# Football at the 2023 African Games – Women's tournament

The 2023 African Games women's football tournament is the 6th edition of the African Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held as part of the 2023 African Games between 8 and 21 March 2024. Under-20 national teams took part in the tournament.

## Schedule

| P | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| 8 Fri | 9 Sat | 10 Sun | 11 Mon | 12 Tue | 13 Wed | 14 Thu | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 21 Thu |
| G | G | | G | G | | G | G | | | ½ | | | B | F |

## Qualification

As per the decision of CAF Executive Committee was as below, the eight teams who reached the fourth round of the 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification are qualified to the Final Tournament.
| Means of qualification | Venue(s) | Dates | Qualified |
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 12 December 2021 | Morocco |
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 17 December 2021 | Ethiopia |
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 17 December 2021 | Nigeria |
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 17 December 2021 | Uganda |
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 18 December 2021 | Cameroon |
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 18 December 2021 | Ghana |
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 18 December 2021 | Senegal |
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 18 December 2021 | Tanzania |
| Total | | | 8 teams |

## Venues

1 stadium were allocated to host the matches.
| Cape Coast | Cape Coast | Cape Coast |
| Cape Coast | Cape Coast | Cape Coast Sports Stadium |
| Cape Coast | Cape Coast | Capacity: 15,000 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Uganda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Senegal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 18 March – Cape Coast | 18 March – Cape Coast |
| Ghana | 3 |
| Ghana | 3 | 21 March – Cape Coast | 21 March – Cape Coast |
| Senegal | 1 | 21 March – Cape Coast | 21 March – Cape Coast |
| Senegal | 1 | Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 18 March – Cape Coast | 18 March – Cape Coast | | Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 18 March – Cape Coast | 18 March – Cape Coast | Nigeria | 1 |
| Nigeria | 2 | Nigeria | 1 |
| Uganda | 0 | | |
| Uganda | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 21 March – Cape Coast | 21 March – Cape Coast |
| | | Senegal | 0 (5) |
| | | Uganda (p) | 0 (6) |

### Gold medal match
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 31 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.
3 goals
* Tracey Twum
2 goals
* Ophelia Amponsah
* Murakama Abdulai
* Edeh Nijdeka
* Chioma Olise
* Rokhyatou Kandé
* Aisha Mnunka
* Catherine Nagadya
1 goal
* Aregash Kalsa Tadesse
* Comfort Owusu
* Motunrayo Ezekiel
* Habiba Issah
* Aicha Kales
* Judith Adaobi Okah
* Chiamaka Okwuchukwu
* Addo Yina
* Khadija Badio
* Axelle Pefla Mendy
* Hasnath Ubamba
* Docus Lwalisa
* Margret Kunihira
1 own goal
* Abir Choab (against Senegal)

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Ghana (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Gold Medal |
| | Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Silver Medal |
| | Uganda | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Senegal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |