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). TeamsA total of 17 teams entered the qualifying rounds, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2]
FormatQualification 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. ScheduleThe schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[3]
Qualification roundsFirst round
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] Mali won on walkover.
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Referee: Thérèse Sylvie Abou'ou (Cameroon) Botswana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Guinea-Bissau won on walkover. Second roundWinners qualified for 2015 African Games.
Note: Guinea-Bissau withdrew.[6]
Referee: Joyce Obenewa Appiah (Ghana) Nigeria won 9–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Rusina Kuda Majo (Zimbabwe)
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) South Africa won 6–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Therese Aimee Nteme Zoa (Cameroon)
Referee: Grace Natasha Msiska (Malawi) Ghana won 4–3 on aggregate.
Referee: Damaris Wangari Kimani (Kenya)
Referee: Anna Akoyi (Uganda) Tanzania won 6–5 on aggregate.
Referee: Sara Mohamed Ramadan (Egypt)
Referee: Kankou Coulibaly (Mali) Cameroon won 4–2 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won on walkover.
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast) Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate. Qualified teamsThe following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[7]
On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition.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
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