2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates21 July 2017 – 28 January 2018
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored105 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Princella Adubea
Nigeria Rasheedat Ajibade
(10 goals each)
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The 2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 9th 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 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Two teams qualify from this tournament for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the CAF representatives.[1]

Teams

A total of 19 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was announced by the CAF on 15 June 2017.[2]

Bye to first round
(13 teams) 		Preliminary round entrants
(6 teams)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the World Cup.
Did not enter

Format

Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.[3]

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 21–23 July 2017
Second leg 4–6 August 2017
First round First leg 15–17 September 2017
Second leg 29 September – 1 October 2017
Second round First leg 3–5 November 2017
Second leg 17–19 November 2017
Third round First leg 12–14 January 2018
Second leg 26–28 January 2018

Bracket

The two winners of the third round qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Preliminary round First round Second round Third round
                
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 6 2 8
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 0 1 1
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi — — w/o
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda — —
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 2 0 2
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0 5 5
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5 4 9
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 0 0 0
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0 0 0
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2 6 8
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 2 1 3
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 0 2 2
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1 1 2
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1 5 6
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 6 9
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 0 0 0
Preliminary round First round Second round Third round
                
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia — —
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone — — w/o
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya — —
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone — — w/o
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone — —
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon — — w/o
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 0 —
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 9 — w/o
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 1 0 1
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1 3 4
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 0 0 0
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 5 5 10
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 5 5 10
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 0 1 1
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 2 1 3
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 2 4
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 1 —
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 7 — w/o

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi File:Flag of Burundi.svg 8–1 File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 6–0 2–1
Libya File:Flag of Libya.svg w/o File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone — —
Botswana File:Flag of Botswana.svg w/o File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1–7 —
Burundi File:Flag of Burundi.svg6–0File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti
 Report
Referee: Florentina Zablon Chief (Tanzania)

Burundi won 8–1 on aggregate.

Libya File:Flag of Libya.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
Report
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Report
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

Sierra Leone won on walkover after Libya withdrew.[4]

Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
Report
Referee: Anna Akoyi (Uganda)

Kenya won on walkover after Botswana withdrew prior to the second leg for financial reasons.[5]

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi File:Flag of Burundi.svg w/o File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda — —
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 9–0 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 5–0 4–0
Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 2–0 1–2
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 9–0 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 3–0 6–0
Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg w/o File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone — —
Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg w/o File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 0–9 —
Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg 0–10 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 0–5 0–5
Ethiopia File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg 3–4 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2–2 1–2
Burundi File:Flag of Burundi.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
Report
Rwanda File:Flag of Rwanda.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi
Report

Burundi won on walkover after Rwanda withdrew.[6]

South Africa won 9–0 on aggregate.

Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.

Sierra Leone won on walkover after Tunisia withdrew.[7]

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Report
Referee: Bijou Mayinga Mbimba (DR Congo)

Cameroon won on walkover after Guinea withdrew prior to the second leg.[8]

Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.

Kenya won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi File:Flag of Burundi.svg 2–5 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2–0 0–5
Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg 2–6 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1–1 1–5
Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg w/o File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon — —
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg 10–1 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 5–0 5–1

South Africa won 5–2 on aggregate.

Nigeria won 6–2 on aggregate.

Cameroon won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew.[9]

Ghana won 10–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 0–8 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 0–2 0–6
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 1–4 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1–1 0–3

Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.

Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.

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

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[10]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 27 January 2018 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 27 January 2018 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "19 teams engaged for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 qualifiers". CAF. 15 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "FIXTURES PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-20 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF.
  4. ↑ "Sierra Leone Sports: Salone female U-20 team qualify to next stage". awoko.org. 7 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Botswana pull out from Kenya U20 return leg". capitalfm.co.ke. 28 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "African hopefuls set sights on France 2018". CAF. 21 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sierra Leone Sports: As Tunisia withdraw—Salone U-20 women progress to last 8". awoko.org. 24 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Mondial Féminin U20 : la Guinée pousse le Cameroun au second tour". camfoot.com. 26 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Sierra Leone crisis forces women's teams to be pulled from WC qualifying as cash frozen". Inside World Football. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ghana, Nigeria return to global finals". FIFA.com. 27 January 2018. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018.

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