African Women Championship: Ivory Coast defeats Ethiopia 5-0 in Group B opener (revised)
Bata, Equatorial Guinea – The Ethiopian national women soccer team “Dinkinesh†(Lucy) suffered a huge loss in its Group B opener of the 8th African Women Championship here today when it lost 5-0 to the Ivory Coast.
In today’s other match, Nigeria defeated Cameroon 2-1.
Ethiopia’s next match is against Nigeria on Thursday, November 1.
Meanwhile, host Equatorial Guinea and DR Congo defeated South Africa and Senegal 1-0 respectively in Group A matches played yesterday.
| Group A | ||||||||
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Equatorial Guinea |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
 3 |
| DR Congo |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| S. Africa |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
| Senegal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
| Group B | ||||||||
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Côte d’ Ivoire |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
+5 |
3 |
| Nigeria |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
3 |
| Cameroon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
| Ethiopia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
0 |
Note: Please disregard our earlier posting, which showed the score as 2-0. That was an error. The final score is Ivory Coast 5 Ethiopia 0.
VIDEO: Watch highlights of the match on EthioTube.net.
