African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
Organising body CAF
Founded2002
RegionAfrica
Number of teams35 (2024)
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 edition

The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth women's association football qualification competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football for its nations.

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A final was played in the first two editions in 2002 and 2004 as only one team qualified for the first two editions of the U-20 Women's World Cup in those years. Since 2006, with the confederation granted a second spot, all qualification editions till date were and are played in a home-and-away knock-out format until 4 teams are left with half that number booking their spots at the international tournament. On 7 June 2023, CAF revealed the formats for the qualification procedures for the next editions of the FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cups, [1] the former whose draw was conducted the following day. [2]

Results

African U-19 Women's Championship

Only the winner is guaranteed a spot at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for its first two editions.

YearFinal matchSemi-finalists
ChampionScoreRunner-up
2002 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
3–2
2004 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003-2006).svg  DR Congo Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
0–0

African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

YearQualification 1Qualification 2
To FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup ScoreTo FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Score
2006 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo Walkover [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria bye [lower-alpha 2] n/a
2008 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 1–3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
2–02–0
2010 [3] Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2–0Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5–3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
3–07–0
2012 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3–1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 4–0Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
4–13–0
2014 [4] Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0–1Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1–0(4–3 p)1–0
2015 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2–2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
4–01–0
2018 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
3–06–0
2020 Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3–0Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3–1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
2–14–1
YearQualification 1Qualification 2Qualification 3Qualification 4
To FIFA U-20 W-WC ScoreTo FIFA U-20 W-WC ScoreTo FIFA U-20 W-WC ScoreTo FIFA U-20 W-WC Score
2024 Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg2–0Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg2–0Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg4–2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg1–0Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
0–15–11–11–0

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualification and results

Five different teams have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as of the 2024 edition; Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Morocco. Nigeria has been the only team to reach the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final: finishing at the 2nd place twice in 2010 and 2014 and 4th in 2012. Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been eliminated in the group stages.

World Cup Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
2002
Flag of Thailand.svg
2004
Flag of Russia.svg
2006
Flag of Chile.svg
2008
Flag of Germany.svg
2010
Flag of Japan.svg
2012
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
2014
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
2016
Flag of France.svg
2018
Flag of Costa Rica.svg
2022
Flag of Colombia.svg
2024
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2026
Total
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Q1
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo GSGS2
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana GSGSGSGSGSGSQ7
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Q1
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria GSQFQFQF2nd4th2ndGSQFQFQ11
Total112222222244
Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified

Country participation

Legend
Team 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2018 2020 2022 2024 Total
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria R1R1R1R14
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola R1R12
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin PRR1R23
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana R1R1R1R1R1PRR2R18
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso R2R1R13
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi R2R2R33
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon R2R1R1R1R3R3Q7
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 0
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic SFR1R13
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 0
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo R1R2R33
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo SFQQR3R3R2R1R38
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti PRPRPRR14
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt R2R1R1R1R1R36
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini PRR32
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia R3R1SFR34
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea R1SFR3R1R3R2R27
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea R1R12
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon PRR22
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia R21
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana R2R2QQQQQQQ9
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea PRR1R2R34
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau R1R1R23
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast R11
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya R1R2R2R1R35
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho PRPR2
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia R2R12
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 0
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar PR1
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi R11
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali QFR1R2R1R1R36
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius R11
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania R11
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco SFR1R1R1R1R2R3Q|8
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique R1PRR1R1R1R16
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia R2R1R1R1R1R1R17
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger QFPRR13
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1st1stQQQQQQQQQ|11
Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg  Réunion R11
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda PRR12
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe PRR12
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal R1R1R1SFR35
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone R1R1R2R14
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2nd2ndR2R2R3R2R3R3R3R2R111
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan PR1
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania R2R1R1R3R35
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo PR1
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia R2R3R24
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda R3R32
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia QFPRPRR2R1R2R2R3R29
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe QFR1R2R24
Total137221618191719164035

See also

Notes

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

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