The 2002 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2002 African Women's Championship. Nigeria qualified automatically as both hosts and defending champions, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from August to October 2002.
A record 21 national teams participated in the qualifying process.
Teams who withdrew are in italics.
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
Zambia won by default and advanced to the second round.
Ethiopia won by default and advanced to the second round.
Tanzania won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Angola won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Gabon won 8âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Senegal won by default and advanced to the second round.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate. Mali won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round.
South Africa won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Ethiopia won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Zimbabwe won 10âÂÂ0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Angola won the penalty shoot-out 5âÂÂ4 and qualified for the final tournament.
Cameroon won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Ghana won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
0âÂÂ0 on aggregate. Mali won the penalty shoot-out 5âÂÂ4 and qualified for the final tournament.
Angolan Jacinta Ramos, Gabonese Géraldine Okawe, South African Joanne Solomon and Zimbabwean Nomsa Moyo were the top scorers in the qualifying process. In total, 70 goals were scored by 44 different players.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.