2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
On 6 July 2023, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed the qualification draw for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé, Morocco at 18:00 CET (UTC+1).[1]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 20–26 September and November–December 2023 |
Teams | 42 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 34 |
Goals scored | 131 (3.85 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mafille Woedikou (7 goals) |
A total of 12 teams will qualify for the group stages, and will join automatically-qualified hosts Morocco.
Format
Qualification ties take place on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time).[2]
Schedule
Round | Leg | Date |
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First round | First leg | 20 – 22 September 2023[3] |
Second leg | 24 – 26 September 2023[3] | |
Second round | First leg | |
Second leg |
Entrants
The teams were seeded according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking of June 2023 and their performance in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
Team | Rank |
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Morocco | 72 |
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South Africa | 54 |
Zambia | 77 |
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- Notes
- Teams marked in bold qualified for the group stages.
Team | Rank |
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Zimbabwe | 125 |
Sierra Leone | 139 |
Malawi | 159 |
Seychelles | 165 |
Lesotho | 169 |
Comoros | 183 |
Madagascar | 184 |
Chad | NR |
Mauritania | NR |
Eritrea | NR |
First round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Senegal | 3–2 | Mozambique | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Egypt | 8–0 | South Sudan | 4–0 | 4–0 |
Central African Republic | 1–10 | Mali | 1–7 | 0–3 |
Guinea | 11–0 | Mauritius | 8–0 | 3–0 |
Nigeria | w/o | São Tomé and Príncipe | — | — |
Cape Verde | 6–2 | Liberia | 3–0 | 3–2 |
Uganda | 2–3 | Algeria | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Burundi | 2–2 (5–3 p ) | Ethiopia | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Equatorial Guinea | w/o | Libya | — | — |
DR Congo | 4–2 | Benin | 2–1 | 2–1 |
Ivory Coast | 2–2 (2–4 p ) | Tanzania | 2–0 | 0–2 |
Djibouti | 0–13 | Togo | 0–7 | 0–6 |
Rwanda | 0–12 | Ghana | 0–7 | 0–5 |
Gambia | 2–5 | Namibia | 2–3 | 0–2 |
Cameroon | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Kenya | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Gabon | 1–10 | Botswana | 1–4 | 0–6 |
Tunisia | 12–1 | Niger | 7–0 | 5–1 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0–3 | Congo | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Angola | w/o | Sudan | — | — |
Eswatini | 2–6 | Burkina Faso | 2–3 | 0–3 |
Matches
Senegal | 1–1 | Mozambique |
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Mozambique | 1–2 | Senegal |
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Senegal won 3–2 on aggregate.
Egypt | 4–0 | South Sudan |
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Report (EFA) |
Egypt won 8–0 on aggregate.
Central African Republic | 1–7 | Mali |
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Report (FEMAFOOT) |
Mali won 10–1 on aggregate.
Guinea | 8–0 | Mauritius |
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Report (FGF) |
Mauritius | 0–3 | Guinea |
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Report (FGF) |
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Guinea won 11–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria | Cancelled | São Tomé and Príncipe |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | Cancelled | Nigeria |
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Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the second round after São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew prior to the first leg without providing a reason for their withdrawal.
Cape Verde | 3–0 | Liberia |
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Liberia | 2–3 | Cape Verde |
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Cape Verde won 6–2 on aggregate.
Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate.
Burundi | 1–1 | Ethiopia |
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2–2 on aggregate. Burundi won 5–3 on penalties.
Equatorial Guinea | Cancelled | Libya |
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Libya | Cancelled | Equatorial Guinea |
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Equatorial Guinea won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Libya withdrew prior to the first leg due to the aftermath of the 2023 Libya floods.
DR Congo | 2–1 | Benin |
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Report (FECOFA) |
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Benin | 1–2 | DR Congo |
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Report (FECOFA) |
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DR Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast | 2–0 | Tanzania |
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Report (FIF) |
Tanzania | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Penalties | ||
4–2 |
2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won 4–2 on penalties.
Djibouti | 0–7 | Togo |
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Report (FTF) |
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Togo | 6–0 | Djibouti |
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Report (FTF) |
Togo won 13–0 on aggregate.
Rwanda | 0–7 | Ghana |
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Report (GFA) |
Ghana | 5–0 | Rwanda |
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Report (GFA) |
Ghana won 12–0 on aggregate.
Namibia | 2–0 | Gambia |
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Namibia won 5–2 on aggregate.
Cameroon | 1–0 | Kenya |
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Report (FKF) |
Kenya | 1–0 | Cameroon |
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Penalties | ||
4–3 |
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1–1 on aggregate. Kenya won 4–3 on penalties.
Gabon | 1–4 | Botswana |
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Assengone 90+3' (pen.) | Report (BFA) |
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Botswana | 6–0 | Gabon |
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Botswana won 10–1 on aggregate.
Tunisia | 7–0 | Niger |
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Report (FTF) |
Niger | 1–5 | Tunisia |
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Report (FTF) |
Tunisia won 12–1 on aggregate.
Guinea-Bissau | 0–1 | Congo |
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Report (FECOFOOT) |
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Congo | 2–0 | Guinea-Bissau |
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Congo won 3–0 on aggregate.
Angola won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Sudan withdrew prior to the first leg citing lack of preparation due to no local championship being contested since the War in Sudan started.
Eswatini | 2–3 | Burkina Faso |
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Burkina Faso | 3–0 | Eswatini |
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Burkina Faso won 6–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Senegal | – | Egypt | Nov 27 | Dec 5 |
Mali | – | Guinea | – | – |
Nigeria | – | Cape Verde | – | – |
Algeria | – | Burundi | – | – |
Equatorial Guinea | – | DR Congo | – | – |
Tanzania | – | Togo | – | – |
Ghana | – | Namibia | – | – |
Kenya | – | Botswana | – | – |
Tunisia | – | Congo | – | – |
Angola | – | Zambia | – | – |
Burkina Faso | – | South Africa | – | – |
Burkina Faso | v | South Africa |
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Qualified teams
The following teams will qualify or qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Women's Africa Cup of Nations1 |
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Morocco | Hosts | 10 August 2022 | 3 (1998, 2000, 2022) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There have been 131 goals scored in 34 matches, for an average of 3.85 goals per match (as of 26 September 2023).
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
- Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse
- Alice Kusi
- Agueicha Diarra
3 goals
- Sarah Essam
- Evelyn Badu
- Aminata Camara
- Aissata Traoré
- Zenatha Coleman
- Mariem Houij
2 goals
- Yolande Gnammi
- Lesego Radiakanyo
- Adèle Kabré
- Ivânia Moreira
- Evy Pereira
- Naomie Kabakaba
- Samia Adam
- Hala Maustafa
- Rediet Asresahegn
- Fatou Kanteh
- Anasthesia Achiaa
- Maman Sata Fancinandouno
- Nency Kourouma
- Lúcia Leila
- Nguenar Ndiaye
- Sama Koudjoukalo
- Fauzia Najjemba
1 goal
- Naïma Bouhenni
- Imane Chebel
- Ghoutia Karchouni
- Nancy Baeletsi
- Keitumetse Dithebe
- Lone Gaofetoge
- Refilwe Tholakele
- Alimata Belem
- Mouniratou Compaore
- Rasmata Sawadogo
- Djamilatou Zongo
- Erica Kanyamuneza
- Sandrine Niyonkuru
- Eliane Manbolamo
- Kleydiana Borges
- Alcione Santos
- Christelle Demba
- Aminata Dembélé
- Flore Mabahou
- Doris Senga
- Merveille Kanjinga
- Falonne Pambani
- Omneya Samir
- Tenanile Ngcamphalala
- Samkelisiwe Simelane
- Laschwana Assengone
- Princella Adubea
- Doris Boaduwaa
- Stella Nyamekye
- Mabinty Camara
- Mamet Camara
- Nana Camara
- Suzanne Daniel Lamah
- Akebie Abrogoua
- Ida Guehai
- Cynthia Shilwatso
- Pauline Agbotsu
- Hawa Kpan
- Fatoumata Diarra
- Salimata Diarra
- Oumou Kone
- Ivone Kooper
- Lovisa Mulunga
- Aichatou Hamed
- Mama Diop
- Opah Clement
- Donisia Minja
- Moussouriéto Adinda-Apko
- Odette Gnintegma
- Tatiana Kayaba
- Amiratou N'djambara
- Hanna Hamdi
- Yasmine Klai
- Sabrine Mamay
- Salma Zemzem
References
- "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2024 qualifiers draw concluded". CAFOnline.com. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- "road-to-totalenergies-caf-women-s-africa-cup-of-nations-kicks-off-today-with-qualifiers-across-the-continent". CAF. 20 September 2023.