The 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon who qualified automatically as hosts.
A total of 23 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
<sup>1</sup> Initially Togo entered the qualification but withdrew and were replaced by Ethiopia. Togo were sanctioned by the CAF and excluded from participating in the 2018 tournament.
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 second round qualified for the final tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
The second round was initially scheduled to be played on 8âÂÂ10 April (first leg) and 22âÂÂ24 April (second leg), but was later changed to be played during the FIFA International Match Calendar dates of 4âÂÂ12 April.
won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
won 12âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
advanced after DR Congo withdrew for financial reasons.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. won 4âÂÂ2 on penalties.
won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
won 11âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Winners qualified for 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.
won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.<br /> were awarded the tie after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.
won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. won on away goals rule.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. won on away goals rule.
won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
<small>* includes a goal scored at Egypt vs. Libya match, which has no goal scorers references.</small>