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. Team 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
Report
  • Zerrouki Soccerball shade.svg
Stade El Abdi, El Jadida
Referee: ... (Togo)
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg2–1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report
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. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2–1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0–02–1
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

Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg0–0Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Report
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg1–2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Idoughi Soccerball shade.svg19' Report Guedri Soccerball shade.svg8' (pen.)
Zouaoui Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Stade de Béni Khalled, Béni Khalled

Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

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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