Women’s Football: Second Round of Olympic Qualifiers gets underway

The second round of the African qualifiers for the Women’s Football tournament at the Olympic Games is underway.

A total of 27 matches are scheduled across the first and second legs as teams battle for places in the third round of the qualifying competition.

Morocco and Cameroon have already secured their progression following the withdrawals of Congo and Guinea, respectively.

 

First-leg results and fixtures (Kick off Times in GMT)

7 October 2026

Rwanda 0-1 Ethiopia

Venue: Stade Pelé, Kigali, Rwanda

Goal: Lydia Uzayisenga 45’ (own goal)

 

8 October 2026

Seychelles 0-11 Kenya

Venue: Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

Goals: Valerie Nekesa 9’, 43’; Enez Mango 25’, 54’; Airin Madalina 62’, 82’; Mercy Airo 87’, 90+1’, 90+5’; Elizabeth Mideva 88’

 

Mauritius 0-3 Ghana

Venue: Côte d’Or National Sports Complex, St Pierre

Goals: Abigail Kim 16’; Alice Kusi 24’; Benedicte Simon 30’

 

Benin 3-1 Mali

Venue: Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Goals: Romaine Gandounou 12’, 17’; Milhad Sadikou 47’ / Aïssata Traoré 54’

Uganda 2-1 Zambia

Venue: Hamz Stadium Nakivubo, Kampala

Goals: Agnes Nabukenya 35’; Sylvia Kabene 58’ / Prisca Chilufya 6’

 

Tunisia 0-1 Senegal

Venue: Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi, Radès

Goal: Ndeye Awa Casset 67’

 

Burkina Faso 3-1 Equatorial Guinea

Venue: Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Goals: Oriata Konaté 7’; Judicaël Ouoba 21’, 72’ / Lynda Mendoua Abessolo Muryel 64’

 

9 October 2026

• DR Congo vs Côte d’Ivoire – 14:30, TP Mazembe Stadium, Lubumbashi
• Comoros vs Nigeria – 15:00, Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne
• Malawi vs Zimbabwe – 15:00, Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
• Angola vs Namibia – 16:00, Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
• Madagascar vs South Africa – 16:00, Free State Stadium, Mangaung
• Central African Republic vs Algeria – 17:00, Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
• Botswana vs Tanzania – 17:00, Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown

 

Second-leg fixtures

12 October 2026

• Kenya vs Seychelles – 12:00, Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
• Namibia vs Angola – 13:00, Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

 

13 October 2026

• Zimbabwe vs Malawi – 13:00, National Sports Stadium, Harare
• Tanzania vs Botswana – 13:00, Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam
• Equatorial Guinea vs Burkina Faso – 14:00, Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
• Nigeria vs Comoros – 15:00, Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne
• Ethiopia vs Rwanda – 16:00, Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
• South Africa vs Madagascar – 16:00, Free State Stadium, Mangaung
• Ghana vs Mauritius – 16:00, Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
• Senegal vs Tunisia – 17:00, Stade Me Abdoulaye Wade, Diamniadio
• Mali vs Benin – 17:00, Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako
• Algeria vs Central African Republic – 17:00, Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
• Zambia vs Uganda – 18:00, Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
• Côte d’Ivoire vs DR Congo – 19:00, Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

 

Morocco and Cameroon advance

The fixtures between Morocco and Congo, and Cameroon and Guinea, have been cancelled following the withdrawals of Congo and Guinea from the competition.

As a result, Morocco and Cameroon have progressed directly to the third round of the African Olympic qualifiers.

With the second-leg matches approaching, the remaining teams will look to build on their first-leg performances and keep their Olympic qualification ambitions on track.