Group B of the African Women Championship lived up to its billing as the ‘group of death’ as Ghana’s Black Queens ended Cameroon’s winning streak in the tournament with a 1-0 win at the Sam Nujoma Stadium Windhoek.

But the result fell short of expectations as South Africa took all the spoils in the other game against Algeria at the Independence Stadium with a 5-1 drubbing. The South Africans will now play Nigeria in the semi-final, while Cote’d Ivoire will handle Cameroon.

Elizabeth Codjoe fired home the only goal of the match in the 7th minute of play in the second half after both sides squandered a host of scoring chances in the first half.

The goal struck from inside the box after Codjoe latched on to a pass, spurred on the Ghanaian women. But they failed to put away scoring opportunities that came their way. Banyana Banyana booked a placed in the semi-finals of the African Women Championship for the fifth consecutive time since 2006 with a 5-1 win over Algeria.

South Africa enjoyed more possession, but failed to break the Algerians, who twice nearly caught Banyana Banyana with counter attacks, with one of the balls cleared off the goal-line by Nokou Matlou.

The deadlock was finally broken in the 37th minute as Amanda Dlamini’s powerful shot beat the Algerian goalkeeper for the opening goal of the match.

Banyana Banyana’s all time leading goal scorer, Portia Modise, made it 2-0 just before half time as South Africa enjoyed a comfortable lead, and take her personal tally to 99 goals for her country.

However, it was the South Africans who scored again through Sana Molloa in the 69th minute.

“It is very regrettable we did not qualify for the next round. We came here with the intention of winning a world cup ticket. But you will agree with me that the group was very tight,” said Ghana coach Yusuf Bisigi