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2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

Tournament details
Dates	First round: 12–18 July 2023 Second round: 25–31 October 2023 Third round: 23–28 February 2024 Fourth Round: 5–9 April 2024
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	93 (2.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thembi Kgatlana (5 goals)
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The 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament (officially, the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Qualifiers) was the sixth 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.

On 24 February 2022, FIFA awarded CAF two slots for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in France.

Entrants

Fifty-three CAF members were eligible to enter qualifying, with Zimbabwe having been suspended since 24 February 2022, though only 25 submitted entries. The draw took place on 30 May 2023 in Cairo, Egypt. Seven teams were awarded a bye to the second round of qualifying based upon their results in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.
• Numbers in parentheses indicate world ranking at the time of the draw.

Did not enter

•  Algeria
•  Angola
•  Burundi
•  Cape Verde
•  Central African Republic
•  Comoros
•  Djibouti
•  Egypt
•  Eritrea
•  Eswatini
•  Gabon
•  Gambia
•  Kenya
•  Lesotho
•  Liberia
•  Libya
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  Mauritania
•  Mauritius
•  Niger
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
•  Senegal
•  Seychelles
•  Somalia
•  South Sudan
•  Sudan
•  Togo
•  Zimbabwe (suspended)

Draw

The teams being drawn into round 1 were divided into 4 pots based upon geographical considerations, with teams from pot 1 being drawn against teams from pot 2 and teams from pot 3 being drawn against teams from pot 4; an empty pot was used to randomize which team played at home first. One team each from pots 1 and 2 were drawn and placed into pot 5, where the first team drawn was designated to play the first leg at home and the second team drawn was designated to play the second leg at home. This process was repeated until pots 1 and 2 were empty, then the same process occurred with pots 3 and 4.

Format

Four rounds of home-and-away matches determined the two CAF representatives to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in France. If the aggregate scores were tied at the end of the second leg, then 30 minutes of extra time were played. If the score was still level after extra time, then kicks from the penalty spot were used to determine the winner. The matches were played in the FIFA match windows in July and October 2023 and in February and April 2024.

Bracket

The match bracket was as follows:

	First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round
	10–18 July 2023
	Guinea-Bissau	2	2	4
							23–31 October 2023
	Benin	2	3	5
							Benin	0	0	0
	10–18 July 2023
							Ghana	3	2	5
	Guinea	0	0	0
													19–28 February 2024
	Ghana	3	4	7
													Ghana	0	3	3
	10–18 July 2023
													Zambia	1	3	4
	Burkina Faso	0	2	2
							23–31 October 2023
	Mali (a.e.t.)	1	2	3
							Mali	—	—
							Zambia	—	—	w/o
																			5–9 April 2024
																			Zambia (a.e.t.)	1	2	3
	10–18 July 2023
																			Morocco	2	0	2
	Ivory Coast	—	—	w/o
							23–31 October 2023
	Sierra Leone	—	—
							Ivory Coast	—	—
							Tunisia	—	—	w/o
													19–28 February 2024
													Tunisia	1	1	2
	10–18 July 2023
													Morocco	2	4	6
	Namibia	2	0	2
							23–31 October 2023
	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0
							Namibia	0	0	0
							Morocco	2	2	4
	10–18 July 2023
	Uganda (a.e.t.)	3	1	4
							23–31 October 2023
	Rwanda	3	0	3
							Uganda	2	0	2
							Cameroon (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
													19–28 February 2024
													Cameroon	0	0	0
	10–18 July 2023
													Nigeria	0	1	1
	Ethiopia	6	4	10
							23–31 October 2023
	Chad	0	0	0
							Ethiopia	1	0	1
							Nigeria	1	4	5
																			5–9 April 2024
																			Nigeria	1	0	1
	10–18 July 2023
																			South Africa	0	0	0
	Congo	—	—
							23–31 October 2023
	Tanzania	—	—	w/o
							Tanzania	2	1	3
							Botswana	0	0	0
													19–28 February 2024
													Tanzania	0	0	0
	10–18 July 2023
													South Africa	3	1	4
	Mozambique	—	—
							23–31 October 2023
	DR Congo	—	—	w/o
							DR Congo	1	0	1
							South Africa	1	2	3

First round

2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament first round
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea-Bissau	4–5	Benin	2–2	2–3
Guinea	0–7	Ghana	0–3	0–4
Burkina Faso	2–3	Mali	0–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Ivory Coast	w/o	Sierra Leone	—	—
Namibia	2–0	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	0–0
Uganda	4–3	Rwanda	3–3	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Ethiopia	10–0	Chad	6–0	4–0
Congo	w/o	Tanzania	—	—
Mozambique	w/o	DR Congo	—	—

Guinea-Bissau	2–2	Benin
Quade 45' Soares 60'	Report	Gnammi 14' Gbedjissi 76'

Benin	3–2	Guinea-Bissau
Fachina 23' Gbedjissi 28' Gnammi 38'	Report	Sissé 2' Gomes 83'

Benin won 5–4 on aggregate.

Guinea	0–3	Ghana
	Report	Adjei 19' Adubea 27' Badu 72'

Ghana	4–0	Guinea
Badu 36', 59' Adubea 53' Yakubu 86'	Report

Ghana won 7–0 on aggregate.

Burkina Faso	0–1	Mali
	Report	A. Diarra 11'

Mali	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Burkina Faso
Traoré 29' Sogoré 100'	Report	Sawadogo 11', 52'

Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ivory Coast	Cancelled	Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone	Cancelled	Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew.

Namibia	2–0	Equatorial Guinea
Coleman 34' Kooper 55'	Report

Equatorial Guinea	0–0	Namibia
	Report

Namibia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Uganda	3–3	Rwanda
Nyanagahirwa 45+2' Nassuna 54' (pen.) Ikwaput 84'	Report	Mukhirwa 33' Nibagwire 66' Usanase 86'

Rwanda	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Uganda
	Report	Ikwaput 103'

Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ethiopia	6–0	Chad
Temesgen 13' Kalsa 24', 63' Getnet 26' Abera 79' Yein 82'	Report

Chad	0–4	Ethiopia
	Report	Abera 11' Wakuma 19', 45' Lemma 89'

Ethiopia won 10–0 on aggregate.

Congo	Cancelled	Tanzania

Tanzania	Cancelled	Congo

Tanzania won on walkover after Congo withdrew.

Mozambique	Cancelled	DR Congo

DR Congo	Cancelled	Mozambique

DR Congo won on walkover after Mozambique withdrew.

Second round

2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament second round
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin	0–5	Ghana	0–3	0–2
Mali	w/o	Zambia	—	—
Ivory Coast	w/o	Tunisia	—	—
Namibia	0–4	Morocco	0–2	0–2
Uganda	2–3	Cameroon	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)
Ethiopia	1–5	Nigeria	1–1	0–4
Tanzania	3–0	Botswana	2–0	1–0
DR Congo	1–3	South Africa	1–1	0–2

Benin	0–3	Ghana
	Report	Boaduwaa 44' (pen.) Assifuah 73', 78'

Ghana	2–0	Benin
Badu 65' Orou Karo 75' (o.g.)	Report

Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate.

Mali	Cancelled	Zambia

Zambia	Cancelled	Mali

Zambia won on walkover after Mali withdrew.

Ivory Coast	Cancelled	Tunisia

Tunisia	Cancelled	Ivory Coast

Tunisia won on walkover after Ivory Coast withdrew.

Namibia	0–2	Morocco
	Report	El Chad 20' Lahmari 78'

Morocco	2–0	Namibia
Saoud 76' Chebbak 89' (pen.)	Report

Morocco won 4–0 on aggregate.

Uganda	2–0	Cameroon
Nagadya 12' Ikwaput 75'	Report

Cameroon	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Uganda
Njoya 27' Ngock 47' Omboudou 115'	Report

Cameroon won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ethiopia	1–1	Nigeria
Amare 6'	Report	Ajibade 52'

Nigeria	4–0	Ethiopia
Kanu 45+1' Ajibade 50', 72' Oshoala 68'	Report

Nigeria won 5–1 on aggregate.

Tanzania	2–0	Botswana
Clement 2' (pen.) Masaka 89'	Report

Botswana	0–1	Tanzania
	Report	Masaka 26'

Tanzania won 3–0 on aggregate.

DR Congo	1–1	South Africa
Mfwamba 40'	Report	Kgatlana 48'

South Africa	2–0	DR Congo
Kgatlana 71', 88'	Report

South Africa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament third round
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ghana	3–4	Zambia	0–1	3–3
Tunisia	2–6	Morocco	1–2	1–4
Cameroon	0–1	Nigeria	0–0	0–1
Tanzania	0–4	South Africa	0–3	0–1

Ghana	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Kundananji 18'

Zambia	3–3	Ghana
B. Banda 10', 90+6' Assifuah 61' (o.g.)	Report	Assifuah 22' Boaduwaa 55' Bugre 64'

Zambia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Tunisia	1–2	Morocco
Kaabachi 51'	Report	Tagnaout 43' Chebbak 54'

Morocco	4–1	Tunisia
Tagnaout 11' Jraïdi 16', 20', 22'	Report	Zemzem 58'

Morocco won 6–2 on aggregate.

Cameroon	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Nigeria	1–0	Cameroon
Okoronkwo 15'	Report

Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.

Tanzania	0–3	South Africa
	Report	Seoposenwe 10' Kgatlana 58' Magaia 86'

South Africa	1–0	Tanzania
Kgatlana 58'	Report

South Africa won 4–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

The winners of the fourth round ties qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.

2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament fourth round
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zambia	3–2	Morocco	1–2	2–0 (a.e.t.)
Nigeria	1–0	South Africa	1–0	0–0

Zambia	1–2	Morocco
Mweemba 80'	Report	Redouani 45' Ayane 90+4'

Morocco	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Zambia
	Report	B. Banda 39', 105+2' (pen.)

Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Nigeria	1–0	South Africa
Ajibade 43' (pen.)	Report

South Africa	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
Nigeria	9 April 2024	3 (2000, 2004, 2008)
Zambia	10 April 2024	1 (2020)

Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.

5 goals

• Thembi Kgatlana

4 goals

• Evelyn Badu
• Rasheedat Ajibade
• Barbra Banda

3 goals

• Gifty Assifuah
• Ibtissam Jraïdi
• Fazila Ikwaput

2 goals

• Aude Gbedjissi
• Yolande Gnammi
• Balkissa Sawadogo
• Loza Abera
• Aregesh Kalsa
• Senaf Wakuma
• Princella Adubea
• Doris Boaduwaa
• Ghizlane Chebbak
• Fatima Tagnaout
• Aisha Masaka

1 goal

• Léa Fachina
• Monique Ngock
• Ajara Nchout Njoya
• Brigitte Omboudou
• Grâce Mfwamba
• Birkie Amare
• Nardos Getnet
• Turist Lemma
• Mesay Temesgen
• Nayboney Yein
• Vivian Adjei
• Azumah Bugre
• Firdous Yakubu
• Itcha Cesário Gomes
• Nadi Quade
• Fatumata Silla Sissé
• Julieta Soares
• Agueissa Diarra
• Coulouba Sogoré
• Aïssata Traoré
• Rosella Ayane
• Nesryne El Chad
• Anissa Lahmari
• Zineb Redouani
• Imane Saoud
• Zenatha Coleman
• Ivone Kooper
• Uchenna Kanu
• Esther Okoronkwo
• Asisat Oshoala
• Providence Mukahirwa
• Libelle Nibagwire
• Zawadi Usanase
• Jermaine Seoposenwe
• Hildah Magaia
• Opah Clement
• Ella Kaabachi
• Salma Zemzem
• Catherine Nagadya
• Hasifah Nassuna
• Shakira Nyanagahirwa
• Racheal Kundananji
• Lushomo Mweemba

1 own goal

• Kadidjath Orou Karo (against Ghana)
• Gifty Assifuah (against Zambia)

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External websites

CAF Women's Football

• CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament
• Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
• 2023 in African football
• 2023 in women's association football
• 2024 in African women's sport