2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification Tournament details Dates 20–26 September and 29 November – 5 December 2023 Teams 42 (from 1 confederation) Tournament statistics Matches played 56 Goals scored 205 (3.66 per match) Top scorer(s) Agueicha Diarra (8 goals) 2026 →
International football competition
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 (UTC+1 ).
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 ※
Round
Leg
Dates
First round
First leg
20 – 22 September 2023
Second leg
24 – 26 September 2023
Second round
First leg
29 November – 1 December 2023
Second leg
4 and 5 December 2023
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.
Teams entering first round
Notes
Teams marked in bold qualified for the group stages.
First round ※
Matches ※
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25 )
Senegal won 3–2 on aggregate.
20 September 2023 (2023-09-20 )
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24 )
Egypt won 8–0 on aggregate.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Mali won 10–1 on aggregate.
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Guinea won 11–0 on aggregate.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25 )
Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the second round after São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew prior to the first leg without providing reason for their withdrawal.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Cape Verde won 6–2 on aggregate.
20 September 2023 (2023-09-20 )
FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Referee: Chahenda El Maghribi (
Egypt )
Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
2–2 on aggregate. Burundi won 5–3 on penalties.
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21 )
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25 )
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 .
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
DR Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won 4–2 on penalties.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Togo won 13–0 on aggregate.
20 September 2023 (2023-09-20 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Ghana won 12–0 on aggregate.
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21 )
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24 )
Namibia won 5–2 on aggregate.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (
Namibia )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
1–1 on aggregate. Kenya won 4–3 on penalties.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Botswana won 10–1 on aggregate.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22 )
Stade municipal de Soliman, Soliman
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Tunisia won 12–1 on aggregate.
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Congo won 3–0 on aggregate.
19 September 2023 (2023-09-19 )
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25 )
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.
20 September 2023 (2023-09-20 )
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26 )
Burkina Faso won 6–2 on aggregate.
Second round ※
Matches ※
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30 )
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
Senegal won 4–0 on aggregate.
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30 )
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
Mali won 10–2 on aggregate.
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30 )
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
Nigeria won 7–1 on aggregate.
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30 )
Referee: Aline Guimbang A Etong (
Cameroon )
4 December 2023 (2023-12-04 )
Algeria won 6–1 on aggregate.
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01 )
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
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.
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30 )
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
Tanzania won 3–2 on aggregate.
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01 )
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
Ghana won 3–2 on aggregate.
29 November 2023 (2023-11-29 )
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
Botswana won 2–1 on aggregate.
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30 )
Stade municipal de Soliman, Soliman
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
Tunisia won 6–3 on aggregate.
29 November 2023 (2023-11-29 )
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05 )
Zambia won 12–0 on aggregate.
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30 )
Referee: Aissata Lam (MRT)
4 December 2023 (2023-12-04 )
South Africa won 3–1 on aggregate.
Qualified teams ※
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team
Qualified as
Qualified on
Previous appearances in Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Morocco
Hosts
10 August 2022
3 (1998 , 2000 , 2022 )
South Africa
Second round winners
4 December 2023
13 (1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 , 2022 )
Algeria
5 (2004 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 , 2018 )
Ghana
5 December 2023
12 (1991 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
Botswana
1 (2022 )
DR Congo
3 (1998 , 2006 , 2012 )
Tunisia
2 (2008 , 2022 )
Senegal
2 (2012 , 2022 )
Zambia
4 (1995 , 2014 , 2018 , 2022 )
Tanzania
1 (2010 )
Mali
7 (2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2016 , 2018 )
Nigeria
14 (1991 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 , 2022 )
Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers ※
There were 205 goals scored in 56 matches, "for an average of 3."66 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
References ※
Editions Qualification Finals Squads
No qualification took place in 1991 and 1995 .