| Tourney Name: | African Games women's football tournament qualification |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Dates: | 22 February – 12 April |
| Num Teams: | 17 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Goals: | 48 |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
See main article: Football at the 2015 African Games.
The 2015 African Games women's football tournament qualification decided the participating teams of the 2015 African Games women's football tournament. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the women's football tournament, including Congo who qualified automatically as hosts.[1] Both the qualifying rounds and the final tournament were open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).
A total of 17 teams entered the qualifying rounds, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2]
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 6 | ||
| Second round | 11 | ||
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 17 | |
| 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 second round qualified for the final tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[3]
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First round | First leg | 20–22 February 2015 |
| Second leg | 6–8 March 2015 | |
| Second round | First leg | 20–22 March 2015 |
| Second leg | 10–12 April 2015 |
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Note: Madagascar played their first FIFA sanctioned international match. Gabon and Libya withdrew.[4] Gabon were not approved to travel by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.[5]
Mali won on walkover.----Botswana won 3–2 on aggregate.----Guinea-Bissau won on walkover.
Winners qualified for 2015 African Games.
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Note: Guinea-Bissau withdrew.[6]
Nigeria won 9–1 on aggregate.----South Africa won 6–0 on aggregate.----Ghana won 4–3 on aggregate.----
Tanzania won 6–5 on aggregate.----Cameroon won 4–2 on aggregate.----Ivory Coast won on walkover.----Egypt won 2–1 on aggregate.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[7]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (hosts) | (debut) | ||
| (2003, 2007) | |||
| (2003, 2007, 2011) | |||
| (2007, 2011) | |||
| (2011) | |||
| (2003, 2011) | |||
| (debut) | |||
| (debut) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Senegal, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the final tournament.[8]
Claudine Meffometou Gabrielle Onguéné
Nada Nasser Salma Tarik
Loza Abera
Elizabeth Addo Agnes Aduako Portia Boakye Samira Suleman
Awa Tangara
Evelyn Nwabuoku Ngozi Okobi Esther Sunday
Binta Diakhaté Annette Ngo Ndom (playing against Ethiopia)