Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's qualification
# Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's qualification

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. 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).

## Teams

A total of 17 teams entered the qualifying rounds, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| - | - | - |
| First round | Botswana  Gabon  Guinea-Bissau  Libya  Madagascar  Mali | 6 |
| Second round | Cameroon  Egypt  Ethiopia  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Nigeria  South Africa  Senegal  Tanzania  Zambia  Zimbabwe | 11 |
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 17 |
| Final tournament | Congo (hosts) | 1 |

* Did not enter
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* DR Congo
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Gambia
* Guinea
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Malawi
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda

## 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.

| Round | Leg | Date |
| - | - | - |
| First round | First leg | 20–22 February 2015 |
| First round | Second leg | 6–8 March 2015 |
| Second round | First leg | 20–22 March 2015 |
| Second round | Second leg | 10–12 April 2015 |

## Qualification rounds

### First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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. Gabon were not approved to travel by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Mali won on walkover.

Botswana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Guinea-Bissau won on walkover.

### Second round

Winners qualified for 2015 African Games.

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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.

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.

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| - | - | - |
| Congo (hosts) | 14 September 2011 | 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.

## Goalscorers

### 3 goals

* Asha Rashid

### 2 goals

* Madeleine Ngono Mani
* Desire Oparanozie
* Francisca Ordega
* Asisat Oshoala
* Grace Chanda
* Misozi Zulu

### 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)
