2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
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The 2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 7th edition of the African U-17 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-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 10 January – 14 March 2020 (remaining matches cancelled) |
Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 23 |
Goals scored | 101 (4.39 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Three teams would have qualified from this tournament for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in India as the CAF representatives.[1][2] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[3] As a result, all remaining qualifying matches were cancelled.[4]