The 2015 African Games women's football tournament was the 4th edition of the African Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the

2015 African Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host aw ...

. The tournament was open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).

Qualification

Congo qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition.

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, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.

Venues

A new 60,000 capacity stadium, Stade Municipal de Kintélé, was built for the 2015 African Games. The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat and Stade Kintélé 3 were also used.

Squads

Group stage

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00

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, at the CAF Headquarters in

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. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. For the draw, the hosts Congo were seeded in position A1 and the holders Cameroon were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. All times were local,

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Desire Oparanozie ;2 goals * Esther Sunday ;1 goal * Ninon Abena *

Henriette Akaba Henriette Michèle Akaba Edoa (born 7 June 1992), shortly Henriette Akaba, or Michèle Akaba, is a Cameroonian professional footballer, who plays as a forward for the Turkish Super League club ALG Spor and the Cameroon women's national team. ...

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* Rita Akaffou * Fatou Coulibaly * Rebecca Elloh *

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* Chinaza Uchendu * Leandra Smeda * Shelder Mafuru

References

External links

Official Website of the African Games, Brazzaville 2015African Games Women Brazzaville 2015
CAFonline.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 2015 African Games - Women's tournament Women's