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Qualification for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations begins on the week of 17–26 February 2025 and concludes on the week of 20–28 October the same year. Its draw was held at the headquarters of the CAF in Cairo, Egypt on 12 December 2024 at 15:00 EGY (UTC+2).

A total of 12 teams will qualify for the group stages and joined automatically-qualified hosts Morocco.

Format

Qualification ties took place on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time).

Schedule

Entrants

The applicant teams were seeded according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking of August 2024.

Tournament hosts

Team	Rank
Morocco	61

Teams received a bye to the second round

Team	Rank
Nigeria	36
South Africa	53
Zambia	62
Ghana	66
Cameroon	68
Ivory Coast	71

Teams entering first round

Pot 1 Team Rank  Angola 70  Botswana 76  Malawi 80  Eswatini 81  Tanzania 82  Uganda 82

Pot 2 Team Rank  Ethiopia 88  Zimbabwe 110  Namibia 112  Equatorial Guinea 120  DR Congo 123  Congo 124

Pot 3 Team Rank  Kenya 141  South Sudan 143  Burundi 145  Rwanda 146  Djibouti 148

Pot 4 Team Rank  Tunisia 88  Algeria 110  Egypt 112  Burkina Faso 120  Togo 123

Pot 4 Team Rank  Guinea 88  Benin 110  Niger 112  Gabon 120  Chad 123

Pot 4 Team Rank  Mali 88  Senegal 110  Gambia 112  Cape Verde 120  Sierra Leone 123

Notes

• Teams marked in bold qualified for the group stages.

First round

References

1. "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2026: 38 Nations Begin the Road to Glory in Morocco". CAFOnline.com. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
2. "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

• Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
• 2026 in African football
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