2012 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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2012 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates28 October 2011 – 20 May 2012
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored106 (3.66 per match)
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The 2012 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 6th 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. 19 teams entered the competition, but due to withdrawals only 16 actually played matches. The top two teams of the tournament Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan as the CAF representatives.[1]

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played on 28 and 29 October 2011 (first leg) and 19 November 2011 (second leg). Guinea withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Sierra Leone qualified for the next round.[2] Comoros withdrew from competition before the start of the 2nd leg. As a result, Botswana qualified for the next round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg 4–2 File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 2–2 2–0
Botswana File:Flag of Botswana.svg w/o File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 6–1 —
Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg w/o File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone — —

Kenya won 4−2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Botswana won on walkover after Comoros did not appear for the second leg and advanced to the first round.

Sierra Leone won on walkover after Guinea did not appear for the first leg and advanced to the first round.

First round

The first round was held on 17–19 February 2012 (first leg) and 2–3 March 2012 (second leg). Sierra Leone withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg due to a lack of funds. As a result, Nigeria qualified for the next round.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 7–0 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 4–0 3–0
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg 6–1 File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 4–0 2–1
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 2–3 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 1–2 1–1
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg 2–5 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2–1 0–4
Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg 1–5 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 0–5 1–0
Botswana File:Flag of Botswana.svg 2–7 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1–4 1–3
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg 10–0 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 7–0 3–0
Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg w/o File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria — —

Zimbabwe won 7−0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Mali won 6−1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

DR Congo won 3−2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Kenya won 5−2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Tunisia won 5−1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

South Africa won 7−2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Ghana won 10−0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Nigeria won on walkover after Sierra Leone did not appear for the first leg and advanced to the second round.

Second round

The second round was held on 30–31 Mar or 1 Apr (first leg) and 13–15 April 2012 (second leg).[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg 2–4 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1–2 1–2
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 0–5 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 0–2 0–3
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 6–0 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 3–0 3–0
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg 3–6 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 1–3 2–3

Tunisia won 4−2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Ghana won 5−0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Nigeria won 6−0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

RD Congo won 6−3 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Third round

The third round was held on 4–6 May 2012 (first leg) and 18–20 May 2012 (second leg). The winners of the two third round matches qualified directly to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Japan.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 2–7 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1–3 1–4
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 7–0 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 4–0 3–0

Ghana won 7−2 on aggregate and qualified to 2012 FIFA U20 W-WC.

Nigeria won 7−0 on aggregate and qualified to 2012 FIFA U20 W-WC.

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

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 19 May 2012 1 (2010)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 19 May 2012 5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)

References

  1. ↑ "2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". fifa.com. September 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sierra Leone women continue preparing despite the withdrawal of Guinea". sierraleonefootball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Leone: Salone Withdraws From U-20 Fifa Qualifiers". allafrica.com. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "CAF African Women's U-20 Champ Round 2". futbol24.com. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

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