The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition to determine the teams joining the automatically qualified host Morocco in the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations final tournament.
Though CAF planned for a final tournament of 12 teams, reports surfaced in early October 2025 that the final tournament would be expanded to 16 teams. CAF apparently refuted those reports on 25 October by clarifying that 11 teams would qualify, but announced on 3 November that the four teams defeated in the second round that were ranked highest in the FIFA Women's World Ranking of 7 August 2025 would also play in the final tournament.
The African qualifiers commenced in February 2025 and featured two rounds of competition. In the first round, the 32 teams ranked 7th and below played home-and-away two-legged ties. The 16 winners advanced to the second round, where they were joined by the six teams that received a bye. The winners of the 11 second round home-and-away ties qualified for the final tournament in Morocco. After the completion of the second round, CAF announced four additional teams had qualified based on their FIFA ranking.
Fifty-two CAF national women's teams were eligible to enter qualification as Morocco had already qualified as hosts, though only 38 teams registered. The six teams ranked highest in the FIFA Women's World Ranking were given a bye to the second round, and the next 16 highest-ranked teams were seeded in the first round and played the second leg at home.
The 32 teams playing in the first round were allocated into six pots based on a combination of their FIFA Ranking and geographical considerations, with neighboring zones paired together where possible according to the number of teams. The seedings, pots, and draw procedure were confirmed by CAF on 12 December 2024.
The draw for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers took place on 12 December 2024 at 12:00 GMT.
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3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Angola won 5âÂÂ4 on penalties.
Malawi won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Congo withdrew prior to the first leg due to a lack of competitions and preparation.
DR Congo won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Tanzania won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Ethiopia won 5âÂÂ4 on penalties.
Namibia won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Burkina Faso won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Togo won 10âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Algeria won 8âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Egypt won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Kenya won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Gambia won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Benin won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Cape Verde won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Mali won 10âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Senegal won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Chad withdrew prior to the first leg due to delays in the disbursement process of the funds needed for match preparations and lack of funding.
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Malawi won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
South Africa won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Tanzania won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Zambia won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Burkina Faso won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Algeria won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Ghana won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Kenya won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Cape Verde won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
0âÂÂ0 on aggregate. Senegal won 5âÂÂ4 on penalties.
The best four second round losers chosen by repechage according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking (as of 7 August 2025) below:
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.