2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 5th 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.
CAF was given 1.5 places for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan. The winner of the qualifying tournament, Zambia, qualified directly, while runner-up Cameroon entered a play-off against the second-placed team from CONMEBOL, Chile.
Teams
The 54 members of CAF were eligible to enter the qualifying competition, and a total of 25 national teams were in the qualifying draw, which was announced on 22 February 2019. The seven teams which had the best performance in the qualifying competition for the 2016 Olympics were given a bye to the second round.Equatorial Guinea were banned by FIFA from qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics. However, they were still entered in the qualifying competition.
| Bye to second round | First round entrants |
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;Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.
- ': Disqualified after draw
- : Withdrew after draw
Format
Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows. All matches are played during the FIFA International Window.| Round | Leg | Date |
| First round | First leg | 1–9 April 2019 |
| First round | Second leg | 1–9 April 2019 |
| Second round | First leg | 26 August – 3 September 2019 |
| Second round | Second leg | 26 August – 3 September 2019 |
| Third round | First leg | 30 September – 8 October 2019 |
| Third round | Second leg | 30 September – 8 October 2019 |
| Fourth round | First leg | 4–12 November 2019 |
| Fourth round | Second leg | 4–12 November 2019 |
| Fifth round | First leg | 2–11 March 2020 |
| Fifth round | Second leg | 2–11 March 2020 |
Bracket
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Fifth round
The winner qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, while the loser entered a play-off against a team from CONMEBOL.Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following team from CAF qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. Cameroon will qualify if they win the play-off against the 2018 Copa América Femenina second-placed team, Chile.| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2 |
| 10 3 2020 | 0 |