Tournament details | |
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Dates | 21 July 2017 – 28 January 2018 |
Teams | 19 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 105 (4.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (10 goals each) |
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The 2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 9th 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 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Two teams qualify from this tournament for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the CAF representatives. [1]
A total of 19 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was announced by the CAF on 15 June 2017. [2]
Bye to first round (13 teams) | Preliminary round entrants (6 teams) |
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Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to determine the winner.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows. [3]
Round | Leg | Date |
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Preliminary round | First leg | 21–23 July 2017 |
Second leg | 4–6 August 2017 | |
First round | First leg | 15–17 September 2017 |
Second leg | 29 September – 1 October 2017 | |
Second round | First leg | 3–5 November 2017 |
Second leg | 17–19 November 2017 | |
Third round | First leg | 12–14 January 2018 |
Second leg | 26–28 January 2018 |
The two winners of the third round qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Burundi ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() | 6–0 | 2–1 |
Libya ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
Botswana ![]() | w/o | ![]() | 1–7 | — |
Djibouti ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Burundi won 8–1 on aggregate.
Libya ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Sierra Leone ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Sierra Leone won on walkover after Libya withdrew. [4]
Kenya won on walkover after Botswana withdrew prior to the second leg for financial reasons. [5]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Burundi ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
South Africa ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() | 5–0 | 4–0 |
Morocco ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Nigeria ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() | 3–0 | 6–0 |
Tunisia ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
Guinea ![]() | w/o | ![]() | 0–9 | — |
Algeria ![]() | 0–10 | ![]() | 0–5 | 0–5 |
Ethiopia ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | 2–2 | 1–2 |
Burundi won on walkover after Rwanda withdrew. [6]
South Africa ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Namibia ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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South Africa won 9–0 on aggregate.
Senegal ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.
Tunisia ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Sierra Leone ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Sierra Leone won on walkover after Tunisia withdrew. [7]
Guinea ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() |
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Cameroon won on walkover after Guinea withdrew prior to the second leg. [8]
Algeria ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.
Kenya won 4–3 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Burundi ![]() | 2–5 | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–5 |
Morocco ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–5 |
Sierra Leone ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
Ghana ![]() | 10–1 | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–1 |
Burundi ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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South Africa ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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South Africa won 5–2 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 6–2 on aggregate.
Sierra Leone ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Cameroon ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Cameroon won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew. [9]
Ghana ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Ghana won 10–1 on aggregate.
Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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South Africa ![]() | 0–8 | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–6 |
Cameroon ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–3 |
South Africa ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Nigeria ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.
Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.
The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [10]
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1 |
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![]() | 27 January 2018 | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
![]() | 27 January 2018 | 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |