2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament


The 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football to determine which women's national teams from Africa qualify for the Olympic football tournament.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the CAF representatives.
South Africa qualified for the second Olympics in a row, while Zimbabwe qualified for the first time.

Teams

A total of 18 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
First round
4
Second round
14
Qualifying roundsTotal18

Did not enter

Format

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, extra time would be played. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
The two winners of the fourth round qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
RoundLegDate
First roundFirst leg24–26 April 2015
First roundSecond leg8–10 May 2015
Second roundFirst leg22–24 May 2015
Second roundSecond leg29–31 May 2015
Third roundFirst leg17–19 July 2015
Third roundSecond leg31 July–2 August 2015
Fourth roundFirst leg2–4 October 2015
Fourth roundSecond leg16–18 October 2015

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams for Olympics

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1

Goalscorers

;5 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
Note: One goal scored by Equatorial Guinea missing goalscorer information.