2020 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament#First round

{{short description|5th edition of African qualification for the Summer Olympic women's football tournament}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

| year = 2020

| dates = {{nowrap|3 April 2019 – 10 March 2020}}

| num_teams = 25

| confederations = 1

| champion_other = {{fbw|ZAM}}

| second_other = {{fbw|CMR}}

| matches = 41

| goals = 100

| top_scorer = {{fbwicon|ZAM}} Grace Chanda {{nowrap|(8 goals)}}

| prevseason = 2015

| nextseason = 2024

}}

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.{{cite web|date=14 September 2017|title=OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2017/m=9/news=oc-for-fifa-competitions-approves-procedures-for-the-final-draw-of-the-2907924.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914215739/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2017/m=9/news=oc-for-fifa-competitions-approves-procedures-for-the-final-draw-of-the-2907924.html|archive-date=14 September 2017|website=FIFA|access-date=14 September 2017}}

Zambia qualified directly as winners, while as runners-up, Cameroon entered a play-off against the second-placed team from CONMEBOL, Chile.{{cite web|date=5 March 2019|title=Tokyo 2020: Sierra Leone disqualified, Angola withdraws|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=%2bzm3F4vyeroWaRawmepsTw%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306180223/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=%2bzm3F4vyeroWaRawmepsTw%3d%3d|archive-date=6 March 2019|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=6 March 2019}}

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.{{cite web|last=Ahmadu|first=Samuel|date=21 February 2019|title=African Women's Olympic qualifying tournament fixtures, dates released|url=https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/african-womens-olympic-qualifying-tournament-fixtures-dates/19d9qzfqmtlll1afe3xm2v043t|website=Goal.com|access-date=22 February 2020}} 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.{{cite web|date=14 April 2016|title=Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020|url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2016/m=4/news=equatorial-guinea-expelled-from-women-s-olympic-football-tournament-20-2780643.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414023437/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2016/m=4/news=equatorial-guinea-expelled-from-women-s-olympic-football-tournament-20-2780643.html|archive-date=14 April 2016|website=FIFA|access-date=11 April 2016}}

class="wikitable"
width=250|Bye to second round
(7 teams)

!width=500|First round entrants
(18 teams)

valign=top|

  • {{fbw|CMR}}
  • {{fbw|EQG}} (W)
  • {{fbw|GHA}}
  • {{fbw|KEN}}
  • {{fbw|NGA}}
  • {{fbw|RSA}}
  • {{fbw|ZIM}}

|valign=top|

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  • {{fbw|ALG}}
  • {{fbw|ANG}} (W)
  • {{fbw|BOT}}
  • {{fbw|CHA}}
  • {{fbw|CGO}}
  • {{fbw|COD}}
  • {{fbw|ETH}}
  • {{fbw|GAB}}
  • {{fbw|CIV}}
  • {{fbw|MWI}}
  • {{fbw|MLI}}
  • {{fbw|MAR}}
  • {{fbw|MOZ}}
  • {{fbw|NAM}}
  • {{fbw|SLE}} (D)
  • {{fbw|TAN}}
  • {{fbw|UGA}}
  • {{fbw|ZAM}}

{{Div col end}}

;Notes

  • Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics
  • (D): Disqualified after draw
  • (W): Withdrew after draw

;Did not enter

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  • {{fbw|BEN}}
  • {{fbw|BFA}}
  • {{fbw|BDI}}
  • {{fbw|CPV}}
  • {{fbw|CTA}}
  • {{fbw|COM}}
  • {{fbw|DJI}}
  • {{fbw|EGY}}
  • {{fbw|ERI}}
  • {{fbw|SWZ}}
  • {{fbw|GAM}}
  • {{fbw|GUI}}
  • {{fbw|GNB}}
  • {{fbw|LES}}
  • {{fbw|LBR}}
  • {{fbw|LBY}}
  • {{fbw|MAD}}
  • {{fbw|MTN}}
  • {{fbw|MRI}}
  • {{fbw|NIG}}
  • {{fbw|RWA}}
  • {{fbw|STP}}
  • {{fbw|SEN}}
  • {{fbw|SEY}}
  • {{fbw|SOM}}
  • {{fbw|SSD}}
  • {{fbw|SDN}}
  • {{fbw|TUN}}
  • {{fbw|TOG}}

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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.{{cite web|date=14 February 2019|title=FIXTURES OF THE AFRICAN Qualifiers WOMEN’S OLYMPICS-TOKYO 2020|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/fixtures.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307132600/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/fixtures.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2019|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=8 March 2019}} All matches were played during the FIFA International Window.

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!Round

!Leg

!Date

rowspan=2|First round

|First leg

|rowspan=2|1 – 9 April 2019

Second leg
rowspan=2|Second round

|First leg

|rowspan=2|26 August – 3 September 2019

Second leg
rowspan=2|Third round

|First leg

|rowspan=2|30 September – 8 October 2019

Second leg
rowspan=2|Fourth round

|First leg

|rowspan=2|4 – 12 November 2019

Second leg
rowspan=2|Fifth round

|First leg

|rowspan=2|2 – 11 March 2020

Second leg

Bracket

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| team-width = 150

| RD1 = First round

| RD2 = Second round

| RD3 = Third round

| RD4 = Fourth round

| RD5 = Fifth round

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| RD1-score01-1 = —

| RD1-score01-2 = —

| RD1-score01-agg = {{w/o}}

| RD1-team02 = {{fbw|SLE}}

| RD1-score02-1 = —

| RD1-score02-2 = —

| RD1-score02-agg =

| RD1-team03 = {{fbw|MLI}}

| RD1-score03-1 = 3

| RD1-score03-2 = 2

| RD1-score03-agg = 5

| RD1-team04 = {{fbw|MAR}}

| RD1-score04-1 = 1

| RD1-score04-2 = 2

| RD1-score04-agg = 3

| RD1-team05 = {{fbw|ALG}}

| RD1-score05-1 = 2

| RD1-score05-2 = 1

| RD1-score05-agg = 3

| RD1-team06 = {{fbw|CHA}}

| RD1-score06-1 = 0

| RD1-score06-2 = 1

| RD1-score06-agg = 1

| RD1-team09 = {{fbw|ETH}}

| RD1-score09-1 = 3

| RD1-score09-2 = 1

| RD1-score09-agg = 4

| RD1-team10 = {{fbw|UGA}}

| RD1-score10-1 = 2

| RD1-score10-2 = 0

| RD1-score10-agg = 2

| RD1-team13 = {{fbw|TAN}}

| RD1-score13-1 = 2

| RD1-score13-2 = 0

| RD1-score13-agg = 2

| RD1-team14 = {{fbw|COD}}

| RD1-score14-1 = 2

| RD1-score14-2 = 1

| RD1-score14-agg = 3

| RD1-team17 = {{fbw|GAB}} {{pso}}

| RD1-score17-1 = 0

| RD1-score17-2 = 2

| RD1-score17-agg = {{nowrap|2 {{small|(5)}}}}

| RD1-team18 = {{fbw|CGO}}

| RD1-score18-1 = 2

| RD1-score18-2 = 0

| RD1-score18-agg = 2 {{small|(3)}}

| RD1-team21 = {{fbw|MWI}}

| RD1-score21-1 = 11

| RD1-score21-2 = 3

| RD1-score21-agg = 14

| RD1-team22 = {{fbw|MOZ}}

| RD1-score22-1 = 1

| RD1-score22-2 = 0

| RD1-score22-agg = 1

| RD1-team25 = {{fbw|ANG}}

| RD1-score25-1 = —

| RD1-score25-2 = —

| RD1-score25-agg =

| RD1-team26 = {{fbw|ZAM}}

| RD1-score26-1 = —

| RD1-score26-2 = —

| RD1-score26-agg = {{w/o}}

| RD1-team29 = {{fbw|BOT}}

| RD1-score29-1 = 1

| RD1-score29-2 = 2

| RD1-score29-agg = 3

| RD1-team30 = {{fbw|NAM}}

| RD1-score30-1 = 0

| RD1-score30-2 = 2

| RD1-score30-agg = 2

| RD2-team01 = {{fbw|CIV}}

| RD2-score01-1 = 3

| RD2-score01-2 = 0

| RD2-score01-agg = 3

| RD2-team02 = {{fbw|MLI}}

| RD2-score02-1 = 0

| RD2-score02-2 = 0

| RD2-score02-agg = 0

| RD2-team03 = {{fbw|ALG}}

| RD2-score03-1 = 0

| RD2-score03-2 = 0

| RD2-score03-agg = 0

| RD2-team04 = {{fbw|NGA}}

| RD2-score04-1 = 2

| RD2-score04-2 = 1

| RD2-score04-agg = 3

| RD2-team05 = {{fbw|ETH}}

| RD2-score05-1 = 1

| RD2-score05-2 = 0

| RD2-score05-agg = 1

| RD2-team06 = {{fbw|CMR}} (a)

| RD2-score06-1 = 1

| RD2-score06-2 = 0

| RD2-score06-agg = 1

| RD2-team07 = {{fbw|COD}}

| RD2-score07-1 = —

| RD2-score07-2 = —

| RD2-score07-agg = {{w/o}}

| RD2-team08 = {{fbw|EQG}}

| RD2-score08-1 = —

| RD2-score08-2 = —

| RD2-score08-agg =

| RD2-team09 = {{fbw|GAB}}

| RD2-score09-1 = 0

| RD2-score09-2 = 0

| RD2-score09-agg = 0

| RD2-team10 = {{fbw|GHA}}

| RD2-score10-1 = 3

| RD2-score10-2 = 2

| RD2-score10-agg = 5

| RD2-team11 = {{fbw|MWI}}

| RD2-score11-1 = 3

| RD2-score11-2 = 0

| RD2-score11-agg = 3

| RD2-team12 = {{fbw|KEN}}

| RD2-score12-1 = 2

| RD2-score12-2 = 3

| RD2-score12-agg = 5

| RD2-team13 = {{nowrap|{{fbw|ZAM}}{{refn|group="note"|name="ZAMvZIM"|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.{{cite web|last1=Vickers|first1=Steve|last2=Mangunda|first2=Yvonne|date=1 September 2019|title=Zimbabwe’s women boycott Olympic football qualifier against Zambia over unpaid fees|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49545830|website=BBC Sport|access-date=1 September 2019}}{{cite web|date=1 September 2019|title=Kenya outwit Malawi, through to third round|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/kenya-outwit-malawi-through-to-third-round|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901205205/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/kenya-outwit-malawi-through-to-third-round|archive-date=1 September 2019|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=1 September 2019}}}}}}

| RD2-score13-1 = 5

| RD2-score13-2 = —

| RD2-score13-agg = {{w/o}}

| RD2-team14 = {{fbw|ZIM}}

| RD2-score14-1 = 0

| RD2-score14-2 = —

| RD2-score14-agg =

| RD2-team15 = {{fbw|BOT}} {{pso}}

| RD2-score15-1 = 0

| RD2-score15-2 = 0

| RD2-score15-agg = {{nowrap|0 {{small|(3)}}}}

| RD2-team16 = {{fbw|RSA}}

| RD2-score16-1 = 0

| RD2-score16-2 = 0

| RD2-score16-agg = 0 {{small|(2)}}

| RD3-team01 = {{fbw|CIV}} (a)

| RD3-score01-1 = 0

| RD3-score01-2 = 1

| RD3-score01-agg = 1

| RD3-team02 = {{fbw|NGA}}

| RD3-score02-1 = 0

| RD3-score02-2 = 1

| RD3-score02-agg = 1

| RD3-team03 = {{fbw|CMR}}

| RD3-score03-1 = 2

| RD3-score03-2 = 1

| RD3-score03-agg = 3

| RD3-team04 = {{fbw|COD}}

| RD3-score04-1 = 0

| RD3-score04-2 = 2

| RD3-score04-agg = 2

| RD3-team05 = {{fbw|GHA}}

| RD3-score05-1 = 0

| RD3-score05-2 = 0

| RD3-score05-agg = 0

| RD3-team06 = {{fbw|KEN}} {{aet}}

| RD3-score06-1 = 0

| RD3-score06-2 = 1

| RD3-score06-agg = 1

| RD3-team07 = {{fbw|ZAM}}

| RD3-score07-1 = 1

| RD3-score07-2 = 2

| RD3-score07-agg = 3

| RD3-team08 = {{fbw|BOT}}

| RD3-score08-1 = 0

| RD3-score08-2 = 0

| RD3-score08-agg = 0

| RD4-team01 = {{fbw|CIV}}

| RD4-score01-1 = 0

| RD4-score01-2 = 1

| RD4-score01-agg = 1

| RD4-team02 = {{fbw|CMR}}

| RD4-score02-1 = 0

| RD4-score02-2 = 2

| RD4-score02-agg = 2

| RD4-team03 = {{fbw|KEN}}

| RD4-score03-1 = 2

| RD4-score03-2 = 0

| RD4-score03-agg = 2

| RD4-team04 = {{fbw|ZAM}}

| RD4-score04-1 = 2

| RD4-score04-2 = 1

| RD4-score04-agg = 3

| RD5-team1 = {{fbw|CMR}}

| RD5-score01-1 = 3

| RD5-score01-2 = 1

| RD5-score01-agg = 4

| RD5-team2 = {{fbw|ZAM}} (a)

| RD5-score02-1 = 2

| RD5-score02-2 = 2

| RD5-score02-agg = 4

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First round

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fbw-rt|ALG}}||3–1|{{fbw|CHA}}||2–0|1–1}}

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fbw-rt|BOT}}||3–2|{{fbw|NAM}}||1–0|2–2}}

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

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Mali won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Algeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Ethiopia won 4–2 on aggregate.

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DR Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

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Malawi won 14–1 on aggregate.

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Zambia won on walkover after Angola withdrew.

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Botswana won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ivory Coast won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate.

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

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Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Kenya won 5–3 on aggregate.

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

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

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

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Cameroon won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Kenya won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

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Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.

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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.

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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.

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Team

! Qualified on

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2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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Notes

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References

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