2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a scheduled women's football competition which would have decided the participating teams of the 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
DatesCancelled
(originally 6 April – 9 June 2020)
Teams36 (from 1 confederation)

A total of 12 teams would qualify to play in the final tournament, including the hosts which would qualify automatically.[1]

On 30 June 2020, following a decision by CAF, the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Draw

A record total of 36 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4][5] The draw procedures were as follows:[6]

  • In the first round, the 28 teams were drawn into 14 ties, with teams divided into four pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
  • In the second round, the 14 preliminary round winners and the eight teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into 11 ties based on the first round tie numbers, with eight first round winners playing against the eight teams receiving byes, and the other six first round winners playing against each other.
Bye to second round
(8 teams)		 First round entrants (28 teams)
Pot A
(8 from COSAFA)		 Pot B
(1 from COSAFA + 5 from UNIFFAC)		 Pot C
(6 from CECAFA)		 Pot D
(4 from WAFU A)		 Pot E
(3 from WAFU B + 1 from UNAF)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
Did not enter

Format

Qualification ties were to be 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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.[7]

Schedule

The first round matches were originally scheduled for 6–14 April 2020. On 13 March 2020, the CAF announced that all first round matches had been postponed until further notice.[8]

The second round matches were originally scheduled for 1–9 June 2020. On 3 April 2020, FIFA had recommended that all June 2020 international matches be postponed.[9]

On 30 June 2020, the CAF announced that the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations had been cancelled.[10]

Bracket

The 11 winners of the second round would have qualified for the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[4][5]

First round Second round
          
1  Zambia
4  Mozambique
Winner 1
Winner 2
3  Zimbabwe
2  Mauritius
First round Second round
          
1  Malawi
4  Eswatini
Winner 3
 South Africa
First round Second round
          
1  Namibia
4  Botswana
Winner 4
Winner 5
3  Gabon
2  Central African Republic
First round Second round
          
1  Angola
4  Congo
Winner 6
 Equatorial Guinea
First round Second round
          
1  DR Congo
4  São Tomé and Príncipe
Winner 7
Winner 8
3  Tanzania
2  Kenya
First round Second round
          
1  Burundi
4  Uganda
Winner 9
 Cameroon
First round Second round
          
1  Ethiopia
4  Djibouti
Winner 10
 Morocco
First round Second round
          
1  Liberia
4  Senegal
Winner 11
 Mali
First round Second round
          
1  Guinea-Bissau
4  Gambia
Winner 12
 Ghana
First round Second round
          
1  Togo
4  Niger
Winner 13
 Nigeria
First round Second round
          
1  Algeria
4  Burkina Faso
Winner 14
 Ivory Coast

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zambia  Match 1  Mozambique — —
Zimbabwe  Match 2  Mauritius — —
Malawi  Match 3  Eswatini — —
Namibia  Match 4  Botswana — —
Gabon  Match 5  Central African Republic — —
Angola  Match 6  Congo — —
DR Congo  Match 7  São Tomé and Príncipe — —
Tanzania  Match 8  Kenya — —
Burundi  Match 9  Uganda — —
Ethiopia  Match 10  Djibouti — —
Liberia  Match 11  Senegal — —
Guinea-Bissau  Match 12  Gambia — —
Togo  Match 13  Niger — —
Algeria  Match 14  Burkina Faso — —

Second round

Winners would have qualified for 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner 1 Match 15 Winner 2 — —
Winner 3 Match 16  South Africa — —
Winner 4 Match 17 Winner 5 — —
Winner 6 Match 18  Equatorial Guinea — —
Winner 7 Match 19 Winner 8 — —
Winner 9 Match 20  Cameroon — —
Winner 10 Match 21  Morocco — —
Winner 11 Match 22  Mali — —
Winner 12 Match 23  Ghana — —
Winner 13 Match 24  Nigeria — —
Winner 14 Match 25  Ivory Coast — —

References
  1. "Record entry as Caf releases African Women's Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures and dates". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "2020 Africa women's cup of nations postponed". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. "Draw 2020 U-17 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers". Facebook. CAF. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. "CAF draws lots for the Total Women AFCON 2020 and preliminaries for FIFA U-17 & U-20 Women's World Cup 2020". CAF. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. "Fixtures for the Women's AFCON Qualifiers" (PDF). CAF. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  6. "Draw Procedures for the Women's AFCON Qualifiers" (PDF). CAF. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  7. "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
  8. "Total AFCON 2021 qualifiers postponed". CAF. 13 March 2020.
  9. "Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting". FIFA.com. 3 April 2020.
  10. "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAF. 30 June 2020.
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