The 2028 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is the seventh edition of the CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's national teams from Africa qualify for the 2028 Olympics.
Format The competition will be contested over five knockout rounds, with each tie played on a home-and-away basis:
First round: The six lowest-ranked teams according to the FIFA World Rankings were drawn into three ties. The winners advanced to the second round, where they will face the three highest-ranked teams in pre-determined matchups based on the first round draw. Second round: The remaining 26 teams were drawn into 13 ties, for a total of 16 matchups. The winners will advance to the third round. Third–fifth rounds: The final three rounds will consist of two brackets, with the second round winners placed in specific matchups based upon the second round draw. The two fifth round winners will qualify for the qualify for the 2028 Olympics.
Entrants Of the 54 CAF member associations, a total of 35 members registered their national teams for the qualifying competition.
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The remaining 19 members did not register their national teams for the qualifying competition.
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Draw The qualifying tournament draw was held at 15:00 CAT (UTC+2) on 29 April 2026 at the CAF's headquarters in Cairo. The draw was conducted by players from the Egyptian Women's Premier League: Tanzanian Hasnath Ubamba of Masar, American Mia Darden, and Cameroonian Brenda Tabe of Al Ahly.
The teams were seeded based on the FIFA Women's World Ranking of 21 April 2026 and then divided into pots by zone, with UNAF, UNIFFAC, and WAFU allocated to Pots 1 and 2, and CECAFA and COSAFA to Pots 3 and 4. Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against those from Pot 2, while teams from Pot 3 were drawn against those from Pot 4.
The six lowest-ranked teams – Comoros (189), Madagascar (191), South Sudan (194), Djibouti (196), Mauritius (197), and Sudan (not ranked) – were drawn into the first round, while the three highest-ranked teams – Nigeria (36), South Africa (58), and Ghana (59) – were automatically seeded to face the winners of those ties in the second round.
+ Draw pots Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
The draw commenced with a team drawn from Pot 1 and paired against a team drawn from Pot 2. The procedure was repeated until all teams had been drawn from Pots 1 and 2, then was applied to Pots 3 and 4.
Brackets
First round
Comoros won 30–0 on aggregate.
Madagascar won 2–1 on aggregate.
Mauritius won 3–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Morocco won on walkover after Congo withdrew.
Cameroon won on walkover after Guinea withdrew.
Third round
Fourth round
Fifth round
Qualified teams for the 2028 Summer Olympics The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2028 Summer Olympic women's tournament in the United States. Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics November/December 2027 November/December 2027
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