2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates2 May – 8 November 2015
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored94 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Ethiopia.svg Loza Abera
Flag of Nigeria.svg Chinwendu Ihezuo
(6 goals each)
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The 2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 8th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, 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 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Contents

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the CAF representatives. [1]

Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions. [2]

Teams

A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. [3]

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
Preliminary round
6
First round
13
Qualifying roundsTotal19

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The two winners of the third round qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows. [3]

RoundLegDate
Preliminary roundFirst leg1–3 May 2015
Second leg15–17 May 2015
First roundFirst leg10–12 July 2015
Second leg24–26 July 2015
Second roundFirst leg25–27 September 2015
Second leg9–11 October 2015
Third roundFirst leg23–25 October 2015
Second leg6–8 November 2015

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Djibouti  Flag of Djibouti.svg0–7Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 0–20–5
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg6–0Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 5–01–0
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svgw/oFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia ——

Note: Sierra Leone withdrew. [4] First leg of DR Congo v Gabon was postponed to 9 May due to field problems, then to 16 May due to Gabon missing the flight. [5]

Djibouti  Flag of Djibouti.svg0–2Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Report Sawadogo Soccerball shade.svg?', ?'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Inès Niyonsaba (Burundi)
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg5–0Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti
Traoré Soccerball shade.svg5', 46'
Sawadogo Soccerball shade.svg11'
Compaoré Soccerball shade.svg46' (pen.)
Sow Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Report
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)

Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.

DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg5–0Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Mwadi Soccerball shade.svg13', 32'
Mbemba Soccerball shade.svg53'
Salu Soccerball shade.svg68'
Boyengwa Soccerball shade.svg90+'		 Report
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)
Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg0–1Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Report Salu Soccerball shade.svg44'
Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.

Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svgCancelledFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
Report
Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svgCancelledFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
Report

Liberia won on walkover.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg2–3Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 1–21–1
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg1–2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 0–01–2
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg4–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 4–00–0
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg8–0Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 6–02–0
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg5–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 4–01–0
Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svg1–14Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–70–7
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg0–4Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 0–40–0
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg9–1Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 8–11–0

Note: Order of legs between Liberia and Nigeria reversed from original fixtures.

Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg1–2Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Meskari Soccerball shade.svg47' (pen.) Report Coulibaly Soccerball shade.svg25'
Ouattara Soccerball shade.svg85'
Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg1–1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Drabo Soccerball shade.svg36' Report Lamari Soccerball shade.svg75'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg0–0Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Report
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg2–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Abera Soccerball shade.svg18', 54' Report Mbengono Soccerball shade.svg40'
Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar

Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg4–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Esono Soccerball shade.svg37'
Aju Soccerball shade.svg?'
Nsang Soccerball shade.svg?'
Mendoua Soccerball shade.svg?'		 Report
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg0–0Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Report
Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Equatorial Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg6–0Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Owusu-Ansah Soccerball shade.svg2', 90'
Alhassan Soccerball shade.svg17' (pen.)
Adubea Soccerball shade.svg32'
Ayieyam Soccerball shade.svg41', 78'		 Report
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg0–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report Ayieyam Soccerball shade.svg?'
Niber-Lawrence Soccerball shade.svg?'
Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Ghana won 8–0 on aggregate.

DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg4–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Salu Soccerball shade.svg4'
Mwadi Soccerball shade.svg13', 51'
Kipoyi Soccerball shade.svg44'		 Report
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Tsige Sisay (Ethiopia)
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg0–1Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Report Mwadi Soccerball shade.svg64'
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

DR Congo won 5–0 on aggregate.

Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svg1–7Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Sayee Soccerball shade.svg40' Report Adeboyejo Soccerball shade.svg15', 36', 60'
Ihezuo Soccerball shade.svg30'
Sunday Soccerball shade.svg70'
Ojinma Soccerball shade.svg78', 87'
Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg7–0Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
Uchendu Soccerball shade.svg23'
Ojinma Soccerball shade.svg26'
Yakubu Soccerball shade.svg35', 77'
Adeboyejo Soccerball shade.svg39'
Bokiri Soccerball shade.svg71', 82'		 Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Vincentia Enyonam Amedome (Togo)

Nigeria won 14–1 on aggregate.

Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg0–4Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report Phiri Soccerball shade.svg4'
Lungu Soccerball shade.svg20'
Banda Soccerball shade.svg33'
Wilombe Soccerball shade.svg50' (pen.)
Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Batol Mahjob Ibrahim (Sudan)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg0–0Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg8–1Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Wiltshire Soccerball shade.svg8'
Salgado Soccerball shade.svg27', 78' (pen.)
Ndyebi Soccerball shade.svg35', 50'
Kgatlana Soccerball shade.svg40', 58'
Motlhalo Soccerball shade.svg52'		 Report Mathlo Soccerball shade.svg56'
Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg0–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report Sikweza Soccerball shade.svg48'
Molepololo Sport Complex, Gaborone
Referee: Nirinjanahary Raharijaona (Madagascar)

South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg0–2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 0–20–0
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg0–3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0–10–2
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg1–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–20–2
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0–02–3

Note: First leg of Burkina Faso v Ethiopia was postponed to 3 October, then to 10 October, due to coup in Burkina Faso. [6] [7]

Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg0–2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Report Abera Soccerball shade.svg8', 69'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Referee: Uloma Nneka Nwogu (Nigeria)
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg0–0Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Tabitha Wambui Njoroge (Kenya)

Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg0–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report Diwura-Soale Soccerball shade.svg31'
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg2–0Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Niber-Lawrence Soccerball shade.svg73'
Appiah Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report
Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi
Referee: Viviane Kouélé Igue (Benin)

Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate.

DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg1–2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Salu Soccerball shade.svg38' Report Uchendu Soccerball shade.svg6'
Ihezuo Soccerball shade.svg12'
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Thérèse Sylvie Abou'ou (Cameroon)
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Ihezuo Soccerball shade.svg8', 56' Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg0–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–2Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Motlhalo Soccerball shade.svg1', 74'
Makhoali Soccerball shade.svg55'		 Report Banda Soccerball shade.svg52'
Musesa Soccerball shade.svg57'
Makhulong Stadium, Tembisa
Referee: Rusina Kuda Majo (Zimbabwe)

South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg2–6Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2–20–4
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg3–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2–11–0
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg2–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Abera Soccerball shade.svg15', 22' Report Muso Soccerball shade.svg4' (o.g.)
Addo Soccerball shade.svg80'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg4–0Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Adubea Soccerball shade.svg33', 51'
Owusu-Ansah Soccerball shade.svg49', 67'		 Report
Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Ghana won 6–2 on aggregate.

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Ihezuo Soccerball shade.svg30'
Van Reyneveld Soccerball shade.svg45' (o.g.)		 Report Salgado Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)
National Stadium, Abuja
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg0–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report Ihezuo Soccerball shade.svg16'
Makhulong Stadium, Johannesburg

Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 8 November 20153 (2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 8 November 20157 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ghana and Nigeria book places in PNG". FIFA.com. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-20 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "U-20 Female Lone Star Qualifies To 2nd Phase". Liberian Observer. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Eliminatoires-Mondial (F): le match RDC-Gabon reporté au 16 mai". Radio Okapi. 9 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Away victories boost for Falconets, Princesses". CAF. 29 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia rescheduled for Oct. 10". CAF. 1 October 2015.
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