2014 African Women's Championship qualification


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The qualification procedure for the 2014 African Women's Championship, the continent's women's association football championship started on 14 February 2014. A record 25 teams applied for the 2014 African Women's Championship.[1] Four teams eventually withdrew before playing any match.

2014 African Women's Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates14 February – 8 June 2014
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored83 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Faiza Ibrahim
South Africa Portia Modise
Nigeria Desire Oparanozie
Nigeria Asisat Oshoala
South Africa Leandra Smeda
(4 goals)

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This tournament also served as the first stage of qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup for the African zone.

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[2]

The best placed teams from the 2012 tournament Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa received a bye to the second round.

The first round was held on 14–16 February (first leg) and 28 February–2 March 2014 (second leg).[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria   2–0   Morocco 2–0 0–0
Egypt   2–5   Tunisia 0–3 2–2
Ethiopia   w/o1   South Sudan — —
Burkina Faso   0–6   Ghana 0–3 0–3
Ivory Coast   5–0   Mali 4–0 1–0
Rwanda   2–2 (a)   Kenya 1–0 1–2
Nigeria   w/o2   Sierra Leone — —
Guinea-Bissau   w/o3   Senegal — —
Mozambique   w/o1   Comoros — —
Botswana   1–3   Zimbabwe 0–1 1–2
Zambia   3–2   Tanzania 2–1 1–1
  • 1 South Sudan and Mozambique withdrew. Ethiopia and Comoros advance to the next round.[4]
  • 2 Sierra Leone withdrew from the match because of financial problems. Nigeria advanced to the next round.[5]
  • 3 Guinea Bissau withdrew. Senegal advanced to the next round.[6]

Algeria won 2–0 on aggregate.

Tunisia won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ethiopia won by default.

Ghana won 6–0 on aggregate.

Ivory Coast won 5–0 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Rwanda won by away goals.

Nigeria won by default.

Senegal won by default.

Comoros won by default.

Zimbabwe won 3–1 on aggregate.

Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.

The second round was held on 23–25 May (first leg) and 6–8 June 2014 (second leg).[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria   5–3   Tunisia 2–1 3–2
Ethiopia   0–5   Ghana 0–2 0–3
Ivory Coast   3–3 (a)   Equatorial Guinea 1–1 2–2
Rwanda   1–12   Nigeria 1–4 0–8
Senegal   1–2   Cameroon 1–1 0–1
Comoros   w/o4   South Africa 0–13 —
Zimbabwe   0–2   Zambia 0–1 0–1
  • 4 Comoros withdrew before the second leg, thus South Africa advanced to the final tournament.[7]

Algeria won 5–3 on aggregate.

Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate. Ivory Coast won on away goals.

Nigeria won 12–1 on aggregate.

Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.

South Africa won by default.

Zambia won 2–0 on aggregate.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  1. ^ "Record entries for Namibia 2014 African Women Championship". CAF. 24 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Regulations of the African Women Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  3. ^ a b Fixtures IXTH African Women Championship
  4. ^ "Journey to Namibia 2014 begins". CAF. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Namibia/Nigeria: Namibia 2014 – Falcons Reach Final Round As Sierra Leone Withdraws". allafrica.com. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  6. ^ "FOOT FEMININ – Devant recevoir ce samedi le Sénégal pour les préliminaires aller de la Can : La Guinée-Bissau déclare forfait !". Le Quotidien. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Banyana qualify for championship as Comoros withdraw after 13–0 thrashing". citypress.co.za. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.