2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates 22 May – 18 October 2015
Teams 18 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 48 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Equatorial Guinea Jade
South Africa Jermaine Seoposenwe
(5 goals each)

The 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th 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. 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. 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
Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos

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'
Stade de Kinkala, Kinkala
Equatorial Guinea  4–0  Congo
Jade  ?', ?', ?'
?  ?'		 Report

Equatorial Guinea won 7–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1 Agg. 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 Muluadzi  24'
Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos

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. 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
 Zimbabwe18 October 20150 (debut)
 South Africa18 October 20151 (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.
  3. ↑ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  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.
  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.
  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. 1 2 "Zimbabwe sanctioned for Olympic qualifying no-show". FIFA.com. 29 July 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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