2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

The 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
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)	Aliaa Shoukry (5 goals)

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon who qualified automatically as hosts.[1][2]

Teams

A total of 23 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]

Round	Teams entering round	No. of teams
First round	Algeria  Botswana  Burkina Faso  DR Congo  Egypt  Ethiopia^1  Guinea  Kenya  Libya  Mali  Mauritius  Morocco  Namibia  Senegal  Tanzania  Tunisia  Zambia  Zimbabwe	18
Second round	Equatorial Guinea  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Nigeria  South Africa	5
Qualifying rounds	Total	23
Final tournament	Cameroon (hosts)	1

Did not enter
Angola  Benin  Burundi  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Comoros  Congo  Djibouti  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Gabon  Gambia  Guinea-Bissau  Lesotho  Liberia  Madagascar  Malawi  Mauritania  Mozambique  Niger  Rwanda  São Tomé and Príncipe  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan  Swaziland  Togo^1  Uganda

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]

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).[6]

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	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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	2–1	Morocco	0–0	2–1
Tanzania	2–3	Zimbabwe	1–2	1–1
Zambia	5–3	Namibia	3–1	2–2
Libya	0–12	Egypt	0–8	0–4
Algeria	2–1	Ethiopia	1–0	1–1
Kenya	w.o.	DR Congo	—	—
Senegal	1–1 (4–2 p)	Guinea	1–0	0–1
Burkina Faso	0–2	Tunisia	0–0	0–2
Botswana	11–0	Mauritius	7–0	4–0

5 March 2016

Mali	0–0	Morocco
	Report

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Christine Enyonam Ziga (Ghana)

19 March 2016

Morocco	1–2	Mali
Jraidi  4'	Report[7]	Baradji  36' Diarra  75'

Stade Boubker Ammar, Salé

Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

 Mali won 2–1 on aggregate.

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4 March 2016

Tanzania	1–2	Zimbabwe
Omary  17'	Report [8]	Jeke  20', 48'

Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Tsige Sisay (Ethiopia)

20 March 2016

Zimbabwe	1–1	Tanzania
Kaitano  11'	Report[9][10]	Minja  4' (pen.)

Rufaro Stadium, Harare

Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)

 Zimbabwe won 3–2 on aggregate.

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6 March 2016

Zambia	3–1	Namibia
Sosala  3', 45+2' Chanda  22'	Report[11][12]	Jossob  89'

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

18 March 2016

Namibia	2–2	Zambia
Coleman  48', 78' (pen.)	Report[13][14][15]	Chanda  3', 46'

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Referee: Tania Marisa Duarte (Angola)

 Zambia won 5–3 on aggregate.

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6 March 2016

Libya	0–8	Egypt
	Report[11][16]	Shoukry  4', 9', 12', 54' Ali  28' Ahmed  32' (pen.) Gazy  69' Hidar  86' (pen.)

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse (Tunisia)

Referee: Lilia Abdeljawad (Tunisia)

20 March 2016

Egypt	4–0	Libya
Tarek  4' Mohammed  25' Ahmed  36' Shoukry  82'	Report

30 June Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Angelique Tuyishime (Rwanda)

 Egypt won 12–0 on aggregate.

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6 March 2016

16:00

Algeria	1–0	Ethiopia
Zerrouki  60'	Report[11][17]

Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers

Attendance: 300

Referee: Aissatou Inter Keita (Guinea)

26 March 2016

Ethiopia	1–1	Algeria
Abera  34'	Report[18]	Zerrouki  85'

Yidnekachew Tessema Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

 Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

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5 March 2016

Kenya	Cancelled	DR Congo
	Report

18 March 2016

DR Congo	Cancelled	Kenya
	Report

 Kenya advanced after DR Congo withdrew for financial reasons.[19][20]

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5 March 2016

Senegal	1–0	Guinea
Diakhaté  5'	Report[21]

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Referee: Viviane Kouélé Igue (Benin)

19 March 2016

Guinea	1–0	Senegal
Kanté  82'	Report[22]
Penalties
	2–4

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: Ross Leopoldina Dayves (Guinea-Bissau)

1–1 on aggregate.  Senegal won 4–2 on penalties.

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5 March 2016

Burkina Faso	0–0	Tunisia
	Report

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Referee: Kankou Coulibaly (Mali)

19 March 2016

Tunisia	2–0	Burkina Faso
Mami  52' Mchara  89'	Report[23][24]

Stade Oued Ellil, Oued Ellil

Referee: Khadmallah Elsayed Angato Koko (Sudan)

 Tunisia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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5 March 2016

Botswana	7–0	Mauritius
Mahlasela  19', 52' Otlhagile  45' Motlhale  62' Ngenda  71' Selebatso  87' Mathlo  90'	Report[11][25]

Lobatse Stadium, Lobatse

Referee: Mercy Mziya (Malawi)

19 March 2016

Mauritius	0–4	Botswana
	Report[26]	Lesaane  27' Tholakele  28', 74' Ramafifi  68'

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Nirinjanahary Raharijaona (Madagascar)

 Botswana won 11–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	awd.	Equatorial Guinea	1–1	1–2
Zimbabwe	4–2	Zambia	1–0	3–2
Egypt	2–2 (a)	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–2
Algeria	3–3 (a)	Kenya	2–2	1–1
Senegal	1–3	Nigeria	1–1	0–2
Tunisia	1–6	Ghana	1–2	0–4
Botswana	0–5	South Africa	0–2	0–3

6 April 2016

Mali	1–1	Equatorial Guinea
Diarra  89'	Report[27][28]	Añonma  2'

Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

Referee: Aissatou Inter Keita (Guinea)

10 April 2016

Equatorial Guinea	2–1	Mali
Boho Adriana Tiga  90'	Report[29][30]	Koite  53'

Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Bolokanang Julia Lekgow (Botswana)

 Equatorial Guinea won 3–2 on aggregate.
 Mali were awarded the tie after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[31]

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6 April 2016

Zimbabwe	1–0	Zambia
Bhasopo  45+1'	Report[32][33][34]

Rufaro Stadium, Harare

Referee: Thérèse Neguel (Cameroon)

10 April 2016

Zambia	2–3	Zimbabwe
Sosala  24' Zulu  60' (pen.)	Report[35][36][37]	Bhasopo  7' Zulu  39' Msipa  90'

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Nabikko Ssemambo (Uganda)

 Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate.

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7 April 2016

Egypt	1–0	Ivory Coast
Samir  45'	Report[38]

30 June Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Aissata Ameyo Amegee (Togo)

11 April 2016

Ivory Coast	2–1	Egypt
Elloh  38' Nrehy  43'	Report[39]	Gamal  86'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)

2–2 on aggregate.  Egypt won on away goals rule.

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8 April 2016

Algeria	2–2	Kenya
Bouhenni-Benziane  28', 89'	Report[40]	Sekouane  78' (o.g.) Adam  84'

Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Alcidia Maria Silva dos Santos (Cape Verde)

12 April 2016

Kenya	1–1	Algeria
Mango  75'	Report	Bouhenni-Benziane  22'

MISC Kasarani, Nairobi

Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

3–3 on aggregate.  Kenya won on away goals rule.

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8 April 2016

Senegal	1–1	Nigeria
Diakhaté  52'	Report[41][42]	Wogu  45'

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Referee: Lamyaa Lourarhi (Morocco)

12 April 2016

Nigeria	2–0	Senegal
Chikwelu  36' Igbinovia  46'	Report

National Stadium, Abuja

Referee: Julie Kanyembo Kyabuta (DR Congo)

 Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

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6 April 2016

Tunisia	1–2	Ghana
Kaabachi  33' (pen.)	Report[27][43][44][45]	Suleman  50' Adubea  84'

Stade Oued Ellil, Oued Ellil

Referee: Fadouma Dia (Senegal)

12 April 2016

Ghana	4–0	Tunisia
Suleman  28', 85' Boakye  34' Adubea  77'	Report

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Chancelle Cynthia Imane Ngakossa (Congo)

 Ghana won 6–1 on aggregate.

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9 April 2016

Botswana	0–2	South Africa
	Report[46][47]	Mollo  69', 73'

Lobatse Stadium, Lobatse

Referee: Rusina Kuda Majo (Zimbabwe)

12 April 2016

South Africa	3–0	Botswana
Makhabane  19' (pen.) Mollo  27' Nyandeni  36'	Report

Makhulong Stadium, Tembisa

Referee: Mathabo Maria Kolokotoane (Lesotho)

 South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^1
Cameroon (hosts)	26 October 2014[1]	10 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Zimbabwe	10 April 2016	3 (2000, 2002, 2004)
Egypt	11 April 2016	1 (1998)
Kenya	12 April 2016	0 (debut)
Nigeria	12 April 2016	11 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Ghana	12 April 2016	10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014)
South Africa	12 April 2016	10 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Mali	4 August 2016[31]	5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)

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

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Aliaa Shoukry*

3 goals

• Naima Bouhenni-Benziane
• Samira Suleman
• Sanah Mollo
• Grace Chanda
• Noria Sosala

2 goals

• Dalila Zerrouki
• Nondi Mahlasela
• Refilwe Tholakele
• Engy Ahmed*
• Princella Adubea
• Binta Diarra
• Zenatha Coleman
• Bineta Diakhaté
• Kudakwashe Bhasopo
• Erina Jeke

1 goal

• Refilwe Mathlo
• Tlamelo Motlhale
• Bame Ngenda
• Bonang Otlhagile
• Thuto Ramafifi
• Golebaone Selebatso
• Lesaane Tshoso
• Mahira Ali
• Neivin Gamal
• Nadeen Gazy
• Fayza Hidar
• Mahira Ali Mohammed*
• Yasmine Samir
• Noha Tarek*
• Genoveva Añonma
• Jade Boho
• Adriana Tiga
• Loza Abera
• Portia Boakye
• Fatoumata Kanté
• Rebecca Elloh
• Ines Nrehy
• Jereko Mwanalima Adoum
• Enez Medeizi Mango
• Djeneba Baradji
• Bintou Koite
• Ibtissam Jraidi
• Lorraine Jossob
• Rita Chikwelu
• Osarenoma Igbinovia
• Chioma Wogu
• Mamello Makhabane
• Nompumelelo Nyandeni
• Donisia Daniel Minja
• Mwanahamisi Omary
• Ella Kaabachi
• Sabrine Mami
• Imane Mchara
• Misozi Zulu
• Daisy Kaitano
• Emmculate Msipa
• Samkelisiwe Zulu

Own goal

• Fatima Sekouane (against Kenya)

* includes a goal scored at Egypt vs. Libya match, which has no goal scorers references.

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External links

• 10th Africa Women Cup Of Nations, Cameroon 2016, CAFonline.com