| Tourney Name: | CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Dates: | 22 May – 18 October 2015 |
| Num Teams: | 18 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 20 |
| Goals: | 48 |
| Top Scorer: | Jade Jermaine Seoposenwe |
| Prevseason: | 2012 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the fourth edition of the CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's national teams from Africa qualify for the Olympic football tournament.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the CAF representatives.[1]
South Africa qualified for the second Olympics in a row, while Zimbabwe qualified for the first time.[2]
A total of 18 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 4 | ||
| Second round | 14 | ||
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 18 |
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, extra time would be played. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.[3]
The two winners of the fourth round qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[4]
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First round | First leg | 24–26 April 2015 |
| Second leg | 8–10 May 2015 | |
| Second round | First leg | 22–24 May 2015 |
| Second leg | 29–31 May 2015 | |
| Third round | First leg | 17–19 July 2015 |
| Second leg | 31 July–2 August 2015 | |
| Fourth round | First leg | 2–4 October 2015 |
| Second leg | 16–18 October 2015 |
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Note: Guinea-Bissau and Libya withdrew.[5]
Liberia won on walkover.----Gabon won on walkover.
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Note: Liberia, Mali and Tunisia withdrew.[6] [7] Liberia because of administrative reasons, due to Ebola outbreak (initially to play home match in Cameroon).[8] Nigeria versus Mali and Liberia versus Cameroon were to be played in early/mid-May so Nigeria and Cameroon were able to leave earlier for the World Cup.[9] [10]
Cameroon won on walkover.----Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.----Ivory Coast won on walkover.----2–2 on aggregate. Zimbabwe won on away goals.----South Africa won 8–2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Kenya won on away goals.----Nigeria won on walkover.----Equatorial Guinea won 7–0 on aggregate.
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Note: Zimbabwe failed to secure the necessary funds to travel for the first leg, and FIFA awarded the match 3–0 to Ivory Coast.[11] It was initially indicated by the CAF that Ivory Coast won the tie and the second leg was cancelled,[12] [13] but this was overturned by FIFA. Ivory Coast then failed to show up for the original second leg, but they were not punished, and the second leg was rescheduled.[14] [15] Ivory Coast then withdrew from the tie before the rescheduled second leg.[16]
3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals.----Zimbabwe won on walkover.----South Africa won 2–0 on aggregate.----Equatorial Guinea won 3–2 on aggregate.
Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
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2–2 on aggregate. Zimbabwe won on away goals.----South Africa won 1–0 on aggregate.
The following two teams from CAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (debut) | |||
| (2012) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Christine Manie Agnès Nkada
Engy Ahmed
Yog Atouth Louise Winnie Mapangou
Elizabeth Addo Jane Ayieyam Samira Suleman Mercy Myles
Mary Kinuthia Dorcas Shikobe
Halimatu Ayinde Ngozi OkobiNote: One goal scored by Equatorial Guinea missing goalscorer information.