Football_at_the_2015_African_Games_–_Women's_qualification
Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's qualification
International football competition
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).
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 February – 12 April |
| Teams | 17 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 48 (3.43 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Asha Rashid (3 goals) |
← 2011 2023 → | |
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 |
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mali  |
w/o |  Gabon |
— | — |
Madagascar  |
2–3 |  Botswana |
1–3 | 1–0 |
Libya  |
w/o |  Guinea-Bissau |
— | — |
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.
| Madagascar | 1–3 | Botswana |
|---|---|---|
Mamiseheno  26' |
Report | Ramafifi 12' Moahi 33'Bosa 55' |
Botswana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Guinea-Bissau won on walkover.
Second round
Winners qualified for 2015 African Games.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali |
1–9 |  Nigeria |
1–1 | 0–8 |
| Botswana |
0–6 |  South Africa |
0–1 | 0–5 |
Ghana  |
4–3 |  Zimbabwe |
2–1 | 2–2 |
Zambia  |
5–6 | Tanzania |
2–4 | 3–2 |
Ethiopia  |
2–4 |  Cameroon |
1–2 | 1–2 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
w/o |  Ivory Coast |
— | — |
Egypt  |
2–1 |  Senegal |
0–0 | 2–1 |
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.
| Ethiopia | 1–2 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| Abera 15' |
Report | Meffometou 83' Ngono Mani 88' |
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Congo (hosts) | 14 September 2011[1] | 0 (debut) |
| Nigeria | 10 April 2015 | 2 (2003, 2007) |
| South Africa | 11 April 2015 | 3 (2003, 2007, 2011) |
| Ghana | 12 April 2015 | 2 (2007, 2011) |
| Tanzania | 10 April 2015 | 1 (2011) |
| Cameroon | 11 April 2015 | 2 (2003, 2011) |
| Ivory Coast | 20 March 2015 | 0 (debut) |
| Egypt | 11 April 2015 | 0 (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]
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Phatshimo Bosa- Amogelang Moahi
- Thuto Ramafifi
Claudine Meffometou- Gabrielle Onguéné
Nada Nasser- Salma Tarik
Loza Abera
Elizabeth Addo- Agnes Aduako
- Portia Boakye
- Samira Suleman
Regina Mamiseheno- Marie Raharimalala
Awa Tangara
Evelyn Nwabuoku- Ngozi Okobi
- Esther Sunday
Binta Diakhaté
Amanda Dlamini- Mamello Makhabane
- Noko Matlou
- Portia Modise
- Sanah Mollo
- Silindile Ngubane
Shelder Boniface- Sophia Mwasikili
- Mwanahamisi Shurua
Ireen Lungu
Emmaculate Msipa- Rudo Neshamba
- Samkelisiwe Zulu
- Own goal
- Annette Ngo Ndom (playing against Ethiopia)
- "Congo to host 2015 All Africa Games". 2011-09-14.
- "AAG Congo 2015: Men, Women qualifiers set for start". CAFonline.com. 20 February 2015.
- "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- "Jeux Africains : La RD Congo et le Gabon à la trappe" (in French). Afrik.com. 9 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- "Jeux Africains : Nicole Asselé à l'origine du forfait des Panthères dames contre les Aigles du Mali" (in French). gaboneco.com. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- "Basigi: We will boss Zimbabwe around". CAF. 21 March 2015.
- "African Games (Women): Finalists for Brazzaville decided". CAF. 13 April 2015.
- "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.
- African Games Women 2015, Qualifiers, CAFonline.com
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