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2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Qualification for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations began on the week of 20–26 September 2023 and concluded on the week of 29 November – 5 December the same year. Its draw was held at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé, Morocco on 6 July 2023 at 18:00 CET ().

A total of 12 teams qualified for the group stages and joined automatically-qualified hosts Morocco.

Format

Qualification ties took place on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time).

Schedule

Entrants

The applicant teams were seeded according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking of June 2023 and their performance in the previous edition of the tournament.

Notes
  • Teams marked in bold qualified for the group stages.

First round

Matches

Senegal won 3–2 on aggregate.

Egypt won 8–0 on aggregate.

Mali won 10–1 on aggregate.

Guinea won 11–0 on aggregate.

Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the second round after São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew prior to the first leg without providing a reason for their withdrawal.

Cape Verde won 6–2 on aggregate.

Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Burundi won 5–3 on penalties.

Equatorial Guinea won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Libya withdrew prior to the first leg due to the aftermath of the 2023 Libya floods.

DR Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won 4–2 on penalties.

Togo won 13–0 on aggregate.

Ghana won 12–0 on aggregate.

Namibia won 5–2 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Kenya won 4–3 on penalties.

Botswana won 10–1 on aggregate.

Tunisia won 12–1 on aggregate.

Congo won 3–0 on aggregate.

Angola won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Sudan withdrew prior to the first leg citing lack of preparation due to no local championship being contested since the War in Sudan started.

Burkina Faso won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Matches

Senegal won 4–0 on aggregate.

Mali won 10–2 on aggregate.

Nigeria won 7–1 on aggregate.

Algeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

DR Congo won 3–2 on aggregate. A CAF decision on Equatorial Guinea challenge, regarding DR Congo players Fideline Ngoy and Falonne Pambani's dates of birth, is pending.

Tanzania won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ghana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Botswana won 2–1 on aggregate.

Tunisia won 6–3 on aggregate.

Zambia won 12–0 on aggregate.

South Africa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

<div><sup>1</sup> Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.</div>

Goalscorers

References