2015 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates22 May – 18 October 2015
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored48 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Equatorial Guinea Jade
South Africa Jermaine Seoposenwe
(5 goals each)
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2020 →
Not to be confused with Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's qualification or Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament.

The 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the fourth edition of the CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's national teams from Africa qualify for the Olympic football tournament.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the CAF representatives.[1]

South Africa qualified for the second Olympics in a row, while Zimbabwe qualified for the first time.[2]

Teams

A total of 18 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
First round
4
Second round
14
Qualifying rounds Total 18

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, extra time would be played. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.[3]

The two winners of the fourth round qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[4]

Round Leg Date
First round First leg 24–26 April 2015
Second leg 8–10 May 2015
Second round First leg 22–24 May 2015
Second leg 29–31 May 2015
Third round First leg 17–19 July 2015
Second leg 31 July–2 August 2015
Fourth round First leg 2–4 October 2015
Second leg 16–18 October 2015

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea-Bissau  w/o  Liberia — —
Gabon  w/o  Libya — —

Note: Guinea-Bissau and Libya withdrew.[5]

Guinea-Bissau Cancelled Liberia
Report
Liberia Cancelled Guinea-Bissau
Report

Liberia won on walkover.

Gabon Cancelled Libya
Report
Libya Cancelled Gabon
Report

Gabon won on walkover.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liberia  w/o  Cameroon — —
Egypt  1–4  Ghana 1–1 0–3
Ivory Coast  w/o  Tunisia — —
Zambia  2–2 (a)  Zimbabwe 2–1 0–1
Gabon  2–8  South Africa 2–3 0–5
Botswana  2–2 (a)  Kenya 2–1 0–1
Nigeria  w/o  Mali — —
Congo  0–7  Equatorial Guinea 0–3 0–4

Note: Liberia, Mali and Tunisia withdrew.[6][7] Liberia because of administrative reasons, due to Ebola outbreak (initially to play home match in Cameroon).[8] Nigeria versus Mali and Liberia versus Cameroon were to be played in early/mid-May so Nigeria and Cameroon were able to leave earlier for the World Cup.[9][10]

Liberia Cancelled Cameroon
Report
Cameroon Cancelled Liberia
Report

Cameroon won on walkover.

Egypt 1–1 Ghana
Ahmed 90' (pen.) Report Boakye 26'
Ghana 3–0 Egypt
Boakye 53'
Ayieyam 85'
Addo 88'		 Report

Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.

Ivory Coast Cancelled Tunisia
Report
Tunisia Cancelled Ivory Coast
Report

Ivory Coast won on walkover.

Zambia 2–1 Zimbabwe
Mubanga 12'
Banda 15'		 Report Neshamba 48'
Zimbabwe 1–0 Zambia
Muzongondi 24' Report

2–2 on aggregate. Zimbabwe won on away goals.

Gabon 2–3 South Africa
Mapangou 3' (pen.)
Louise 70'		 Report Seoposenwe 26', 35'
Mollo 75'
South Africa 5–0 Gabon
Seoposenwe 8', 58'
Dlamini 22'
Jane 24'
Mollo 77'		 Report

South Africa won 8–2 on aggregate.

Botswana 2–1 Kenya
Tholakele 20'
Keleboge 30'		 Report Kinuthia 90+3'
Kenya 1–0 Botswana
Shikobe 90' Report

2–2 on aggregate. Kenya won on away goals.

Nigeria Cancelled Mali
Report
Referee: Maniyela Edu Okomo (Equatorial Guinea)
Mali Cancelled Nigeria
Report

Nigeria won on walkover.

Congo 0–3 Equatorial Guinea
Report Jumária 6'
Jade 10', 19'
Equatorial Guinea 4–0 Congo
Jade ?', ?', ?'
? ?'		 Report

Equatorial Guinea won 7–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  3–3 (a)  Ghana 1–1 2–2
Ivory Coast  w/o  Zimbabwe 3–0 (awd.) —
South Africa  2–0  Kenya 1–0 1–0
Nigeria  2–3  Equatorial Guinea 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)

Note: Zimbabwe failed to secure the necessary funds to travel for the first leg, and FIFA awarded the match 3–0 to Ivory Coast.[11] It was initially indicated by the CAF that Ivory Coast won the tie and the second leg was cancelled,[12][13] but this was overturned by FIFA. Ivory Coast then failed to show up for the original second leg, but they were not punished, and the second leg was rescheduled.[14][15] Ivory Coast then withdrew from the tie before the rescheduled second leg.[16]

Cameroon 1–1 Ghana
Manie 54' Report Myles 25'
Ghana 2–2 Cameroon
Suleman 15'
Boakye 47'		 Report Ngono Mani 44'
Nkada 83'

3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals.

Ivory Coast 3–0
Awarded[11]		 Zimbabwe
Report
Zimbabwe Cancelled Ivory Coast
Report

Zimbabwe won on walkover.

South Africa 1–0 Kenya
Ramalepe 75' Report
Kenya 0–1 South Africa
Report Mulaudzi 24'

South Africa won 2–0 on aggregate.

Nigeria 1–1 Equatorial Guinea
Ayinde 27' Report Chinasa 62'
Equatorial Guinea 2–1 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Chuigoué 86'
Añonma 112'		 Report Okobi 12'

Equatorial Guinea won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fourth round

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  2–2 (a)  Zimbabwe 2–1 0–1
South Africa  1–0  Equatorial Guinea 0–0 1–0
Cameroon 2–1 Zimbabwe
Ngono Mani 69', 81' Report Neshamba 6'
Zimbabwe 1–0 Cameroon
Neshamba 8' Report

2–2 on aggregate. Zimbabwe won on away goals.

South Africa 0–0 Equatorial Guinea
Report
Equatorial Guinea 0–1 South Africa
Report Seoposenwe 62'

South Africa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for Olympics

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Zimbabwe 18 October 2015 0 (debut)
 South Africa 18 October 2015 1 (2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Note: One goal scored by Equatorial Guinea missing goalscorer information.

References

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  2. ^ "Southern African women punch Olympic tickets". FIFA.com. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015.
  3. ^ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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  6. ^ "Mali withdraws from Olympic qualifier against Nigeria". Daily Trust. 8 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Lionesses move to round 3 as Liberia withdraws". CameroonWeb. 30 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Liberia Female Soccer Team withdraw from Brazil Olympics". LBC Online. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Caf shifts Nigeria, Mali women's Olympic qualifier". Goal.com. 14 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Liberia/Cameroon: Cameroon Vs Liberia - Lionesses Begin Training". AllAfrica.com. 17 April 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Zimbabwe sanctioned for Olympic qualifying no-show". FIFA.com. 29 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015.
  12. ^ "Attendues à Abidjan ce dimanche, les Guerrières du Zimbabwe se désistent". Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Mighty Warriors Facing Ban for Failing to Fulfill Olympic Games Qualifier". Voice of America Zimbabwe. 20 July 2015.
  14. ^ "Zimbabwe: Mighty Warriors Squad Named". AllAfrica.com. 13 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Mighty Warriors, Ivory Coast match in doubt". NewsDay. 21 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Ivory Coast women withdraw from Olympic qualifiers". BBC Sport. 21 August 2015.