2020 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 3 April 2019 – 10 March 2020 |
Teams | 25 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Zambia |
Runners-up | Cameroon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 41 |
Goals scored | 100 (2.44 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Grace Chanda (8 goals) |
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The 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 5th 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.
CAF was given 1.5 places for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan.[1] The winner of the qualifying tournament, Zambia, qualified directly, while runner-up Cameroon entered a play-off against the second-placed team from CONMEBOL, Chile.[2]
Teams
The 54 members of CAF were eligible to enter the qualifying competition, and a total of 25 national teams were in the qualifying draw, which was announced on 22 February 2019.[3] The seven teams which had the best performance in the qualifying competition for the 2016 Olympics were given a bye to the second round.
Equatorial Guinea were banned by FIFA from qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] However, they were still entered in the qualifying competition.
Bye to second round (7 teams) |
First round entrants (18 teams) |
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- 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. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.[5] All matches are played during the FIFA International Window.
Round | Leg | Date |
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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
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
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Sierra Leone | Cancelled | Ivory Coast |
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Ivory Coast won on walkover due to FIFA's suspension of the Sierra Leone Football Association.[2]
Mali won 5–3 on aggregate.
Algeria won 3–1 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 4–2 on aggregate.
DR Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Gabon won 5–3 on penalties.
Malawi | 11–1 | Mozambique |
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Mozambique | 0–3 | Malawi |
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Malawi won 14–1 on aggregate.
Zambia won on walkover after Angola withdrew.[2]
Botswana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
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Mali | 0–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Ivory Coast won 3–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals.
DR Congo | Cancelled | Equatorial Guinea |
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Equatorial Guinea | Cancelled | DR Congo |
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DR Congo won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.[6]
Ghana | 2–0 | Gabon |
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Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate.
Kenya won 5–3 on aggregate.
Zambia | 5–0 | Zimbabwe |
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Zambia won on walkover after Zimbabwe failed to arrive for the second leg.
South Africa | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Botswana |
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Penalties | ||
2–3 |
0–0 on aggregate. Botswana won 3–2 on penalties.
Third round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
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Nigeria | 1–1 | Ivory Coast |
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1–1 on aggregate. Ivory Coast won on away goals.
Cameroon won 3–2 on aggregate.
Kenya won 1–0 on aggregate.
Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate.
Fourth round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ivory Coast | 1–2 | Cameroon | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Kenya | 2–3 | Zambia | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Cameroon |
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Cameroon | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
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Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kenya | 2–2 | Zambia |
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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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cameroon | 4–4 (a) | Zambia | 3–2 | 1–2 |
4–4 on aggregate. Zambia won on away goals.
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following team from CAF qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. Cameroon will qualify if they win the play-off against the 2018 Copa América Femenina second-placed team, Chile.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2 |
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Zambia | 10 March 2020[7] | 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
- Houria Affak
- Refilwe Tholakele
- Michaela Abam
- Solange Larkingam
- Paulmiche Mahouma
- Charmelle Moundzeli
- Isa Diakese
- Senait Bogale
- Serkaddis Guta
- Reine Edzoumou
- Doris Wassende
- Priscilla Okyere
- Nina Kpaho
- Ange N'Guessan
- Ines Nrehy
- Vivian Corazone
- Jentrix Shikangwa
- Elizabeth Wambui
- Wezzie Mvula
- Madina Nguluwe
- Sabina Thom
- Agueissa Diarra
- Aissata Traoré
- Najat Badri
- Isabel Jorge
- Zenatha Coleman
- Lovisa Mulunga
- Amarachi Okoronkwo
- Donisia Daniel
- Asha Rashid
- Hasifah Nassuna
- Hellen Mubanga
- Lushomo Mweemba
- Misozi Zulu
1 own goal
- Isma Ouadah (against Nigeria)
- Tarikuwa Debiso (against Uganda)
- Aisha Namukisa (against Ethiopia)
- Martha Tembo (against Kenya)
Notes
References
- ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "Tokyo 2020: Sierra Leone disqualified, Angola withdraws". cafonline.com. CAF. 5 March 2019.
- ^ "African Women's Olympic qualifying tournament fixtures, dates released". goal.com. Goal. 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA.com. 11 April 2016.
- ^ "FIXTURES OF THE AFRICAN Qualifiers WOMEN'S OLYMPICS-TOKYO 2020" (PDF). cafonline.com. CAF.
- ^ Mbala, Nana (28 August 2019). "La RDC gagne la Guinée Equatoriale par forfait". Radio Okapi (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Zambia earn historic ticket to Tokyo 2020". FIFA.com. 10 March 2020.
External links
- WOMEN’S OLYMPICS, CAFonline.com
- CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
- 2019 in African football
- 2019 in women's association football
- 2020 in African football
- 2020 in women's association football
- April 2019 sports events in Africa
- August 2019 sports events in Africa
- September 2019 sports events in Africa
- October 2019 sports events in Africa
- November 2019 sports events in Africa
- March 2020 sports events in Africa