African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is an association football tournament for the under 20 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

Organising body	CAF
Founded	2002
Region	Africa
Number of teams	29 (2020)
2022 edition

In the first two editions in 2002 and 2004 only one team qualified for the World Cup, thus a final was played. From 2006 onwards the confederation was granted a second spot, so all following tournaments were played in a knock-out format only to the semi finals. All matches are played on a home and away system, there is no host country for the single years.

Results

African U-19 Women's Championship

Only the winner qualified for the World Cup in the first two editions.

Year	Host nation		Final match				Semi-finalists
			Champion	Score	Runner-up
2002 Details ^[1]^[2]	Home sites		Nigeria	6–0	South Africa		Central African Republic	Morocco
				3–2
2004 Details ^[3]	Home sites		Nigeria	1–0	South Africa		DR Congo	Equatorial Guinea
				0–0

African U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying tournament

Two teams qualify for the World Cup. No final match is played.

Year	Host nation		Qualification 1				Qualification 2
			To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup
2006 Details ^[4]^[5]	Home sites		DR Congo	Walkover ^1	Equatorial Guinea		Nigeria	bye ^2	n/a
2008 Details ^[6]	Home sites		DR Congo	1–3	South Africa		Nigeria	3–2	Ghana
				2–0				2–0
2010 Details ^[7]^[8]	Home sites		Ghana	2–0	DR Congo		Nigeria	5–3	South Africa
				3–0				7–0
2012 Details	Home sites		Ghana	3–1	Tunisia		Nigeria	4–0	DR Congo
				4–1				3–0
2014 Details	Home sites		Ghana	0–1	Equatorial Guinea		Nigeria	6–0	South Africa
				1–0 (4–3 p)				1–0
2015 Details	Home sites		Ghana	2–2	Ethiopia		Nigeria	2–1	South Africa
				4–0				1–0
2018 Details	Home sites		Ghana	1–1	Cameroon		Nigeria	2–0	South Africa
				3–0				6–0
2020 Details	Home sites		Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Home sites		Ghana	3–0	Ethiopia		Nigeria	3–1	Senegal
				2–1				4–1
2024 Details	Home sites		TBD				TBD

1. ^ Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
2. ^ Nigeria were drawn to play the winner of Cameroon and Ghana, but both teams were ejected from the competition.

FIFA World Cup qualification and results

Three different teams have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Nigeria has been the only team to reach the quarter-finals at the World Cup, placing 2nd twice in 2010 and 2014 and 4th in 2012. All other CAF teams have been eliminated in the group stages.

World Cup	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	Total
DR Congo			GS	GS							2
Ghana					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	6
Nigeria	GS	QF	QF	QF	2nd	4th	2nd	GS	QF	QF	10
Total	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Legend

1st — Champions 2nd — Runners-up 3rd — Third place 4th — Fourth place

QF – Quarter-finals GS – Group stage

Teams participating

Team	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2015	2018	2020	2022	Total
Algeria			R1					R1	R1			3
Angola											R1	1
Benin			PR	•							R1	2
Botswana	•			R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	PR		R2	7
Burkina Faso								R2			R1	2
Burundi									R2		R2	2
Cameroon			R2	R1		R1		R1	R3		R3	6
Central African Republic	SF				R1						R1	3
Comoros						•						0
Congo			•	•	R1						R2	2
DR Congo		SF	Q	Q	R3	R3		R2			R1	6
Djibouti								PR	PR		PR	3
Egypt			R2	R1	R1		R1				R1	5
Eswatini											PR	1
Ethiopia			•					R3	R1		SF	3
Equatorial Guinea	R1	SF	R3			R1	R3	R2			•	6
Eritrea			R1								R1	2
Gabon								PR			R2	2
Gambia	•										R2	1
Ghana			R2	R2	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q		Q	8
Guinea			•	PR		•			R1		R2	3
Guinea-Bissau							R1				R1	2
Ivory Coast							R1					1
Kenya			R1		•	R2			R2		R1	4
Lesotho				PR		PR						2
Liberia			R2					R1				2
Libya									•			0
Madagascar		•	•	PR								1
Malawi	•										R1	1
Mali	QF		R1			R2		R1			R1	5
Mauritius				R1								1
Mauritania											R1	1
Morocco	SF	R1	R1			R1	R1		R2		R3	7
Mozambique		•	R1	PR	•	R1	R1				R1	5
Namibia				•	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1		R1	6
Niger	QF										PR	2
Nigeria	1st	1st	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q		Q	10
Réunion					R1							1
Rwanda					PR				•		R1	2
São Tomé and Príncipe					•						PR	1
Senegal			R1					R1	R1		SF	4
Sierra Leone					•	R1	R1	•	R2		R1	4
South Africa	2nd	2nd	R2	R2	R3	R2	R3	R3	R3		R2	10
South Sudan								PR			•	1
Tanzania							R2	R1	R1		R3	4
Togo					•						•	0
Tunisia						R2	R3	R2	•		•	4
Uganda						R1		R2			R3	3
Zambia	QF		PR	PR	R2	R1	R2	R2			R3	8
Zimbabwe	QF		R1	•	R2	R2						4
Total	13	7	22	16	18	19	17	19	16		40

Legend

1st — Champions 2nd — Runners-up 3rd — Third place 4th — Fourth place SF — Semifinal QF — Quarterfinal Q — Qualified for FIFA WC PR — Preliminary Round

R1 — Round 1 R2 — Round 2 R3 — Round 3  •  — Withdrew     — Did not enter    — Hosts q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

See also

• Africa Women Cup of Nations
• African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women

References

1. . cafoline.com. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
2. "2002 results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
3. "2004 World Cup qualifying results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
4. . cafoline.com. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
5. "2006 results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
6. "2008 results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
7. . cafoline.com. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18.
8. "2010 results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.

External links

• Official website
• – rsssf.com