Hosts South Africa have been drawn against record-five time winners Nigeria in Group A for the 7th Africa Women’s Championship at the draw held today at the Birchwood Hotel, Ekurhuleni City, South Africa.
Other teams in Group A are debutants are Tanzania and Mali.
Holders Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Algeria and Cameroon make up Group B.
From the draw, teams in each group will engage each other on a round-robin basis with the group winners and runners-up advancing to the semi final and eventually the final.
Matches for the tournament scheduled from 31 October – 14 November will be held at the Sinaba Stadium in Daveyton and Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa, in the Ekurhuleni Municipality of the Gauteng Province.
The finalists will also represent Africa at the next edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup slated for Germany from 26 June to 17 July, 2011.
The ceremony also saw the unveiling of the official logo of the tournament.
Present were CAF Officials and Executives of the South Africa Football Association (SAFA).
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