| Tourney Name: | Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Dates: | 4 March – 12 April 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 23 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 30 |
| Goals: | 83 |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon who qualified automatically as hosts.[1] [2]
A total of 23 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round |
| 18 | |
| Second round | 5 | ||
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 23 | |
| Final tournament |
| 1 |
1 Initially Togo entered the qualification but withdrew and were replaced by Ethiopia.[4] Togo were sanctioned by the CAF and excluded from participating in the 2018 tournament.[5]
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).[6]
The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[3]
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First round | First leg | 4–6 March 2016 |
| Second leg | 18–20 March 2016 | |
| Second round | First leg | 6–9 April 2016 |
| Second leg | 10–12 April 2016 |
The second round was initially scheduled to be played on 8–10 April (first leg) and 22–24 April (second leg), but was later changed to be played during the FIFA International Match Calendar dates of 4–12 April.
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won 2–1 on aggregate.---- won 3–2 on aggregate.---- won 5–3 on aggregate.---- won 12–0 on aggregate.---- won 2–1 on aggregate.---- advanced after DR Congo withdrew for financial reasons.[7] [8] ----1–1 on aggregate. won 4–2 on penalties.---- won 2–0 on aggregate.---- won 11–0 on aggregate.
Winners qualified for 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.
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won 3–2 on aggregate.
were awarded the tie after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[9] ---- won 4–2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. won on away goals rule.----3–3 on aggregate. won on away goals rule.---- won 3–1 on aggregate.---- won 6–1 on aggregate.---- won 5–0 on aggregate.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (hosts) | (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||
| (2000, 2002, 2004) | |||
| (1998) | |||
| (debut) | |||
| (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014) | |||
| (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Aliaa Shoukry* Engy Ahmed*
Princella Adubea
Binta Diarra
Zenatha Coleman
Binta Diakhaté Mahira Ali Neivin Gamal Nadeen Gazy Fayza Hidar Mahira Ali Mohammed* Yasmine Samir Noha Tarek*
Loza Abera Portia Boakye
Rebecca Elloh Ines Nrehy
Mwanalima Adam Enez Medeizi Mango Djeneba Baradji Bintou Koite
Ibtissam Jraidi Lorraine Jossob
Rita Chikwelu Osarenoma Igbinovia Chioma Wogu
Ella Kaabachi Sabrine Mamay Imen Mchara