2006 African Women's Championship qualification Dates 19 February – 6 August 2006 Teams 34 (from 1 confederation) Matches played 31 Goals scored 129 (4.16 per match)
International football competition
The 2006 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2006 African Women's Championship . Gabon qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from February to August 2006. Later, Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition due to organisational reasons .[ 1] The CAF awarded the hosting of the competition to Nigeria in May 2006.[ 2]
Teams
A record 34 national teams participated in the qualifying process.
Teams who withdrew before playing a match are in italics .
Round
Teams entering round
No. of teams
Preliminary round
14
First round
17
Second round
3
Qualifying rounds
Total
34
Final tournament
1
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, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
Round
Leg
Date
Preliminary round
First leg
19 February 2006
Second leg
26 February 2006
First round
First leg
11–12 March 2006
Second leg
25–26 March 2006
Second round
First leg
22–23 July 2006
Second leg
4–6 August 2006
Preliminary round
The results of this round do not appear in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) or the official FIFA website.
Libya won by default and advanced to the first round .
Benin won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round .
Mozambique won by default and advanced to the first round .
Djibouti won by default and advanced to the first round .
Togo won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round .
Zambia won by default and advanced to the first round .
Senegal won by default and advanced to the first round .
First round
Algeria won by default and advanced to the second round .
Egypt won by default and advanced to the second round .
Mali won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
2–2 on aggregate. Benin won the penalty shoot-out 4–3 and advanced to the second round .
Equatorial Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
South Africa won 12–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Tanzania won by default and advanced to the second round .
Congo won 12–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Only one leg was played. Kenya won 7–0 and advanced to the second round .
DR Congo won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Senegal won 12–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Second round
1 The tie was scratched after CAF awarded the hosting rights to Nigeria ; Equatorial Guinea also qualified.
2 Congo were disqualified after they failed to appear for the first leg.
Algeria won 4–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament .
Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament .
The tie was scratched after Nigeria were awarded the hosting rights: Equatorial Guinea also qualified for the final tournament .
South Africa won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament .
Congo disqualified; Ghana qualified for the final tournament .
Cameroon won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament .
DR Congo won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament .
Qualified teams
Qualified
Did not qualify
Did not enter or withdrew
Not part of CAF
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team
Qualified as
Qualified on
Previous appearances in tournament1
Nigeria
Replacement hosts
17 May 2006
6 (1991 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 )
Equatorial Guinea
By default
17 May 2006
Debut
South Africa
Winners against Tanzania
4 August 2006
5 (1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 )
Algeria
Winners against Egypt
5 August 2006
1 (2004 )
Ghana
Winners by default against Congo
5 August 2006
6 (1991 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 )
Cameroon
Winners against Kenya
5 August 2006
5 (1991 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 )
DR Congo
Winners against Senegal
5 August 2006
1 (1998 )
Mali
Winners against Benin
6 August 2006
2 (2002 , 2004 )
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
Editions Qualification Finals Squads
1 No qualification took place in 1991 and 1995 .
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