2006 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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2006 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates4 March – 11 June 2006
Teams22 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored58 (3.87 per match)
2004 (U-19 Championship)
2008

The 2006 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification was the 3rd edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

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In 2006, FIFA granted Africa a second qualification spot at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized qualification matches for its member nations between 4 March and 11 June 2006. At the conclusion of qualification, DR Congo and Nigeria represented Africa at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–5Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 0–42–1
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg3–1Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 2–11–0
Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svgw/oFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svgw/oFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svgw/oFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svgw/oFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg bye
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg bye
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg bye
Eritrea  Flag of Eritrea.svg bye
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg bye
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg bye
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg bye
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg bye
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg bye
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg bye
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg04Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
  • Nadia Simbine Soccerball shade.svg6'
  • Augusta Massingue Soccerball shade.svg39'
  • Atalia Mazuze Soccerball shade.svg72'
  • Aida Camusse Soccerball shade.svg78'
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg12Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia

Mozambique won 5−2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg21Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
  • Kiuvu Soccerball shade.svg43' (pen.)
  • Nzuzi Soccerball shade.svg85'
Ayandike Soccerball shade.svg46'
Benin  Flag of Benin.svg01Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo

DR Congo won 3−1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg9–0Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 6–03–0
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg10–1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8–02–1
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg2–6Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 2–30–3
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–4Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 1–10–3
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svgw/oFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgw/oFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svgw/oFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svgw/oFlag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg6−0Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg0−3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

South Africa won 9−0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg80Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg1−2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

Nigeria won 10−1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg23Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svg30 (Awarded)Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

Liberia won after Algeria failed to appear for the second leg.


Mali  Flag of Mali.svg11Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg30 (Awarded)Flag of Mali.svg  Mali

DR Congo won after Mali failed to appear for the second leg.


Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg w/o Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Egypt won on walkover after Zimbabwe failed to appear for the first leg.


Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg w/o Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal

Cameroon won on walkover after Senegal failed to appear for the first leg.


Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg w/o Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea won on walkover after Morocco failed to appear for the first leg.


Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg w/o Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea

Ghana won on walkover after Eritrea failed to appear for the first leg.

Third round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg10–2Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 1–19–1
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg2–2 (a)Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 2–10–1
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svgw/oFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgdq [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 4–0
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg11Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svg19Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

Nigeria won 10−2 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.


South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg21Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg10Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

DR Congo won 2−2 on aggregate via the away goals rule and advanced to the fourth round.


Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg w/o Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea won on walkover after Egypt failed to appear for the first leg.


Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg40Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svgNot played [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

Both Cameroon and Ghana were ejected from the competition after the first leg.

Fourth round

First legs were played on 27–28 May and the second legs on 10–11 June 2006. Winners qualify for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svgw/oFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg bye [lower-alpha 1]
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg w/o Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea

DR Congo won on walkover and qualified straightaway after Equatorial Guinea failed to appear for the first leg.

Nigeria were drawn to play the winner of Cameroon vs. Ghana, but with both ejected from the competition, Nigeria also qualified straightaway.

Qualified teams for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship

The following teams represented Africa at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.

TeamQualified on
  • Previous FIFA U-20 Women's
  • World Championship appearances
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 10 June 20060
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 11 June 20062 (2002, 2004)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Both Cameroon and Ghana were ejected from the competition for respectively having players holding forged visas and for fielding two overage players.

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