2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 2021 – February 2022 |
Teams | 40 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 97 (4.04 per match) |
← 2020 2024 →
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2021. |
The 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament is scheduled to be 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 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Two teams should 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]
Draw
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
Participants (40 teams) | |||||
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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
Format
Qualification ties will be 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
Round | Leg | Date |
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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 | First leg | 2021 |
Second leg | 2021 | |
Fourth round | First leg | 2021 |
Second leg | 2021 | |
Fifth round | First leg | 2022 |
Second leg | 2022 |
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Djibouti | 1–6 | Eritrea | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Rwanda | w/o[5] | South Sudan | — | — |
Eswatini | 0–2 | Mozambique | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Mauritania | w/o[6] | Tunisia | — | — |
Niger | 2–13 | Benin | 1–6 | 1–7 |
Togo | w/o[6] | Mali | — | — |
DR Congo | 9–1 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5–1 | 4–0 |
Equatorial Guinea | w/o[6] | 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 |
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Mozambique | 2–0 | Eswatini |
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Mozambique won 2–0 on aggregate.
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 |
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DR Congo won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Eritrea | Match 9 | Tanzania | 0–3 | 9 Oct |
Burundi | 5–0 | Namibia | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Angola | Match 11 | Botswana | 1–4 | 9 Oct |
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 | Match 17 | Morocco | 1–2 | 9 Oct |
Gambia | Match 18 | Burkina Faso | 0–1 | 9 Oct |
Mali | 3–5 | Senegal | 2–4 | 1–1 |
Guinea | Match 20 | Sierra Leone | 0–1 | 9 Oct |
Gabon | w/o[B] | Guinea-Bissau | — | — |
DR Congo | Match 22 | Cameroon | 0–4 | 9 Oct |
Egypt | Match 23 | Congo | 1–1 | 9 Oct |
Central African Republic | 0–11 | Nigeria | 0–7 | 0–4 |
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Namibia | 0–2 | Burundi |
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Burundi won 5–0 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 8–0 on aggregate.
Uganda won 10–3 on aggregate.
Mozambique | 0–1 | South Africa |
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South Africa | 3–2 | Mozambique |
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South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Malawi | v | Zambia |
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Gambia | 0–1 | Burkina Faso |
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Senegal won 5–3 on aggregate.
Guinea | 0–1 | Sierra Leone |
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DR Congo | 0–4 | Cameroon |
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Central African Republic | 0–7 | Nigeria |
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Nigeria | 4–0 | Central African Republic |
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Nigeria won 11–0 on aggregate.
Third round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Winner M9 | Match 25 | Burundi | ||
Winner M11 | Match 26 | Ethiopia | ||
Uganda | Match 27 | South Africa | ||
Winner M15 | Match 28 | Ghana | ||
Winner M17 | Match 29 | Winner M18 | ||
Senegal | Match 30 | Winner M20 | ||
Gabon | Match 31 | Winner M22 | ||
Winner M23 | Match 32 | Nigeria |
Fourth round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Winner M25 | Match 33 | Winner M26 | ||
Winner M27 | Match 34 | Winner M28 | ||
Winner M29 | Match 35 | Winner M30 | ||
Winner M31 | Match 36 | Winner M32 |
Fifth round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Winner M33 | Match 37 | Winner M34 | ||
Winner M35 | Match 38 | Winner M36 |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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 |
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Winner M37 | ||
Winner M38 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 34 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match (as of 27 August 2021).
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References
- ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
- ^ "U20 Women's World Cup 2022: African qualifying tournament dates, fixtures released". Caf. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
- ^ "Fixtures of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica qualifying second round". CAF. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Rwanda Women's National Team Qualify for FIFA U-20 WWCQ Second Round". 26 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Eritrea progress in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers". CAF. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Black Princesses get walk-over following Mauritania's withdrawal". Modern Ghana. GFA Communications. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Les U20 du Gabon qualifiées par forfait contre la Guinée Bissau" (in French). Gabon All Sport. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.