2020 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

2020 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament
Tournament details
Dates3 April 2019 – 10 March 2020
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Zambia
Runners-up Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played41
Goals scored100 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zambia Grace Chanda (8 goals)
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized the 5th edition of its qualifying tournament for African female national teams from 3 April 2019 to 10 March 2020 so as to gain entry into the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan, in which CAF was allocated 1.5 places by FIFA.[1]

Zambia qualified directly as winners, while as runners-up, Cameroon entered a play-off against the second-placed team from CONMEBOL, Chile.[2]

Teams

All 54 CAF member nations were eligible to enter the qualifying competition and a total of 25 national teams were in the qualifying draw which was announced on 21 February 2019.[3] The seven teams which had the best performance at the previous edition of the qualifying competition were given a bye to the second round.

Despite competing in the qualifying competition, Equatorial Guinea were banned by FIFA from qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Bye to second round
(7 teams) 		First round entrants
(18 teams)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics
  • (D): Disqualified after draw
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
Did not enter

Format

Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule is applied if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, and if still level, extra time is played. The away goals rule applied again after extra time, although the penalty shoot-out applied if scorewere still level/unchanged.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[5] All matches were played during the FIFA International Window.

Round Leg Date
First round First leg 1 – 9 April 2019
Second leg
Second round First leg 26 August – 3 September 2019
Second leg
Third round First leg 30 September – 8 October 2019
Second leg
Fourth round First leg 4 – 12 November 2019
Second leg
Fifth round First leg 2 – 11 March 2020
Second leg

Bracket

First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round
 Ivory Coast — — w/o
 Sierra Leone — —  Ivory Coast 3 0 3
 Mali 3 2 5  Mali 0 0 0
 Morocco 1 2 3  Ivory Coast (a) 0 1 1
 Algeria 2 1 3  Nigeria 0 1 1
 Chad 0 1 1  Algeria 0 0 0
 Nigeria 2 1 3
 Ivory Coast 0 1 1
 Ethiopia 3 1 4  Cameroon 0 2 2
 Uganda 2 0 2  Ethiopia 1 0 1
 Cameroon (a) 1 0 1
 Cameroon 2 1 3
 Tanzania 2 0 2  DR Congo 0 2 2
 DR Congo 2 1 3  DR Congo — — w/o
 Equatorial Guinea — —
 Cameroon 3 1 4
 Gabon (p) 0 2 2 (5)  Zambia (a) 2 2 4
 Congo 2 0 2 (3)  Gabon 0 0 0
 Ghana 3 2 5
 Ghana 0 0 0
 Malawi 11 3 14  Kenya (a.e.t.) 0 1 1
 Mozambique 1 0 1  Malawi 3 0 3
 Kenya 2 3 5
 Kenya 2 0 2
 Angola — —  Zambia 2 1 3
 Zambia — — w/o  Zambia[note 1] 5 — w/o
 Zimbabwe 0 —
 Zambia 1 2 3
 Botswana 1 2 3  Botswana 0 0 0
 Namibia 0 2 2  Botswana (p) 0 0 0 (3)
 South Africa 0 0 0 (2)


First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  w/o  Sierra Leone — —
Mali  5–3  Morocco 3–1 2–2
Algeria  3–1  Chad 2–0 1–1
Ethiopia  4–2  Uganda 3–2 1–0
Tanzania  2–3  DR Congo 2–2 0–1
Gabon  2–2 (5–3 p)  Congo 0–2 2–0 (a.e.t.)
Malawi  14–1  Mozambique 11–1 3–0
Angola  w/o  Zambia — —
Botswana  3–2  Namibia 1–0 2–2
Ivory Coast Cancelled Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Cancelled Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast won on walkover due to FIFA's suspension of the Sierra Leone Football Association.[2]

Mali 3–1 Morocco
 Badri 54'
Morocco 2–2 Mali
Jraidi 24', 82'

Mali won 5–3 on aggregate.

Algeria 2–0 Chad
Belkhiter 20', 23'
Chad 1–1 Algeria
Larkingam 90+3' (pen.) Affak 9'

Algeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

Ethiopia 3–2 Uganda
Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt)
Uganda 0–1 Ethiopia
Abera 68'
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

Ethiopia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tanzania 2–2 DR Congo
DR Congo 1–0 Tanzania
Mfwamba 45'

DR Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.

Gabon 0–2 Congo
Congo 0–2 (a.e.t.) Gabon
Report
Penalties
3–5

2–2 on aggregate. Gabon won 5–3 on penalties.

Malawi 11–1 Mozambique
 Report
Mozambique 0–3 Malawi
Report

Malawi won 14–1 on aggregate.

Angola Cancelled Zambia
Report
Zambia Cancelled Angola
Report

Zambia won on walkover after Angola withdrew.[2]

Botswana 1–0 Namibia
 Report
Namibia 2–2 Botswana
 Report

Botswana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  3–0  Mali 3–0 0–0
Algeria  0–3  Nigeria 0–2 0–1
Ethiopia  1–1 (a)  Cameroon 1–1 0–0
DR Congo  w/o  Equatorial Guinea — —
Gabon  0–5  Ghana 0–3 0–2
Malawi  3–5  Kenya 3–2 0–3
Zambia  w/o[note 1]  Zimbabwe 5–0 —
Botswana  0–0 (3–2 p)  South Africa 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ivory Coast 3–0 Mali
Parc des Sports, Treichville
Referee: Incaf El Harkaoui (Morocco)
Mali 0–0 Ivory Coast
Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

Ivory Coast won 3–0 on aggregate.

Algeria 0–2 Nigeria
Nigeria 1–0 Algeria

Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ethiopia 1–1 Cameroon
Cameroon 0–0 Ethiopia
Referee: Anaelle Omanda (Gabon)

1–1 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals.

DR Congo Cancelled Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea Cancelled DR Congo
Referee: Juliet Appiah (Ghana)

DR Congo won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.[8]

Gabon 0–3 Ghana
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
Ghana 2–0 Gabon

Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate.

Malawi 3–2 Kenya
Referee: Thanks Nyahuye (Zimbabwe)
Kenya 3–0 Malawi
Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Kenya won 5–3 on aggregate.

Zambia 5–0 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Cancelled[note 1] Zambia

Zambia won on walkover after Zimbabwe failed to arrive for the second leg.

Botswana 0–0 South Africa

0–0 on aggregate. Botswana won 3–2 on penalties.

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  1–1 (a)  Nigeria 0–0 1–1
Cameroon  3–2  DR Congo 2–0 1–2
Ghana  0–1  Kenya 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Zambia  3–0  Botswana 1–0 2–0
Ivory Coast 0–0 Nigeria
Parc des Sports, Treichville
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
Nigeria 1–1 Ivory Coast
Referee: Juliet Appiah (Ghana)

1–1 on aggregate. Ivory Coast won on away goals.

Cameroon 2–0 DR Congo
Referee: Patience Madu (Nigeria)
DR Congo 2–1 Cameroon

Cameroon won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ghana 0–0 Kenya
Kenya 1–0 (a.e.t.) Ghana

Kenya won 1–0 on aggregate.

Zambia 1–0 Botswana
Botswana 0–2 Zambia

Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  1–2  Cameroon 0–0 1–2
Kenya  2–3  Zambia 2–2 0–1
Ivory Coast 0–0 Cameroon
Parc des sports, Treichville
Cameroon 2–1 Ivory Coast

Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.

Kenya 2–2 Zambia
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Zambia 1–0 Kenya

Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fifth round

The winner qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, while the loser entered a play-off against a team from CONMEBOL.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  4–4 (a)  Zambia 3–2 1–2
Cameroon 3–2 Zambia
 Report
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Zambia 2–1 Cameroon
 Report

4–4 on aggregate. Zambia won on away goals.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following team from CAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. Cameroon failed to qualify after they lost the play-off against the 2018 Copa América Femenina second-placed team, Chile.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
 Zambia 10 March 2020[9] 0 (debut)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 100 goals scored in 41 matches, for an average of 2.44 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Zimbabwe Football Association failed to field a side for the second leg against Zambia after its players refused to fulfill the fixture as they were owed allowances from the 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Tokyo 2020: Sierra Leone disqualified, Angola withdraws". CAFOnline.com. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. ^ Ahmadu, Samuel (21 February 2019). "African Women's Olympic qualifying tournament fixtures, dates released". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. ^ "FIXTURES OF THE AFRICAN Qualifiers WOMEN'S OLYMPICS-TOKYO 2020" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 14 February 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. ^ Vickers, Steve; Mangunda, Yvonne (1 September 2019). "Zimbabwe's women boycott Olympic football qualifier against Zambia over unpaid fees". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Kenya outwit Malawi, through to third round". CAFOnline.com. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ Mbala, Nana (28 August 2019). "La RDC gagne la Guinée Equatoriale par forfait". Radio Okapi (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Zambia earn historic ticket to Tokyo 2020". FIFA.com. 10 March 2020.