Sierra Leone’s Sierra Queens will battle Côte d’Ivoire in the first round of qualifiers for the Women’s Olympic Games in Paris 2024.
Eighteen ( 18) teams will compete in a home-and-away format to progress to the next round from 10–18 July 2023. Two nations from Africa will qualify for Paris 2024 following the conclusion of the tournament.
The first round of the Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament will see nine home and away matchups, with the following teams drawn to play against each other:
With Côte d’Ivoire hosting the first leg, the winner between the West African nations will play Tunisia in the following rounds.
The second round October 23-31, the third round February 19-28 February 2024 and the final round will be staged between April 1-9 2024.
The full first round of matches are below.
- Guinea-Bissau vs Benin
- Guinea vs Ghana
- Burkina Faso vs Mali
- Côte d’Ivoire vs Sierra Leone
- Namibia vs Equatorial Guinea
- Uganda vs Rwanda
- Ethiopia vs Chad
- Congo vs the United Republic of Tanzania
- Mozambique vs DR Congo
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