18)

17:00

Nigeria	2–0	Uganda
Okah 74' Okwuchukwu 89'	Report

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Noura Samir (Egypt)

Bronze medal match

21 March 2024 (2024-03-21)

17:00

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Uganda
	Report
Penalties
Kandé Badio Ndiaye Sané Diallo Casset Bassene	5–6	C. Nagadya Nalugya Lwalisa Nankwanga Wujja Kanyago Najjuma

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Seonyatseng Joyce Tshephe (Botswana)

Gold medal match

21 March 2024 (2024-03-21)

20:30

Ghana	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Twum 77' Issah 98'	Report	Nijdeka 23'

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Natacha Konan (Ivory Coast)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 31 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.

3 goals

• Tracey Twum

2 goals

• Ophelia Amponsah
• Murakama Abdulai
• Edeh Nijdeka
• Chioma Olise
• Rokhyatou Kandé
• Aisha Mnunka
• Catherine Nagadya

1 goal

• Aregash Kalsa Tadesse
• Comfort Owusu
• Motunrayo Ezekiel
• Habiba Issah
• Aicha Kales
• Judith Adaobi Okah
• Chiamaka Okwuchukwu
• Addo Yina
• Khadija Badio
• Axelle Pefla Mendy
• Hasnath Ubamba
• Docus Lwalisa
• Margret Kunihira

1 own goal

• Abir Choab (against Senegal)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Ghana (H)	5	4	1	0	9	4	+5	13	Gold Medal
	Nigeria	4	3	0	1	10	1	+9	9	Silver Medal
	Uganda	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6	Bronze Medal
4	Senegal	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4	Fourth place
5	Tanzania	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2	Eliminated in group stage
6	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
7	Morocco	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: Medals Standings
(H) Hosts

See also

• Football at the 2023 African Games – Men's tournament