| Tourney Name: | 2008 African Women's Championship qualification |
| Dates: | 30 November 2007 – 8 March 2008 |
| Num Teams: | 22 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 86 |
| Prevseason: | 2006 |
| Nextseason: | 2010 |
The 2008 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2008 African Women's Championship. Equatorial Guinea qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by qualifying rounds, which took place from November 2007 to March 2008.
A total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals.[1]
Teams who withdrew before playing a match are in italics.
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 16 | ||
| Second round | 6 | ||
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 22 | |
| Final tournament | 1 |
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 final round qualified for the final tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First round | First leg | 30 November 2007 |
| Second leg | 16 December 2007 | |
| Second round | First leg | 24 February 2008 |
| Second leg | 8 March 2008 |
Was played between 30 November and 16 December 2007. Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and South Africa had a bye to the second round.
|}Egypt, Burundi and Benin withdrew their matches.
Algeria won 3–1 on aggregate.----Tunisia advanced on walkover after Egypt withdrew.
Played between 24 February and 8 March 2008.
|}
Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts | 1 (2006) | |||
| 8 March 2008 | 6 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) | |||
| 8 March 2008 | Debut | |||
| 8 March 2008 | 7 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) | |||
| 8 March 2008 | 3 (2002, 2004, 2006) | |||
| 8 March 2008 | 7 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) | |||
| 8 March 2008 | 6 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) | |||
| 8 March 2008 | Debut |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.