The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the draw for the African qualifying phase of the women’s football event at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will take place on Wednesday, 29 April 2026 at its headquarters in Cairo.
The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 15h00 local time and will be streamed live on CAF TV, setting the stage for what promises to be a highly competitive qualification campaign across the continent.
A total of 35 national teams have entered the race for a place at the Olympic Games, including Nigeria women’s national football team, alongside Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The qualification process will be played over five rounds, with only two teams eventually securing Africa’s slots at the Games, underlining the intensity and high stakes of the campaign.
According to the schedule, the men’s gold medal match will be played on 28 July, with the women’s final taking place a day later on 29 July, bringing the competition to a close.
