Qualification for the
2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations ( ar, كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2024, french: Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2024), (also referred to as WAFCON 2024) officially known as the 2024 TotalEnergies Women's Afric ...
began on the week of 20–26 September 2023 and concluded on the week of 29 November – 5 December the same year. Its draw was held at the
Mohammed VI Football Academy
The Mohammed VI Football Academy ( ar, أكاديمية محمد السادس لكرة القدم, ʽakādīmiyya Muḥammad as-sādis l-kurat al-qadam, french: Académie Mohammed VI de football) is a football academy located in Salé, Morocco. It ...
in
Salé,
Morocco on 6 July 2023 at 18:00
CET (
UTC+1).
A total of 12 teams qualified for the group stages and joined automatically-qualified hosts
Morocco.
Format
Qualification ties took place on a home-and-away
two-legged
In sports (particularly association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum o ...
basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
was applied, and if still tied, the
penalty shoot-out (no
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
).
Schedule
Entrants
The applicant teams were seeded according to the
FIFA Women's World Ranking of June 2023 and their performance in
the previous edition of the tournament.
;Notes
*Teams marked in bold qualified for the group stages.
First round
Matches
''Senegal won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Egypt won 8–0 on aggregate.''
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''Mali won 10–1 on aggregate.''
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''Guinea won 11–0 on aggregate.''
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''Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the second round after São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew prior to the first leg without providing a reason for their withdrawal.''
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''Cape Verde won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate. Burundi won 5–3 on penalties.''
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''Equatorial Guinea won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Libya withdrew prior to the first leg due to the aftermath of the
2023 Libya floods.''
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''DR Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won 4–2 on penalties.''
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''Togo won 13–0 on aggregate.''
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''Ghana won 12–0 on aggregate.''
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''Namibia won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate. Kenya won 4–3 on penalties.''
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''Botswana won 10–1 on aggregate.''
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''Tunisia won 12–1 on aggregate.''
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''Congo won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Angola won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Sudan withdrew prior to the first leg citing lack of preparation due to no local championship being contested since the
War in Sudan started.''
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''Burkina Faso won 6–2 on aggregate.''
Second round
Matches
''Senegal won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Mali won 10–2 on aggregate.''
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''Nigeria won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''Algeria won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''DR Congo won 3–2 on aggregate. A CAF decision on Equatorial Guinea challenge, regarding DR Congo players
Fideline Ngoy and
Falonne Pambani
Falonne Kuzoya Pambani (born 2 August 1994) is a DR Congolese footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Women's Football Super League club ALG Spor and the DR Congo women's national team.
International career
Pambani capped for the DR Con ...
's dates of birth, is pending.
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''Tanzania won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Ghana won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Botswana won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Tunisia won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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''Zambia won 12–0 on aggregate.''
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''South Africa won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
:
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
References
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