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2022 AWCON: Holders Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Tunisia among qualifiers
Nigeria will defend their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title later this year after defeating Ivory Coast 1-0 in Abidjan to secure their spot at the finals in Morocco.
The Super Falcons, who had a 2-0 advantage heading into the second leg, netted with three minutes remaining through Esther Okoronkwo.
Goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie had earlier saved a first-half penalty for the nine-time Nations Cup winners, and the Lady Elephants could not find a way through in the second half.
South Africa, runners up at the last tournament in 2018, have also qualified following a 1-1 draw in Algeria on Wednesday.
A fine looping header from Sylia Koui put the north Africans ahead in first-half injury time in Algiers, but Linda Motlhalo equalised from the penalty spot just after the hour mark to send Banyana Banyana through 3-1 on aggregate.
Elsewhere, Tunisia secured their ticket to the tournament after overcoming two-time champions Equatorial Guinea 7-3 on aggregate despite losing 3-2 in Malabo.
Meanwhile, Cameroon won 2-1 in The Gambia to wrap up a 10-1 overall triumph for the three-time runners-up, and Botswana, Burkina Faso and Togo will all be making their debuts at the finals.
The Burkinabe beat Guinea-Bissau 1-0 to progress 7-0 on aggregate while Togo won 2-1 in Gabon to go through 4-2 over the two legs.
Botswana qualified on away goals following a 2-0 defeat at home by Zimbabwe, with the Zebras going through courtesy of their 3-1 win in last week’s first leg in Harare.
Those seven sides join hosts Morocco, Uganda, Burundi, Zambia and Senegal to complete the line-up for the 12-team tournament.
Morocco will host the Women’s Nations Cup from 2-23 July, with the four semi-finalists automatically qualifying for the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Wednesday’s Women’s Afcon second qualifying round second leg results
- Gabon 1-2 Togo (2-4 agg)
- Equatorial Guinea 3-2 Tunisia (3-7 agg)
- The Gambia 1-2 Cameroon (1-10 agg)
- Ivory Coast 0-1 Nigeria (0-3 agg)
- Burkina Faso 1-0 Guinea-Bissau (7-0 agg)
- Botswana 0-2 Zimbabwe (3-3 agg – Botswana win on away goals)
- Algeria 1-1 South Africa (1-3 agg)
Source: BBC
Source: footballghana.com
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