Two teams would have qualified from this tournament for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives.[1][2] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[3] As a result, all remaining qualifying matches were cancelled.[4][5]
Draw
A total of 29 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[6][7][8] The draw procedures were as follows:[9]
In the preliminary round, the 26 teams were drawn into 13 ties, with teams divided into five pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
In the first round, the 13 preliminary round winners and the three teams receiving byes to the first round were allocated into eight ties based on the preliminary round tie numbers, with three preliminary round winners playing against the three teams receiving byes, and the other ten preliminary round winners playing against each other.
In the second round, the eight first round winners were allocated into four ties based on the first round tie numbers.
In the third round, the four second round winners were allocated into two ties based on the second round tie numbers.
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 was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[8][10]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all first round matches, originally scheduled for 20–22 and 27–29 March 2020, had been postponed until further notice.[11] The CAF announced the new dates in July 2020.[12] However, on 15 August 2020, CAF announced that all first round matches, rescheduled for 3–5 and 10–12 September 2020, were again postponed due to travel restrictions across parts of Africa as a result of COVID-19.[13] The CAF sent a letter to the member associations on 21 December 2020 confirming the cancellation of the qualifiers.[4]
Round
Leg
Date
Preliminary round
First leg
17–19 January 2020
Second leg
31 January–2 February 2020
First round
First leg
20–22 March 2020, postponed to 3–5 September 2020, eventually cancelled
Second leg
27–29 March 2020, postponed to 10–12 September 2020, eventually cancelled
Second round
First leg
24–26 April 2020, postponed to 2–4 October 2020, eventually cancelled
Second leg
8–10 May 2020, postponed to 9–11 October 2020, eventually cancelled
Third round
First leg
29–31 May 2020, postponed to 6–8 November 2020, eventually cancelled
Second leg
19–21 June 2020, postponed to 13–15 November 2020, eventually cancelled
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