2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Hosts Cameroon qualified automatically, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualification rounds which took place in March and April 2016. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the group stage. Mali protested to CAF about Equatorial Guinea fielding an ineligible player in their qualifier; CAF thus disqualified the latter and had the former replace them at the group stage. ==Venues==

This edition of the tournament took place in Yaoundé and Limbe. ==Squads==

Each participating team's squad contained a maximum of 21 players. ==Draw==

The draw for the group stage took place at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports in Yaoundé on 18 September 2016 at 16:00 WAT (UTC+1). The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. For the draw, hosts Cameroon were seeded in position A1 and the defending champions Nigeria were seeded in position B1, with the remaining six teams seeded based on their results in the preceding three tournament editions. ==Group stage==

The fixtures were released on 3 November 2015. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to the three points for a win system; 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss. If tied on points, the following tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

At this stage, if a match has its scores level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time except for the third place match and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out Bracket Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final ==Goalscorers==

;6 goals • Asisat Oshoala ;3 goals • Elizabeth Addo • Desire Oparanozie ;2 goals • Henriette Akaba • Linda Eshun • Samira Suleman • Bassira Touré ;1 goal • Raissa Feudjio • Christine Manie • Genevieve Ngo • Gabrielle Onguéné • Salma Tarik • Portia Boakye • Esse Akida • Cheris Salano • Sebe Coulibaly • Binta Diarra • Faith Ikidi • Ngozi Okobi • Francisca Ordega • Uchechi Sunday • Refiloe Jane • Andisiwe Mgcoyi • Linda Motlhalo • Jermaine Seoposenwe • Nothando Vilakazi ==Awards==

The following awards were given at the conclusion of this edition of the tournament: ==Gallery==

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