2015 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

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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)
← 2012
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

<section begin=First round />

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

<section end=First round />

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

Liberia won on walkover.

Gabon File:Flag of Gabon.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Report
Libya File:Flag of Libya.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
Report

Gabon won on walkover.

Second round

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

<section end=Second round />

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]

Cameroon won on walkover.

Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.

Ivory Coast won on walkover.

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

South Africa won 8–2 on aggregate.

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

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Report
Referee: Maniyela Edu Okomo (Equatorial Guinea)
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Report

Nigeria won on walkover.

Equatorial Guinea won 7–0 on aggregate.

Third round

<section begin=Third round />

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 3–3 (a) File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1–1 2–2
Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg w/o File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 3–0 (awd.) —
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1–0 1–0
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)

<section end=Third round />

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]

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

Zimbabwe won on walkover.

South Africa won 2–0 on aggregate.

Equatorial Guinea won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fourth round

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics. <section begin=Fourth round />

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 2–2 (a) File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2–1 0–1
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 0–0 1–0

<section end=Fourth round />

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

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
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 18 October 2015 0 (debut)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg 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

  1. ↑ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  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.
  5. ↑ "CAF Olympic Qualifiers". Big Soccer.[permanent dead link‍]
  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. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "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.

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