Matches played 30 | Goals scored 83 (2.77 per match) | |
Dates 4 March – 12 April 2016 Teams 23 (from 1 confederation) Top scorer(s) Aliaa Shoukry (5 goals) | ||
The 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.
Contents
A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon who qualified automatically as hosts.
Teams
A total of 23 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
1 Initially Togo entered the qualification but withdrew and were replaced by Ethiopia. Togo were sanctioned by the CAF and excluded from participating in the 2018 tournament.
Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament.
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
The second round was initially scheduled to be played on 8–10 April (first leg) and 22–24 April (second leg), but was later changed to be played during the FIFA International Match Calendar dates of 4–12 April.
First round
Mali won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 3–2 on aggregate.
Zambia won 5–3 on aggregate.
Egypt won 12–0 on aggregate.
Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kenya advanced after DR Congo withdrew for financial reasons.
1–1 on aggregate. Senegal won 4–2 on penalties.
Tunisia won 2–0 on aggregate.
Botswana won 11–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Winners qualified for 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.
Equatorial Guinea won 3–2 on aggregate.
Mali were awarded the tie after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.
Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Egypt won on away goals rule.
3–3 on aggregate. Kenya won on away goals rule.
Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.
Ghana won 6–1 on aggregate.
South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Goalscorers
* includes a goal scored at Egypt vs. Libya match, which has no goal scorers references.