2010 African Women's Championship qualification
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This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the group stage of the 2010 African Women's Football Championship. These matches also served as part of the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in Germany.
A total of 23 national teams entered qualification which has held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, the 18 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The nine winners joined five other national teams in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.[1]
Preliminary round
The matches in the preliminary round were held on 6–7 March 2010 (first leg) and 19–21 March 2010 (second leg).
Algeria advanced to the first round after Egypt withdrew.
Namibia won 3 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Congo DR won 7 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Senegal won 1 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Côte d'Ivoire won 5 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Guinea won 4 – 3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Mali advanced to the first round after Togo withdrew.
Tanzania won 4 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Eritrea advanced to the first round after Kenya withdrew.
First round
The first round is scheduled to be held on 21–23 May 2010 (first leg) and 4–6 June 2010 (second leg).
Algeria won 2 – 1 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament.
Namibia  |
1 – 5 |  Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|---|
Skrywer  3' |
Report | Carol 19', 36' Añonma 25'Simporé 42'Chinasa 45+1' |
Equatorial Guinea advanced to the final tournament after Namibia withdrew prior to the second leg.
Cameroon won 5 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament.
Ghana won 4 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament.
Nigeria won 5 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament.
Mali won 3 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament.
Tanzania  |
8 – 1 |  Eritrea |
|---|---|---|
| Omary 6', 27', 64', 80' Mwasikili 19'Rashidi 21', 60', 74' |
Report | Ghebresa 90' |
Tanzania won 11 – 4 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament.
Notes
- ↑ Match was called off due to inability of the Namibian side to obtain transport to Equatorial Guinea after their initial flight was cancelled[2]
References
- ↑ Content2010 African Women’s Championship Draw, from MTN Football, retrieved 13 September 2009
- ↑ http://www.namibian.com.na/sport/local/full-story/archive/2010/june/article/gladiators-match-called-off/ Gladiators match called off
