The 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a women's

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competition which decided the participating teams of the

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. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including

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who qualified automatically as hosts.

Teams

A total of 23

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member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. ''¹ Initially Togo entered the qualification but withdrew and were replaced by Ethiopia. Togo were sanctioned by the CAF and excluded from participating in the

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tournament.''

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away

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basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the

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would be applied, and if still level, the

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would be used to determine the winner (no

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would be played). The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows. The second round was initially scheduled to be played on 8–10 April (first leg) and 22–24 April (second leg), but was later changed to be played during the

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dates of 4–12 April.

First round

'' won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- '' won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- '' won 12–0 on aggregate.'' ---- '' won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' advanced after DR Congo withdrew for financial reasons.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. won 4–2 on penalties.'' ---- '' won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- '' won 11–0 on aggregate.''

Second round

Winners qualified for

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. '' won 3–2 on aggregate.
were awarded the tie after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.'' ---- '' won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. won on

.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. won on

.'' ---- '' won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' won 5–0 on aggregate.''

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Aliaa Shoukry* ;3 goals * Naïma Bouhani * Samira Suleman * Sanah Mollo * Grace Chanda *

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;2 goals * Dalila Zerrouki * Nondi Mahlasela * Refilwe Tholakele * Engy Ahmed* * Princella Adubea * Binta Diarra * Zenatha Coleman * Binta Diakhaté * Kudakwashe Bhasopo * Erina Jeke ;1 goal * Refilwe Mathlo * Tlamelo Motlhale * Bame Ngenda * Bonang Otlhagile *

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* Golebaone Selebatso * Lesaane Tshoso * Mahira Ali * Neivin Gamal * Nadeen Gazy * Fayza Hidar * Mahira Ali Mohammed* * Yasmine Samir *

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* * Genoveva Añonma *

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* Adriana Tiga *

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* Portia Boakye * Fatoumata Kanté * Rebecca Elloh * Ines Nrehy * Mwanalima Adam * Enez Medeizi Mango * Djeneba Baradji * Bintou Koite *

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* Lorraine Jossob *

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* Osarenoma Igbinovia * Chioma Wogu * Mamello Makhabane * Nompumelelo Nyandeni * Donisia Daniel Minja * Mwanahamisi Omary * Ella Kaabachi * Sabrine Mamay * Imen Mchara * Misozi Zulu *

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* Emmculate Msipa * Samkelisiwe Zulu ;Own goal * Fatima Sekouane (against Kenya) ''* includes a goal scored at Egypt vs. Libya match, which has no goal scorers references.''

References

External links

10th Africa Women Cup Of Nations, Cameroon 2016
CAFonline.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification 2016

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