Tournament details | |
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Dates | 9 May 2025 – 10 May 2026 |
Teams | 38 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 31 (2.58 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() (3 goals each) |
← 2024 2028 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2025. |
The 2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is the 13th 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 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Four teams qualified from this tournament for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the CAF representatives.
The draw was held on 12 December 2024 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [1] [2]
A total of 38 (out of 54) CAF member associations registered teams for the competition. The teams were seeded based on their performance in the previous qualifying campaign. The four lowest-ranked teams, along with eight associations that did not participate in the previous edition, entered the first round, which featured six ties. The winners of these ties advanced to the second round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Round reached |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 18 | 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 16 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 16 | |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 13 | |
5 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Fourth round |
6 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 11 | |
7 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 8 | |
8 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
9 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 7 | Third round |
10 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | |
11 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | |
12 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | |
13 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
14 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
15 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
16 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
17 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Second round |
18 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
19 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
20 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
21 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
22 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
23 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
24 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
25 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
26 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
27 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |
28 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
29 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
30 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | |
31 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Forfeited the tie |
31 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
33 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | First round |
34 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Forfeited the tie |
34 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
The teams were seeded into pots based on geographical distribution, with UNAF, UNIFFAC, and WAFU placed in one pot, and CECAFA and COSAFA in the other. Ties were drawn between teams from the same pot to minimize travel costs.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Pot 1 (CECAFA and COSAFA) | Pot 2 (UNAF, UNIFFAC and WAFU) | ||
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The following associations have previously fielded or currently field a women's under-20 team but chose not to participate:
The following associations have never fielded a women's under-20 team and did not participate:
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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner. [3]
Round | Leg | Date |
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First round | First leg | 9–11 May 2025 |
Second leg | 16–18 May 2025 | |
Second round | First leg | 19–21 September 2025 |
Second leg | 26–28 September 2025 | |
Third round | First leg | 6–8 February 2026 |
Second leg | 12–14 February 2026 | |
Fourth round | First leg | 1–3 May 2026 |
Second leg | 8–10 May 2026 |
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Gabon ![]() | w/o [b] | ![]() | — | — |
Togo ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Gambia ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–5 |
Rwanda ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–0 |
South Sudan ![]() | 13–0 | ![]() | 5–0 | 8–0 |
Malawi ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Tunisia won 2–1 on aggregate. [5]
Gambia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Bah ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Ivory Coast won 6–0 on aggregate. [6]
Zimbabwe ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Rwanda won 2–1 on aggregate. [7]
South Sudan ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Djibouti ![]() | 0–8 | ![]() |
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Report |
South Sudan won 13–0 on aggregate. [8]
Malawi ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Report |
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Central African Republic ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Daoud ![]() | Report | Chinyamula ![]() |
Malawi won 4–2 on aggregate. [9]
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Niger ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–8 Feb 26' | 12–14 Feb 26' | |
Ethiopia ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–8 Feb 26' | 12–14 Feb 26' | |
Tunisia ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–8 Feb 26' | 12–14 Feb 26' | |
Uganda ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–8 Feb 26' | 12–14 Feb 26' | |
Ivory Coast ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–8 Feb 26' | 12–14 Feb 26' | |
Equatorial Guinea ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–8 Feb 26' | 12–14 Feb 26' | |
Rwanda ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–8 Feb 26' | 12–14 Feb 26' | |
Guinea-Bissau ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–8 Feb 26' | 12–14 Feb 26' |
The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1 |
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There have been 31 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match (as of 18 May 2025).
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal