2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

The 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 10th 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 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	17 January – 2 February 2020 (remaining matches cancelled)
Teams	29 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	94 (3.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fatumata (7 goals)
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Two teams would have qualified from this tournament for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica 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] [5]}

Draw

A total of 29 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[6][7][8] The draw procedures were as follows:^[9]

• In the preliminary round, the 26 teams were drawn into 13 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 first round, the 13 preliminary round winners and the three teams receiving byes to the first round were allocated into eight ties based on the preliminary round tie numbers, with three preliminary round winners playing against the three teams receiving byes, and the other ten preliminary round winners playing against each other.
• In the second round, the eight first round winners were allocated into four ties based on the first round tie numbers.
• In the third round, the four second round winners were allocated into two ties based on the second round tie numbers.

Bye to first round (3 teams)	Preliminary round entrants (26 teams)
	Pot A (3 from UNAF + 1 from CECAFA)	Pot B (3 from UNIFFAC + 1 from COSAFA)	Pot C (7 from WAFU A + 1 from WAFU B)	Pot D (4 from CECAFA)	Pot E (6 from COSAFA)
Cameroon  Ghana  Nigeria	Algeria  Egypt  Morocco  South Sudan	Congo  DR Congo  Gabon  Angola	Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia  Mauritania  Senegal  Sierra Leone  Burkina Faso	Burundi  Ethiopia  Tanzania  Uganda	Botswana  Malawi  Namibia  South Africa  Zambia  Zimbabwe

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the World Cup.
• (W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter

•  Benin
•  Cape Verde
•  Central African Republic
•  Chad
•  Comoros
•  Djibouti
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Eritrea
•  Eswatini
•  Ivory Coast
•  Kenya
•  Lesotho
•  Libya
•  Madagascar
•  Mali
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  Niger
•  Rwanda
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
•  Seychelles
•  Somalia
•  Sudan
•  Togo
•  Tunisia

Format

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 was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.^[8][10]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all first round matches, originally scheduled for 20–22 and 27–29 March 2020, had been postponed until further notice.^[11] The CAF announced the new dates in July 2020.^[12] However, on 15 August 2020, CAF announced that all first round matches, rescheduled for 3–5 and 10–12 September 2020, were again postponed due to travel restrictions across parts of Africa as a result of COVID-19.^[13] The CAF sent a letter to the member associations on 21 December 2020 confirming the cancellation of the qualifiers.^[4]

Round	Leg	Date
Preliminary round	First leg	17–19 January 2020
	Second leg	31 January–2 February 2020
First round	First leg	20–22 March 2020, postponed to 3–5 September 2020, eventually cancelled
	Second leg	27–29 March 2020, postponed to 10–12 September 2020, eventually cancelled
Second round	First leg	24–26 April 2020, postponed to 2–4 October 2020, eventually cancelled
	Second leg	8–10 May 2020, postponed to 9–11 October 2020, eventually cancelled
Third round	First leg	29–31 May 2020, postponed to 6–8 November 2020, eventually cancelled
	Second leg	19–21 June 2020, postponed to 13–15 November 2020, eventually cancelled

Bracket

The two winners of the third round would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[7][8]

	Preliminary round						First round						Second round						Third round
	Egypt	3	1	4
	Morocco	5	3	8
							Morocco
							Algeria
	South Sudan	0	0	0
	Algeria	5	4	9
													Winner 14
													Winner 15
	Gabon	—	—	w/o
	DR Congo	—	—
							Gabon
							Congo
	Congo	2	4	6
	Angola	0	2	2
																			Winner 22
																			Winner 23
	Liberia	3	4	7
	Guinea	0	5	5
							Liberia
							Cameroon
													Winner 16
													Winner 17
	Burkina Faso	3	0	3
	Gambia	2	0	2
							Burkina Faso
							Nigeria

	Preliminary round						First round						Second round						Third round
	Mauritania	0	0	0
	Guinea-Bissau	6	9	15
							Guinea-Bissau
							Ghana
													Winner 18
													Winner 19
	Sierra Leone	0	0	0
	Senegal	1	0	1
							Senegal
							Tanzania
	Tanzania	2	2	4
	Uganda	1	1	2
																			Winner 24
																			Winner 25
	Burundi	0	1	1
	Ethiopia	5	2	7
							Ethiopia
							Zimbabwe
	Malawi	1	0	1
	Zimbabwe	1	1	2
													Winner 20
													Winner 21
	Namibia	0	0	0
	Botswana	7	2	9
							Botswana
							South Africa
	Zambia	0	2	2
	South Africa	2	2	4

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egypt	4–8	Morocco	3–5	1–3
South Sudan	0–9	Algeria	0–5	0–4
Gabon	w/o	DR Congo	—	—
Congo	6–2	Angola	2–0	4–2
Liberia	7–5	Guinea	3–0	4–5
Burkina Faso	3–2	Gambia	3–2	0–0
Mauritania	0–15	Guinea-Bissau	0–6	0–9
Sierra Leone	0–1	Senegal	0–1	0–0
Tanzania	4–2	Uganda	2–1	2–1
Burundi	1–7	Ethiopia	0–5	1–2
Malawi	1–2	Zimbabwe	1–1	0–1
Namibia	0–9	Botswana	0–7	0–2
Zambia	2–4	South Africa	0–2	2–2

Egypt	3–5	Morocco
Ghazi 32' (pen.) Emad 52' Nada 66'	Report (Soccerway)	Barchi 6' Redouani 37' (pen.) Brima 38' Banouk 50' Ahmamou 90'

17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)

14:30 UTC+2

Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)

Morocco	3–1	Egypt
Ahmamou 5', 50' Tayar 37'	Report (Soccerway)	Ghazi 72'

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)

15:00 UTC+1

Stade Boubker Ammar, Salé

Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

Morocco won 8–4 on aggregate.

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South Sudan	0–5	Algeria
	Report (Soccerway)	Hamidèche 18' Bahri 35' Nefidsa 40' Ayadi 68' Kennouche 80'

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)

16:00 UTC+3

Startimes Stadium, Kampala (Uganda)^{[note 1]}

Algeria	4–0	South Sudan
Nefidsa 7', 54' Bakhti 30' (pen.) Ournani 34'	Report (Soccerway)

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)

18:00 UTC+1

Stade du 20 Août, Algiers

Algeria won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Gabon	Cancelled	DR Congo
	Report (Soccerway)

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)

15:30 UTC+1

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville

DR Congo	Cancelled	Gabon
	Report (Soccerway)

31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)

--:-- UTC+1

Gabon won on walkover after DR Congo did not appear for the first leg.^[15]

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Congo	2–0	Angola
Senga 55' Dzoussi 90+3'	Report (Soccerway)

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)

15:30 UTC+1

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Angola	2–4	Congo
Alima 22' Madó 90+3'	Report (Soccerway)	Dembélé 25', 35' (pen.) Senga 59' Massoumou 85'

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)

16:00 UTC+1

Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

Congo won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Liberia	3–0	Guinea
Nimene 4', 15' (pen.), 51' (pen.)	Report (Soccerway)

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)

16:00 UTC±0

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

Referee: Theresa Bremansu (Ghana)

Guinea	5–4	Liberia
Cissé 5' Camara 23' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Sidibé 27' Touah 90+4' (o.g.)	Report (Soccerway)	Nimene 1' Agbotsu 26' Kikeh 66', 82'

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)

16:00 UTC±0

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)

Liberia won 7–5 on aggregate.

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Burkina Faso	3–2	Gambia
Congo 34' Goungounga 37' Kaboré 53'	Report (Soccerway)	Jatta 42' Wally 47'

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)

16:00 UTC±0

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Referee: Teneba Bagayoko (Mali)

Gambia	0–0	Burkina Faso
	Report (Soccerway)

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)

16:30 UTC±0

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Mauritania	0–6	Guinea-Bissau
	Report (Soccerway)	Fatumata ?', ?', ?' Nani ?', ?' Nanó ?'

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)

17:00 UTC±0

Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott

Guinea-Bissau	9–0	Mauritania
Nadi 2', 88' Fatumata 17', 52', 67', 90+2' Surai 50' Adama 78' ? ?' (o.g.)	Report (Soccerway)

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)

17:00 UTC±0

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Guinea-Bissau won 15–0 on aggregate.

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Sierra Leone	0–1	Senegal
	Report (Soccerway)	Touré 55'

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)

16:30 UTC±0

Bo Stadium, Bo

Senegal	0–0	Sierra Leone
	Report (Soccerway)

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)

17:00 UTC±0

Stade Al Djigo, Pikine

Senegal won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Tanzania	2–1	Uganda
Msewa 65' Clement 70'	Report (Soccerway)	Nalukenge 47'

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)

16:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Uganda	1–2	Tanzania
Nabbumba 48'	Report (Soccerway)	Msewa 59' Clement 68'

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)

16:00 UTC+3

Startimes Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Darlene Nduwayo (Burundi)

Tanzania won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Burundi	0–5	Ethiopia
	Report (Soccerway)	Feleke 9' Debisa 17' Kalsa 47' Angelique 72' (o.g.) Asereshagn 84'

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)

15:00 UTC+2

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Ethiopia	2–1	Burundi
Yirdaw 27' Kalsa 30'	Report (Soccerway)	Nihorimbere 52'

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)

16:00 UTC+3

Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar

Ethiopia won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Malawi	1–1	Zimbabwe
Mhango 87'	Report (Soccerway)	Dambamuromo 60'

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)

14:30 UTC+2

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

Zimbabwe	1–0	Malawi
Bizeki 72'	Report (Soccerway)

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)

15:00 UTC+2

Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Namibia	0–7	Botswana
	Report (Soccerway)	Abueng 2', 23', 27', 65', 67' Rathari 44' Pilane 75'

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)

17:00 UTC+2

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Botswana	2–0	Namibia
Rathari 13' Dithebe 22'	Report (Soccerway)

31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)

18:00 UTC+2

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

Botswana won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Zambia	0–2	South Africa
	Report (Soccerway)	Daniels 8' Shamase 38'

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)

15:00 UTC+2

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

South Africa	2–2	Zambia
Daniels 18' Vilakazi 80'	Report (Soccerway)	Mapepa 3' Lubanji 77'

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)

15:00 UTC+2

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Itumeleng Methikga (Botswana)

South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	Match 14	Algeria	—	—
Gabon	Match 15	Congo	—	—
Liberia	Match 16	Cameroon	—	—
Burkina Faso	Match 17	Nigeria	—	—
Guinea-Bissau	Match 18	Ghana	—	—
Senegal	Match 19	Tanzania	—	—
Ethiopia	Match 20	Zimbabwe	—	—
Botswana	Match 21	South Africa	—	—

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner 14	Match 22	Winner 15	—	—
Winner 16	Match 23	Winner 17	—	—
Winner 18	Match 24	Winner 19	—	—
Winner 20	Match 25	Winner 21	—	—

Third round

Winners would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner 22	Match 26	Winner 23	—	—
Winner 24	Match 27	Winner 25	—	—

Goalscorers

There were 94 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match (as of 2 February 2020).

7 goals

• Fatumata

5 goals

• Michelle Abueng

4 goals

• Agatha Nimene

3 goals

• Khadidja Nefidsa
• Doha Ahmamou

2 goals

• Oratile Rathari
• Aminata Dembélé
• Dorise Senga
• Nadine Ghazi
• Aregash Kalsa
• Aminata Camara
• Nadi
• Nani
• Lucy Kikeh
• Diana Msewa
• Opah Clement
• Chelsea Daniels

1 goal

• Ghania Ayadi
• Ikram Bahri
• Nassima Bakhti
• Aïcha Hamidèche
• Ghada Kennouche
• Khouloud Ournani
• Alima
• Madó
• Keitumetse Dithebe
• Tebatso Pilane
• Adama Congo
• Elodie Goungounga
• Adèle Kaboré
• Divine Nihorimbere
• Queen Dzoussi
• Magalie Massoumou
• Nada Emad
• Dana Nada
• Rediet Asereshagn
• Tarikwua Debisa
• Mirekat Feleke
• Sira Yirdaw
• Catherine Jatta
• Haddy Wally
• Nathaly Cissé
• Kany Sidibé
• Adama
• Nanó
• Surai
• Pauline Agbotsu
• Yamikani Mhango
• Safae Banouk
• Jihane Barchi
• Fatema Brima
• Zineb Redouani
• Oumaïma Tayar
• Fatou Touré
• Thubelihle Shamase
• Zethembiso Vilakazi
• Phiona Nabbumba
• Juliet Nalukenge
• Oseke Lubanji
• Siomala Mapepa
• Talent Bizeki
• Shyline Dambamuromo

1 own goal

• Keza Angelique (against Ethiopia)
• Jackie Touah (against Guinea)
•  ? (against Guinea-Bissau)

Notes

1. South Sudan played their home match outside the country due to renovation of Juba Stadium.^[14]

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