Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's qualification

The 2015 African Games women's football tournament qualification decided the participating teams of the 2015 African Games women's football tournament. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the women's football tournament, including Congo who qualified automatically as hosts.^[1] Both the qualifying rounds and the final tournament were open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).

2015 African Games women's football tournament qualification

Tournament details
Dates	22 February – 12 April
Teams	17 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	48 (3.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Asha Rashid (3 goals)
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Not to be confused with 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Main article: Football at the 2015 African Games

Teams

A total of 17 teams entered the qualifying rounds, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).^[2]

Round	Teams entering round	No. of teams
First round	Botswana  Gabon  Guinea-Bissau  Libya  Madagascar  Mali	6
Second round	Cameroon  Egypt  Ethiopia  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Nigeria  South Africa  Senegal  Tanzania  Zambia  Zimbabwe	11
Qualifying rounds	Total	17
Final tournament	Congo (hosts)	1

Did not enter
Algeria  Angola  Benin  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Comoros  Djibouti  DR Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Gambia  Guinea  Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Malawi  Mauritania  Mauritius  Morocco  Mozambique  Namibia  Niger  Rwanda  São Tomé and Príncipe  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan  Swaziland  Togo  Tunisia  Uganda

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.^[3]

Round	Leg	Date
First round	First leg	20–22 February 2015
	Second leg	6–8 March 2015
Second round	First leg	20–22 March 2015
	Second leg	10–12 April 2015

Qualification rounds

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	w/o	Gabon	—	—
Madagascar	2–3	Botswana	1–3	1–0
Libya	w/o	Guinea-Bissau	—	—

Note: Madagascar played their first FIFA sanctioned international match. Gabon and Libya withdrew.^[4] Gabon were not approved to travel by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.^[5]

21 February 2015 (2015-02-21)

16:30 UTC±0

Mali	Cancelled	Gabon
	Report

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)

Gabon	Cancelled	Mali
	Report

Mali won on walkover.

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22 February 2015 (2015-02-22)

14:30 UTC+3

Madagascar	1–3	Botswana
Mamiseheno 26'	Report	Ramafifi 12' Moahi 33' Bosa 55'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)

18:00 UTC+2

Botswana	0–1	Madagascar
	Report	Raharimalala 22'

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

Referee: Thérèse Sylvie Abou'ou (Cameroon)

Botswana won 3–2 on aggregate.

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20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)

Libya	Cancelled	Guinea-Bissau
	Report

6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)

Guinea-Bissau	Cancelled	Libya
	Report

Guinea-Bissau won on walkover.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2015 African Games.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	1–9	Nigeria	1–1	0–8
Botswana	0–6	South Africa	0–1	0–5
Ghana	4–3	Zimbabwe	2–1	2–2
Zambia	5–6	Tanzania	2–4	3–2
Ethiopia	2–4	Cameroon	1–2	1–2
Guinea-Bissau	w/o	Ivory Coast	—	—
Egypt	2–1	Senegal	0–0	2–1

Note: Guinea-Bissau withdrew.^[6]

21 March 2015 (2015-03-21)

17:00 UTC±0

Mali	1–1	Nigeria
Tangara 83'	Report	Okobi 52'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	8–0	Mali
Oparanozie 3', 45+2' Ordega 19', 62' Oshoala 36', 47' Nwabuoku 69' Sunday 71'	Report

Abuja National Stadium, Abuja

Referee: Joyce Obenewa Appiah (Ghana)

Nigeria won 9–1 on aggregate.

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21 March 2015 (2015-03-21)

15:00 UTC+2

Botswana	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Mollo 28'

Molepolole Stadium, Molepolole

Referee: Rusina Kuda Majo (Zimbabwe)

11 April 2015 (2015-04-11)

14:00 UTC+2

South Africa	5–0	Botswana
Makhabane 8' (pen.) Modise 14' Dlamini 52' Matlou 59' Ngubane 67'	Report

Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

South Africa won 6–0 on aggregate.

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21 March 2015 (2015-03-21)

15:00 UTC±0

Ghana	2–1	Zimbabwe
Aduako 28' (pen.) Suleman 50'	Report	Mbipa 68'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Therese Aimee Nteme Zoa (Cameroon)

12 April 2015 (2015-04-12)

15:00 UTC+2

Zimbabwe	2–2	Ghana
Zulu 40' Neshamba 75'	Report	Boakye 20' Addo 74'

Rufaro Stadium, Harare

Referee: Grace Natasha Msiska (Malawi)

Ghana won 4–3 on aggregate.

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22 March 2015 (2015-03-22)

15:00 UTC+2

Zambia	2–4	Tanzania
Zulu 44' Chanda 69'	Report	Rashid 50', 77' Boniface 59' Mwasikili 89'

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Damaris Wangari Kimani (Kenya)

10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)

16:30 UTC+3

Tanzania	2–3	Zambia
Rashid 3' Shurua 29'	Report	Chanda 53' Lungu 61' (pen.) Zulu 89'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Anna Akoyi (Uganda)

Tanzania won 6–5 on aggregate.

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21 March 2015 (2015-03-21)

16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	1–2	Cameroon
Abera 15'	Report	Meffometou 83' Ngono Mani 88'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Sara Mohamed Ramadan (Egypt)

11 April 2015 (2015-04-11)

15:30 UTC+1

Cameroon	2–1	Ethiopia
Onguéné 41' Ngono Mani 77'	Report	Ngo Ndom 2' (o.g.)

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Referee: Kankou Coulibaly (Mali)

Cameroon won 4–2 on aggregate.

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20 March 2015 (2015-03-20)

Guinea-Bissau	Cancelled	Ivory Coast
	Report

10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)

Ivory Coast	Cancelled	Guinea-Bissau
	Report

Ivory Coast won on walkover.

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21 March 2015 (2015-03-21)

15:30 UTC+2

Egypt	0–0	Senegal
	Report

Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

11 April 2015 (2015-04-11)

16:30 UTC±0

Senegal	1–2	Egypt
Diakhate 60'	Report	Nasser 37' Tarik 76'

Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour

Referee: Aissata Ameyo Amegee (Togo)

Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.^[7]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Congo (hosts)	14 September 2011[1]	0 (debut)
Nigeria	10 April 2015	2 (2003, 2007)
South Africa	11 April 2015	3 (2003, 2007, 2011)
Ghana	12 April 2015	2 (2007, 2011)
Tanzania	10 April 2015	1 (2011)
Cameroon	11 April 2015	2 (2003, 2011)
Ivory Coast	20 March 2015	0 (debut)
Egypt	11 April 2015	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Senegal, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the final tournament.^[8]

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Asha Rashid

2 goals

• Madeleine Ngono Mani
• Desire Oparanozie
• Francisca Ordega
• Asisat Oshoala
• Grace Chanda
• Misozi Zulu

1 goal

• Phatshimo Bosa
• Amogelang Moahi
• Thuto Ramafifi
• Claudine Meffometou
• Gabrielle Onguéné
• Nada Nasser
• Salma Tarik
• Loza Abera
• Elizabeth Addo
• Agnes Aduako
• Portia Boakye
• Samira Suleman
• Regina Mamiseheno
• Marie Raharimalala
• Awa Tangara
• Evelyn Nwabuoku
• Ngozi Okobi
• Esther Sunday
• Binta Diakhaté
• Amanda Dlamini
• Mamello Makhabane
• Noko Matlou
• Portia Modise
• Sanah Mollo
• Silindile Ngubane
• Shelder Boniface
• Sophia Mwasikili
• Mwanahamisi Shurua
• Ireen Lungu
• Emmaculate Msipa
• Rudo Neshamba
• Samkelisiwe Zulu

Own goal

• Annette Ngo Ndom (playing against Ethiopia)

See also

• Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's qualification