Tournament details | |
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Dates | 4 March – 12 April 2016 |
Teams | 23 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 30 |
Goals scored | 83 (2.77 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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The 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon who qualified automatically as hosts. [1] [2]
A total of 23 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. [3]
Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
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First round | 18 | |
Second round | 5 | |
Qualifying rounds | Total | 23 |
Final tournament |
| 1 |
Did not enter |
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1 Initially Togo entered the qualification but withdrew and were replaced by Ethiopia. [4] Togo were sanctioned by the CAF and excluded from participating in the 2018 tournament. [5]
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). [6]
The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows. [3]
Round | Leg | Date |
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First round | First leg | 4–6 March 2016 |
Second leg | 18–20 March 2016 | |
Second round | First leg | 6–9 April 2016 |
Second leg | 10–12 April 2016 |
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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mali ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Tanzania ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Zambia ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Libya ![]() | 0–12 | ![]() | 0–8 | 0–4 |
Algeria ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Kenya ![]() | w.o. | ![]() | — | — |
Senegal ![]() | 1–1 (4–2 p) | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Burkina Faso ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Botswana ![]() | 11–0 | ![]() | 7–0 | 4–0 |
Mali won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Kaitano ![]() | Report [9] [10] | Minja ![]() |
Zimbabwe won 3–2 on aggregate.
Zambia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Sosala ![]() Chanda ![]() | Report [11] [12] | Jossob ![]() |
Namibia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Coleman ![]() | Report [13] [14] [15] | Chanda ![]() |
Zambia won 5–3 on aggregate.
Libya ![]() | 0–8 | ![]() |
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Report [11] [16] | Shoukry ![]() Ali ![]() Engy ![]() Gazy ![]() Fayza ![]() |
Egypt ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Tarek ![]() Mohammed ![]() Engy ![]() Shoukry ![]() | Report |
Egypt won 12–0 on aggregate.
Ethiopia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Abera ![]() | Report (CAF) [18] | Zerrouki ![]() |
Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kenya advanced after DR Congo withdrew for financial reasons. [19] [20]
Guinea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kanté ![]() | Report [22] | |
Penalties | ||
2–4 |
1–1 on aggregate. Senegal won 4–2 on penalties.
Burkina Faso ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Tunisia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Mamay ![]() Mchara ![]() | Report [23] [24] |
Tunisia won 2–0 on aggregate.
Botswana ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Mahlasela ![]() Otlhagile ![]() Motlhale ![]() Ngenda ![]() Selebatso ![]() Mathlo ![]() | Report [11] [25] |
Mauritius ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report [26] | Lesaane ![]() Tholakele ![]() Ramafifi ![]() |
Botswana won 11–0 on aggregate.
Winners qualified for 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mali ![]() | awd. | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–2 |
Zimbabwe ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–2 |
Egypt ![]() | 2–2 (a) | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Algeria ![]() | 3–3 (a) | ![]() | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Senegal ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Tunisia ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–4 |
Botswana ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Boho ![]() Adriana Tiga ![]() | Report [29] [30] | Koite ![]() |
Equatorial Guinea won 3–2 on aggregate.
Mali were awarded the tie after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. [31]
Zambia ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Sosala ![]() Zulu ![]() | Report [35] [36] [37] | Bhasopo ![]() Zulu ![]() Msipa ![]() |
Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Elloh ![]() Nrehy ![]() | Report [39] | Gamal ![]() |
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.
Tunisia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Kaabachi ![]() | Report [27] [43] [44] [45] | Suleman ![]() Adubea ![]() |
Ghana ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Suleman ![]() Boakye ![]() Adubea ![]() | Report |
Ghana won 6–1 on aggregate.
South Africa ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Makhabane ![]() Mollo ![]() Nyandeni ![]() | Report |
South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament 1 |
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![]() | 26 October 2014 [1] | 10 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
![]() | 10 April 2016 | 3 (2000, 2002, 2004) |
![]() | 11 April 2016 | 1 (1998) |
![]() | 12 April 2016 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | 12 April 2016 | 11 ( 1991 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008, 2010 , 2012, 2014 ) |
![]() | 12 April 2016 | 10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014) |
![]() | 12 April 2016 | 10 (1995, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010 , 2012, 2014) |
![]() | 4 August 2016 [31] | 5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
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