2008 African Women's Championship qualification
# 2008 African Women's Championship qualification

The 2008 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2008 African Women's Championship. Equatorial Guinea qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by qualifying rounds, which took place from November 2007 to March 2008.

## Teams

A total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals.

Teams who withdrew before playing a match are in italics.

| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| - | - | - |
| First round | Algeria  Benin  Botswana  Burundi  Congo  Egypt  Eritrea  Guinea  Ivory Coast  Morocco  Namibia  Senegal  Tanzania  Tunisia  Zambia  Zimbabwe | 16 |
| Second round | Cameroon  DR Congo  Ghana  Mali  Nigeria  South Africa | 6 |
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 22 |
| Final tournament | Equatorial Guinea | 1 |

## 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 final round qualified for the final tournament.

## Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

| Round | Leg | Date |
| - | - | - |
| First round | First leg | 30 November 2007 |
| First round | Second leg | 16 December 2007 |
| Second round | First leg | 24 February 2008 |
| Second round | Second leg | 8 March 2008 |

## First round

Was played between 30 November and 16 December 2007. Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and South Africa had a bye to the second round.

### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Morocco | 1–3 | Algeria | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Zimbabwe | 6–3 | Zambia | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Eritrea | 2–4 | Tanzania | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Botswana | 1–9 | Namibia | 0–3 | 1–6 |
| Senegal | 1–3 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Tunisia | w/o | Egypt | — | — |
| Burundi | w/o | Congo | — | — |
| Guinea | w/o | Benin | — | — |

Egypt, Burundi and Benin withdrew their matches.

### Matches

Algeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

Tunisia advanced on walkover after Egypt withdrew.

## Second round

Played between 24 February and 8 March 2008.

### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 2–1 | Algeria | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Congo | 5–2 | DR Congo | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1–6 | South Africa | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Tanzania | 1–5 | Cameroon | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Namibia | 1–13 | Nigeria | 0–3 | 1–10 |
| Guinea | 0–11 | Mali | 0–8 | 0–3 |
| Ivory Coast | 1–4 | Ghana | 1–1 | 0–3 |

### Matches

Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| - | - | - | - |
| Equatorial Guinea | Hosts | | 1 (2006) |
| Cameroon | Winners against Tanzania | 8 March 2008 | 6 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) |
| Congo | Winners against DR Congo | 8 March 2008 | Debut |
| Ghana | Winners against Ivory Coast | 8 March 2008 | 7 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) |
| Mali | Winners against Guinea | 8 March 2008 | 3 (2002, 2004, 2006) |
| Nigeria | Winners against Namibia | 8 March 2008 | 7 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) |
| South Africa | Winners against Zimbabwe | 8 March 2008 | 6 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) |
| Tunisia | Winners against Algeria | 8 March 2008 | Debut |

    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
