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2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Dates	4 March – 12 April 2016
Teams	23 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	83 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aliaa Shoukry (5 goals)
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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.

Teams

A total of 23 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.

Initially Togo entered the qualification but withdrew and were replaced by Ethiopia. Togo were sanctioned by the CAF and excluded from participating in the 2018 tournament.

Format

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.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	2–1	Morocco	0–0	2–1
Tanzania	2–3	Zimbabwe	1–2	1–1
Zambia	5–3	Namibia	3–1	2–2
Libya	0–12	Egypt	0–8	0–4
Algeria	2–1	Ethiopia	1–0	1–1
Kenya	w.o.	DR Congo	—	—
Senegal	1–1 (4–2 p)	Guinea	1–0	0–1
Burkina Faso	0–2	Tunisia	0–0	0–2
Botswana	11–0	Mauritius	7–0	4–0

Mali	0–0	Morocco
	Report

Morocco	1–2	Mali
Jraidi 4'	Report	Baradji 36' Diarra 75'

 Mali won 2–1 on aggregate.

Tanzania	1–2	Zimbabwe
Omary 17'	Report	Jeke 20', 48'

Zimbabwe	1–1	Tanzania
Kaitano 11'	Report	Minja 4' (pen.)

 Zimbabwe won 3–2 on aggregate.

Zambia	3–1	Namibia
Sosala 3', 45+2' Chanda 22'	Report	Jossob 89'

Namibia	2–2	Zambia
Coleman 48', 78' (pen.)	Report	Chanda 3', 46'

 Zambia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Libya	0–8	Egypt
	Report	Shoukry 4', 9', 12', 54' Ali 28' Engy 32' (pen.) Gazy 69' Fayza 86' (pen.)

Egypt	4–0	Libya
Tarek 4' Mohammed 25' Engy 36' Shoukry 82'	Report

 Egypt won 12–0 on aggregate.

Algeria	1–0	Ethiopia
Zerrouki 60'	Report (CAF)

Ethiopia	1–1	Algeria
Abera 34'	Report (CAF)	Zerrouki 85'

 Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

Kenya	Cancelled	DR Congo
	Report

DR Congo	Cancelled	Kenya
	Report

 Kenya advanced after DR Congo withdrew for financial reasons.

Senegal	1–0	Guinea
Diakhaté 5'	Report

Guinea	1–0	Senegal
Kanté 82'	Report
Penalties
	2–4

1–1 on aggregate.  Senegal won 4–2 on penalties.

Burkina Faso	0–0	Tunisia
	Report

Tunisia	2–0	Burkina Faso
Mamay 52' Mchara 89'	Report

 Tunisia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Botswana	7–0	Mauritius
Mahlasela 19', 52' Otlhagile 45' Motlhale 62' Ngenda 71' Selebatso 87' Mathlo 90'	Report

Mauritius	0–4	Botswana
	Report	Lesaane 27' Tholakele 28', 74' Ramafifi 68'

 Botswana won 11–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	awd.	Equatorial Guinea	1–1	1–2
Zimbabwe	4–2	Zambia	1–0	3–2
Egypt	2–2 (a)	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–2
Algeria	3–3 (a)	Kenya	2–2	1–1
Senegal	1–3	Nigeria	1–1	0–2
Tunisia	1–6	Ghana	1–2	0–4
Botswana	0–5	South Africa	0–2	0–3

Mali	1–1	Equatorial Guinea
Diarra 89'	Report	Añonma 2'

Equatorial Guinea	2–1	Mali
Boho Adriana Tiga 90'	Report	Koite 53'

 Equatorial Guinea won 3–2 on aggregate.
 Mali were awarded the tie after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.

Zimbabwe	1–0	Zambia
Bhasopo 45+1'	Report

Zambia	2–3	Zimbabwe
Sosala 24' Zulu 60' (pen.)	Report	Bhasopo 7' Zulu 39' Msipa 90'

 Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate.

Egypt	1–0	Ivory Coast
Samir 45'	Report

Ivory Coast	2–1	Egypt
Elloh 38' Nrehy 43'	Report	Gamal 86'

2–2 on aggregate.  Egypt won on away goals rule.

Algeria	2–2	Kenya
Bouhenni 28', 89'	Report	Sekouane 78' (o.g.) Adam 84'

Kenya	1–1	Algeria
Mango 75'	Report	Bouhenni 22'

3–3 on aggregate.  Kenya won on away goals rule.

Senegal	1–1	Nigeria
Diakhaté 52'	Report	Wogu 45'

Nigeria	2–0	Senegal
Chikwelu 36' Igbinovia 46'	Report

 Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

Tunisia	1–2	Ghana
Kaabachi 33' (pen.)	Report	Suleman 50' Adubea 84'

Ghana	4–0	Tunisia
Suleman 28', 85' Boakye 34' Adubea 77'	Report

 Ghana won 6–1 on aggregate.

Botswana	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Mollo 69', 73'

South Africa	3–0	Botswana
Makhabane 19' (pen.) Mollo 27' Nyandeni 36'	Report

 South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Cameroon (hosts)	26 October 2014	10 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Zimbabwe	10 April 2016	3 (2000, 2002, 2004)
Egypt	11 April 2016	1 (1998)
Kenya	12 April 2016	0 (debut)
Nigeria	12 April 2016	11 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Ghana	12 April 2016	10 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014)
South Africa	12 April 2016	10 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Mali	4 August 2016	5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Aliaa Shoukry*

3 goals

• Naïma Bouhenni-Benziane
• Samira Suleman
• Sanah Mollo
• Grace Chanda
• Noria Sosala

2 goals

• Dalila Zerrouki
• Nondi Mahlasela
• Refilwe Tholakele
• Engy Ahmed*
• Princella Adubea
• Binta Diarra
• Zenatha Coleman
• Binta Diakhaté
• Kudakwashe Bhasopo
• Erina Jeke

1 goal

• Refilwe Mathlo
• Tlamelo Motlhale
• Bame Ngenda
• Bonang Otlhagile
• Thuto Ramafifi
• Golebaone Selebatso
• Lesaane Tshoso
• Mahira Ali
• Neivin Gamal
• Nadeen Gazy
• Fayza Hidar
• Mahira Ali Mohammed*
• Yasmine Samir
• Noha Tarek*
• Genoveva Añonma
• Jade Boho
• Adriana Tiga
• Loza Abera
• Portia Boakye
• Fatoumata Kanté
• Rebecca Elloh
• Ines Nrehy
• Mwanalima Adam
• Enez Medeizi Mango
• Djeneba Baradji
• Bintou Koite
• Ibtissam Jraidi
• Lorraine Jossob
• Rita Chikwelu
• Osarenoma Igbinovia
• Chioma Wogu
• Mamello Makhabane
• Nompumelelo Nyandeni
• Donisia Daniel Minja
• Mwanahamisi Omary
• Ella Kaabachi
• Sabrine Mamay
• Imen Mchara
• Misozi Zulu
• Daisy Kaitano
• Emmculate Msipa
• Samkelisiwe Zulu

Own goal

• Fatima Sekouane (against Kenya)

* includes a goal scored at Egypt vs. Libya match, which has no goal scorers references.

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External links

• 10th Africa Women Cup Of Nations, Cameroon 2016, CAFonline.com

• 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• 2016 in African football
• 2016 in women's association football
• Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification