2008 African Women's Championship qualification

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2008 African Women's Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates30 November 2007 – 8 March 2008
Teams22 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored86 (3.58 per match)
2006
2010

The 2008 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2008 African Women's Championship. Equatorial Guinea qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by qualifying rounds, which took place from November 2007 to March 2008.

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Teams

A total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals. [1]

Teams who withdrew before playing a match are in italics.

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
First round16
Second round6
Qualifying roundsTotal22
Final tournament1

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 final round qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

RoundLegDate
First round First leg30 November 2007
Second leg16 December 2007
Second round First leg24 February 2008
Second leg8 March 2008

First round

Was played between 30 November and 16 December 2007. Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and South Africa had a bye to the second round.

Overview

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg1–3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0–11–2
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg6–3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3–13–2
Eritrea  Flag of Eritrea.svg2–4Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2–30–1
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg1–9Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0–31–6
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg1–3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–10–2
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg w/o Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Burundi  Flag of Burundi.svgw/oFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svgw/oFlag of Benin.svg  Benin

Egypt, Burundi and Benin withdrew their matches.

Matches

Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg0–1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
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  • Zerrouki Soccerball shade.svg
Stade El Abdi, El Jadida
Referee: ... (Togo)
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg2–1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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Stade Ali Benfedda, Zéralda

Algeria won 3–1 on aggregate.


Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svgCancelledFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svgCancelledFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

Tunisia advanced on walkover after Egypt withdrew.

Second round

Played between 24 February and 8 March 2008.

Overview

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg1–2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0–01–2
Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg5–2Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 4–11–1
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg1–6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–40–2
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg1–5Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0–31–2
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg1–13Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0–31–10
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg0–11Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 0–80–3
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg1–4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–10–3

Matches

Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg0–0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
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Zéralda Stadium, Zeralda
Referee: Fadouma Dia (Senegal)
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2–1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Report Idoughi Soccerball shade.svg19'
Stade de Béni Khalled, Béni Khalled
Referee: Houaïda Brahim Sayed (Egypt)

Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg4–1Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Report Zuma Soccerball shade.svg42'
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg1–1Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Bonga Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Mvintsie Soccerball shade.svg20'
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Rafiatou Sitou (Benin)

Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg1–4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
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South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg2–0Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
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Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg0–3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
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Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg2–1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report Charati Soccerball shade.svg18'
Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé
Referee: Aïssata Amégée (Togo)

Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg0–3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
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Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg10–1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Report Lucas Soccerball shade.svg8-1'
Abuja National Stadium, Abuja
Attendance: 4,000

Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg0–8Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
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Mali  Flag of Mali.svg3–0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
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Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Slidja Moula (Algeria)

Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg1–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Essoh Soccerball shade.svg82' Report Oforiwaa Soccerball shade.svg10'
Robert Champroux Stadium, Abidjan
Referee: Thérèse Sagno (Guinea)
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg3–0Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
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Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Hosts1 (2006)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Winners against Tanzania 8 March 20086 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo Winners against DR Congo 8 March 2008Debut
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Winners against Ivory Coast 8 March 20087 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Winners against Guinea 8 March 20083 (2002, 2004, 2006)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Winners against Namibia 8 March 20087 ( 1991 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 )
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Winners against Zimbabwe 8 March 20086 (1995, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004 , 2006)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Winners against Algeria 8 March 2008Debut
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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