2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates7 August 2021 – 27 March 2022
Teams40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored206 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ethiopia Rediet Assresahagn
Nigeria Flourish Sabastine (7 goals each)
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The 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 11th 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 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Two teams could qualify from this tournament for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives.[1] This edition of the tournament also doubles as the qualifiers for the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana where teams who reached the fourth round qualified automatically.


Draw

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A total of 40 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 10 May 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [2]

  • In the first round, the 16 teams were drawn into 8 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 second round, the 8 first round winners and the 24 teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into 16 ties based on the first round tie numbers, with eight first round winners playing against the eight teams receiving byes, and the other 16 first round winners playing against each other.
  • In the third round, the 16 second round winners were allocated into eight ties based on the second round tie numbers.
  • In the fourth round, the eight third round winners were allocated into four ties based on the third round tie numbers.
  • In the fifth round, the four fourth round winners were allocated into two ties based on the fourth round tie numbers

Table

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Participants (40 teams)
Pot A
(8 from CECAFA) 		Pot B
(10 from COSAFA) 		Pot C
(4 from UNAF) 		Pot D
(8 from UNIFFAC) 		Pot E
(8 from WAFU A) 		Pot F
(6 from WAFU B)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter

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Format

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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]

Schedule

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Round Leg Date
First round First leg 5–7 August 2021
Second leg 19–21 August 2021
Second round[4] First leg 23–25 September 2021
Second leg 7–9 October 2021
Third round[5] First leg 2–4 December 2021
Second leg 16–18 December 2021
Fourth round[6] First leg 21–23 January 2022
Second leg 4–6 February 2022
Fifth round[7] First leg 12–13 March 2022
Second leg 26–27 March 2022

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti  1–6  Eritrea 1–3 0–3
Rwanda  w/o[8]  South Sudan — —
Eswatini  0–2  Mozambique 0–0 0–2
Mauritania  w/o[9]  Tunisia — —
Niger  2–13  Benin 1–6 1–7
Togo  w/o[9]  Mali — —
DR Congo  9–1  São Tomé and Príncipe 5–1 4–0
Equatorial Guinea  w/o[9]  Central African Republic — —
Djibouti 1–3 Eritrea
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Eritrea 3–0 Djibouti
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Eritrea won 6–1 on aggregate.

Eswatini 0–0 Mozambique
Report
Referee: Patience Mumba (Zambia)
Mozambique 2–0 Eswatini
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Black Bulls Sports Complex, Matola

Mozambique won 2–0 on aggregate.

Niger 1–6 Benin
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Referee: Hannah Elaigwu (Nigeria)
Benin 7–1 Niger
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Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Benin won 13–2 on aggregate.

DR Congo 5–1 São Tomé and Príncipe
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São Tomé and Príncipe 0–4 DR Congo
Report
Referee: Annael Omanda (Gabon)

DR Congo won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eritrea  0–5  Tanzania 0–3 0–2
Burundi  5–0  Namibia 3–0 2–0
Angola  1–8  Botswana 1–4 0–4
Rwanda  0–8  Ethiopia 0–4 0–4
Kenya  3–10  Uganda 2–7 1–3
Mozambique  2–4  South Africa 0–1 2–3
Zambia  8–1  Malawi 6–0 2–1
Mauritania  w/o[A]  Ghana — —
Benin  3–4  Morocco 1–2 2–2
Gambia  1–1 (4–3 p)  Burkina Faso 0–1 1–0
Mali  3–5  Senegal 2–4 1–1
Guinea  1–1 (3–2 p)  Sierra Leone 0–1 1–0
Gabon  w/o[B]  Guinea-Bissau — —
DR Congo  0–9  Cameroon 0–4 0–5
Egypt  2–4  Congo 1–1 1–3
Central African Republic  0–11  Nigeria 0–7 0–4

Notes:

  1. ^ Ghana won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Mauritania withdrew before the first leg.[10]
  2. ^ Gabon won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Guinea-Bissau failed to appear for the first leg.[11]
Eritrea 0–3 Tanzania
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Stade Asmara, Asmara
Tanzania 2–0 Eritrea
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Tanzania won 5–0 on aggregate.

Burundi 3–0 Namibia
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Stade Urukundo, Ngozi
Referee: Florentina Zablon (Tanzania)
Namibia 0–2 Burundi
Report
Dobsonville Stadium, Soweto (South Africa)
Referee: Patience Mumba (Zambia)

Burundi won 5–0 on aggregate.

Angola 1–4 Botswana
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Botswana 4–0 Angola
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Botswana won 8–1 on aggregate.

Rwanda 0–4 Ethiopia
Report
Ethiopia 4–0 Rwanda
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Ethiopia won 8–0 on aggregate.

Kenya 2–7 Uganda
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Referee: Asnakech Gebire (Ethiopia)
Uganda 3–1 Kenya
 Report
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

Uganda won 10–3 on aggregate.

Mozambique 0–1 South Africa
Report
Black Bulls Sports Complex, Matola
South Africa 3–2 Mozambique
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South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zambia 6–0 Malawi
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Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)
Malawi 1–2 Zambia
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Zambia won 8–1 on aggregate.

Benin 1–2 Morocco
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Referee: Juliet Appiah (Ghana)
Morocco 2–2 Benin
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Referee: Aïssatou Kanté (Guinea)

Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.

Gambia 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report
Burkina Faso 0–1 Gambia
Report
Penalties
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1–1 on aggregate. Gambia won 4–3 on penalties.

Mali 2–4 Senegal
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Senegal 1–1 Mali
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Senegal won 5–3 on aggregate.

Guinea 0–1 Sierra Leone
Report
Referee: Ana Maria Lopes (Cape Verde)
Sierra Leone 0–1 Guinea
Report
Penalties
2–3
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)

1–1 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–2 on penalties.

DR Congo 0–4 Cameroon
Report
Referee: Annael Omanda (Gabon)
Cameroon 5–0 DR Congo
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Referee: Chancelle Ngakosso (Congo)

Cameroon won 9–0 on aggregate.

Egypt 1–1 Congo
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Congo 3–1 Egypt
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Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

Central African Republic 0–7 Nigeria
Report
Nigeria 4–0 Central African Republic
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Referee: Naffisa Sani (Niger)

Nigeria won 11–0 on aggregate.

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania  4–3  Burundi 3–2 1–1
Botswana  2–8  Ethiopia 1–3 1–5
Uganda  1–0  South Africa 1–0 0–0
Zambia  0–1  Ghana 0–0 0–1
Morocco  9–1  Gambia 3–1 6–0
Senegal  3–3 (a)  Guinea 2–0 1–3
Cameroon  w/o[A]  Gabon — —
Congo  w/o[B]  Nigeria 0–4 —
  1. ^ Cameroon won on walkover and advanced to the fourth round after Gabon withdrew before the first leg.[12][5]
  2. ^ Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the fourth round after Congo withdrew before the second leg in Nigeria citing travel challenges.[13]
Tanzania 3–2 Burundi
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Burundi 1–1 Tanzania
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Stade Urukundo, Ngozi

Tanzania won 4–3 on aggregate.

Botswana 1–3 Ethiopia
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Ethiopia 5–1 Botswana
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Ethiopia won 8–2 on aggregate.

Uganda 1–0 South Africa
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Referee: Tsehaynesh Abebe (Ethiopia)
South Africa 0–0 Uganda
Report

Uganda won 1–0 on aggregate.

Zambia 0–0 Ghana
Report
Ghana 1–0 Zambia
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Ghana won 1–0 on aggregate.

Morocco 3–1 Gambia
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Referee: Mame Coumba Faye (Senegal)
Gambia 0–6 Morocco
Report
Referee: Hamidou Diero (Burkina Faso)

Morocco won 9–1 on aggregate.

Senegal 2–0 Guinea
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Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)
Guinea 3–1 Senegal
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Referee: Rakiatou Fofana (Mali)

3–3 on aggregate. Senegal won on away goals.

Congo 0–4 Nigeria
Report
Nigeria Cancelled Congo
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Nigeria won on walkover after Congo withdrew from the second leg in Nigeria.[13]

Fourth round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania  1–2  Ethiopia 1–0 0–2
Uganda  1–7  Ghana 1–2 0–5
Morocco  2–2 (4–5 p)  Senegal 1–1 1–1
Cameroon  0–3  Nigeria 0–0 0–3
Tanzania 1–0 Ethiopia
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Ethiopia 2–0 Tanzania
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Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Uganda 1–2 Ghana
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Ghana 5–0 Uganda
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Referee: Patience Madu (Nigeria)

Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.

Morocco 1–1 Senegal
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Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Senegal 1–1 Morocco
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Penalties
5–4

2–2 on aggregate. Senegal won 5–4 on penalties.

Cameroon 0–0 Nigeria
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Nigeria 3–0 Cameroon
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Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate.

Fifth round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  1–5  Ghana 0–3 1–2
Senegal  2–7  Nigeria 1–3 1–4
Ethiopia 0–3 Ghana
Report
Referee: Florentina Zablon (Tanzania)
Ghana 2–1 Ethiopia
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Referee: Aurore Ligan (Benin)

Ghana won 5–1 on aggregate.

Senegal 1–3 Nigeria
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Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
Nigeria 4–1 Senegal
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Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

Nigeria won 7–2 on aggregate.

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

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The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Nigeria 26 March 2022 9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Ghana 27 March 2022 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for 2023 African Games

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The following eight teams from CAF qualified for the 2023 African Games women's football tournament by virtue of qualifying into the Fourth Round of the Tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in African Games1
 Morocco 12 December 2021 1 (2019)
 Ethiopia 17 December 2021 2 (2003, 2007)
 Nigeria 4 (2003, 2007, 2015, 2019)
 Uganda 0 (debut)
 Cameroon 18 December 2021 4 (2003, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Ghana 3 (2007, 2011, 2015)
 Senegal 1 (2007)
 Tanzania 2 (2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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There were 206 goals scored in 61 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal