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
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 - 4 Côte d’Ivoire
TP Mazembe Stadium, Lubumbashi Goalscorers: Grâce Ruth Sery 3' (pen.), 20'; Estelle Gnaly 49'; Karidja Fofana 53' / Anastasia Soulac 16'
Comoros 0 - 2 Nigeria
Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne Goalscorers: Michelle Alozie 48'; Uchenna Kanu 60'
Malawi 2 - 0 Zimbabwe
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe Goalscorers: Temwa Chawinga 34'; Tabitha Chawinga 50
Angola 0–0 Namibia
Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Madagascar 0 - 4 South Africa
Free State Stadium, Mangaung Goalscorers: Ronnell Donnelly 26', 37', 61'; Hildah Magaia 78'
Central African Republic 0 - 8 Algeria
5 July 1962 Stadium
Algiers Goalscorers: Havila Ndoumba 21'; Marine Dafeur 27'; Lina Boussaha 30'; Sofia Bekhaled 36'; Nouhed Naïli 51'; Ines Belloumou 67'; Lynda Bendris 80'; Nesrine Bahlouli 90'
Botswana 0 – 1 Tanzania Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown Goalscorer: Opah Clement 2' (pen.)
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.