The road to the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2024 will officially kick-off today as the Qualifiers get underway.
The TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2024 achieved massive growth a year ago during the 2022 edition which was won by South Africa in Morocco.
The tournament saw record crowd stadium attendances and unprecedented tv audiences – a clear demonstration that women’s football in Africa is on the ascendance.
For the 2024 edition, 40 Nations will enter the qualifying stages. In the first qualifying round, teams will play two matches against each other. The winner of the two matches will qualify for the second round, scheduled for November 2023.
In this stage of the qualification phase, two countries will be exempted. They are South Africa and Zambia, respectively reigning African champions and bronze medallists.
Qualifiers Schedule
First Round: 20 – 26 September 2023
Second Round: 27 November – 05 December 2023
First-Round Fixtures
22.09.2023: Senegal – Mozambique | 17h00 GMT – Thies/Stade lat-Dior
20.09.2023: Egypt – South Sudan | 16h00 GMT – Petro Sports Stadium, Cairo
22.09.2023: Central African Republic – Mali | 13h00 GMT – Stade de la Reunification de Douala
21.09.2023: Guinea – Mauritius | 15h00 GMT – Stade General Lansana Conte, Nongo
22.09.2023: Nigeria – São Tomé and Príncipe (Match cancelled due to withdrawal of Soe Tome. Nigeria qualifies for next round)
22.09.2023: Cape Verde – Liberia | 17h00 GMT – Estadio Nacional “Blue Shark” Cabo Verde
20.09.2023: Uganda – Algeria | 15h00 GMT – FUFA Technical Centre, Jinja
22.09.2023: Burundi – Ethiopia | 14h00 GMT – Abebe Bekila Stadium, Addis Ababa
22.09.2023: Equatorial Guinea – Libya (Match cancelled due to withdrawal of Libya. Equatorial Guinea qualifies for the next round)
22.09.2023: DR Congo – Benin | 14h30 GMT – Complexe Omnisports Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
22.09.2023: Cote d’Ivoire – Tanzania | 15h30 GMT – Stade de Yamoussoukro, Yamoussoukro
22.09.2023: Djibouti – Togo | 14h30 GMT – Stade de Kegue de Lome, Lome
20.09.2023: Rwanda – Ghana | 13h00 GMT – Kigali Pele Stadium, Kigali
21.09.2023: Gambia – Namibia | 15h00 GMT Stade El Abdi, El Jadida
22.09.2023: Cameroon – Kenya | 18h00 GMT Stade de la Reunification de Douala, Douala
22.09.2023: Gabon – Botswana | 14h30 GMT – Stade de la Renovation de Franceville
21.09.2023: Tunisia – Niger | 15h00 GMT – Stade de Solimane, Solimane
21.09.2023: Guinea Bissau – Congo | 15h30 – Estadio 24 de Setembro, Bissau 25.09.2023: Angola – Sudan (Match cancelled due to withdrawal of Sudan. Angola qualifies for the next round)
20.09.2023 Eswatini – Burkina Faso | 14h00 GMT – Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba