# 2004 African Women's Championship qualification

The 2004 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2004 African Women's Championship. South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from May to July 2004.
From this tournament onwards, the defending champions does not receive automatic qualification.

## Teams

A total of 17 national teams participated in the qualifying process.
Teams who withdrew are in italics.
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| Preliminary round | Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Malawi  Tanzania  Uganda | 6 |
| First round | Algeria  Cameroon  DR Congo  Ethiopia  Gabon  Ghana  Guinea  Mali  Nigeria  Senegal  Zimbabwe | 11 |
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 17 |
| Final tournament | South Africa (hosts) | 1 |

## Format

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 | 29–30 May 2004 |
| Preliminary round | Second leg | 12 June 2004 |
| First round | First leg | 10–11 July 2004 |
| First round | Second leg | 23–25 July 2004 |

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2–4 | Congo | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Malawi | w/o$^1$ | Uganda | — | — |
| Tanzania | 5–1 | Eritrea | 4–0 | 1–1 |
* $^1$ Uganda withdrew.
Congo won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Malawi won by default and advanced to the first round.
Tanzania won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Congo | 0–2 | Cameroon | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Malawi | 0–9 | Ethiopia | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| Tanzania | 0–7 | Zimbabwe | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| Mali | 2–3 | Algeria | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Guinea | 0–22 | Ghana | 0–13 | 0–9 |
| Senegal | 3–12 | Nigeria | 2–8 | 1–4 |
| DR Congo | — | Gabon | — | — |
Cameroon won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Ethiopia won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Zimbabwe won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Ghana won 22–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
$^1$ The match was abandoned at the 76th minute after an officer from the riot police mistakenly fired tear gas which dispersed fans rushing to find an open space.
Nigeria won 12–3 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Originally, DR Congo qualified for the final tournament after Gabon withdrew. DR Congo subsequently withdrew, meaning CAF were required to select a lucky loser to qualify for the final tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Mali | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
| Congo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
| Malawi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| Guinea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 |
Mali, as the lucky loser, thus qualified for the final tournament.

## Goalscorers

Akua Anokyewaa and Adjoa Bayor, both from Ghana, were the top scorers of the qualifying process with 6 goals each.

### 6 goals

* Akua Anokyewaa
* Adjoa Bayor

### 5 goals

* Florence Okoe
* Cynthia Uwak

### 4 goals

* Birtukan Gebrekirstos
* Patience Avre
* Nomsa Moyo

### 3 goals

* Feleke Addis
* Mwapewa Mtumwa

### 2 goals

* Dalila Zerrouki
* Carmen Aguilera Angono
* Anita Amenuku

### 1 goal

* Naïma Bouhenni
* Séraphine Mbida
* Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk
* Ndiaye Mpassou
* Saya Ndolou
* Semira Kemal
* Helen Seifu
* Elizabeth Baidu
* Memuna Darku
* Gloria Foriwaa
* Fatou Camara
* Diaty N'Diaye
* Ijeoma Obi
* Melkuleyi Titilayo
* Jerome Ulunma
* Awa Diop
* Mamy N'Diaye
* Bathe Thiaw
* Mwanaidi Yusuf
* Sharon Kulunga
* Sithandekile Mathobela
* Margaret Simao

### Unknown goalscorers

* Congo: 2 additional goals
* Eritrea: 1 additional goal
* Tanzania: 1 additional goal

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| South Africa | Hosts | 12 December 2003 | 4 (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Algeria | Winners against Mali | 23 July 2004 | Debut |
| Ghana | Winners against Guinea | 24 July 2004 | 5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Nigeria | Winners against Senegal | 24 July 2004 | 5 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Cameroon | Winners against Congo | 25 July 2004 | 4 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Ethiopia | Winners against Malawi | 25 July 2004 | 1 (2002) |
| Zimbabwe | Winners against Tanzania | 25 July 2004 | 2 (2000, 2002) |
| Mali | Lucky loser | July–August 2004 | 1 (2002) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.