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The Tanzania national women's football team, is the national team of Tanzania and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation. They are nicknamed the ''Twiga Stars''. The Twiga Stars qualified for their first CAF Women's Championship finals on 5 June 2010, after defeating Eritrea 11–4 on aggregate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=News: Algeria, Cameroon qualify for AWC )〕 ==Fixtures and results, 2010== The Twiga Stars defeated Ethiopia in the preliminary round of the 2010 African Women's Football Championship on aggregate 4–2. The first leg was played in Addis Ababa on 8 March. Tanzania won the match 3–1, with goals by Ester Chabruma, Mwanahamis Omary, and Asha Rashid. The return leg played at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam on 29 March ended in a 1–1 draw. In the first round of the African Championship, Tanzania defeated Eritrea on aggregate 11–4. The Twiga Stars won 8–1 in Dar es Salaam on 23 May and drew 3–3 in Asmara on 5 June. After the Twiga Stars' success in qualifying for the African Championship finals in South Africa, a Tanzanian businesswoman, Rahma Al-Kharoosi, sponsored them to train in the United States for two weeks in August 2010. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete donated 53 million Tanzanian shillings (approximately US$30,000) on 9 June to cover training camp expenses and allowances before the championship tournament.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Twiga Stars get Sh53m support )〕 Tanzania lost all three games in Group A of the African Championship, to host South Africa 2–1 on 31 October,〔("Brilliant Twiga Stars lose to South Africa", ''Daily News'', 31 October 2010 )〕 Mali 3–2 on 4 November,〔("End of the road for Twiga", ''Daily News'', 4 November 2010 )〕 and Nigeria 3–0 on 7 November. They are the subject of 2010 documentary film Twiga Stars: Tanzania's Soccer Sisters by Nisha Ligon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Twiga Stars: Tanzania's Soccer Sisters )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tanzania women's national football team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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