See main article: 2012 African Women's Championship.
| Tourney Name: | African Women's Championship qualification |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Dates: | - |
| Num Teams: | 24 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | - |
| Top Scorer: | - |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the group stage of the 2012 African Women's Championship.
A total of 24 national teams entered qualification, which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.[1]
The preliminary round was held on 13–15 January 2012 (first leg) and 27–29 January 2012 (second leg).
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Ethiopia advances to the first round.----
Tanzania advances to the first round.----
Côte d'Ivoire advances to the first round.---- Mozambique advanced to the first round after Kenya withdrew.[4] ----
Zambia advances to the first round.----
Morocco advances to the first round.---- Senegal advanced to the first round after Burundi withdrew.[5] ----
Zimbabwe advances to the first round.----
Congo DR advances to the first round.----
Ghana advances to the first round.
The first round was held on 25–27 May 2012 (first leg) and 15–17 June 2012 (second leg).
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Ethiopia advances to the final tournament.----
Côte d'Ivoire advances to the final tournament.----
South Africa advances to the final tournament.----
Senegal advances to the final tournament.----
Nigeria advances to the final tournament.----
Cameroon advances to the final tournament.----
Matches cancelled; Equatorial Guinea qualify automatically as host of final tournament, and Congo DR qualify as walkover winners of this tie.[6]