2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
DatesSeptember 2013 – 24 January 2014
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored116 (4.83 per match)
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The 2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 7th 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.[1]

The tournament was played on a home and away knockout basis between September 2013 and 24 January 2014. 17 teams entered the competition, although Egypt withdrew before playing a match.[2] The top two teams of the tournament Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada as the CAF representatives.[3][4]

Participants

The Confederation of African Football invited all national teams, needing confirmation of participation by 14 July 2013.[5] Eventually 17 teams entered the competition.[6]

Preliminary round

Uganda's 13–0 return leg win was a tournament record for the African qualifiers.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Sudan  0–22  Uganda 0–9 0–13
Uganda 13−0 South Sudan

Uganda won 22−0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

Nigeria was drawn to play Burkina Faso this round, but after Burkina Faso withdrew they were paired against Sierra Leone.[7][8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  16–0  Sierra Leone 10–0 6–0
Morocco  1–8  Tunisia 0–4 1–4
Tanzania  15–1  Mozambique 10–0 5–1
Botswana  2–7  South Africa 2–5 0–2
Namibia  0–3  Zambia 0–1 0–2
Ivory Coast  2–6  Equatorial Guinea 0–4 2–2
Egypt  w/o1  Uganda — —
Ghana  w/o2  Guinea-Bissau — —
  • 1: Egypt withdrew from their match against Uganda.[9]
  • 2: Guinea-Bissau withdrew from their match against Ghana.[10]

Second round

Played on weekends of 6 and 20 December 2013.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  8–0  Tunisia 4–0 4–0
Tanzania  1–9  South Africa 1–4 0–5
Zambia  0–6  Equatorial Guinea 0–2 0–4
Uganda  w/o1  Ghana — —
  • 1: Uganda withdrew from their match against Ghana for financial reasons.[11]

Third round

Played on weekends of 10 and 24 January 2014.[12][13] Nigeria qualified for the seventh time in as many attempts. Ghana qualifies for the third time in a row.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  7–0  South Africa 6–0 1–0
Equatorial Guinea  1–1 (3–4 p)  Ghana 1–0 0–1

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
 Ghana 24 January 2014 2 (2010, 2012)
 Nigeria 24 January 2014 6 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)

References

  1. ^ "World Cup qualifiers". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Uganda names U-20 women's team for World Cup qualifier". mtnfootball.com. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Nigeria, Ghana make it three on the trot". FIFA. 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 27, 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". fifa.com. August 26, 2014.
  5. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women WC set for preliminaries". futaa.com. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Complete draw published". safa.net. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Nigeria's U-20 Female Side To Face Sierra Leone In Canada 2014 Qualifiers". afrikansoccer.com. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  8. ^ "U-20 Women's W/Cup qualifier: Falconets set for S/Leone". tribune.com.ng. 22 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Uganda: U20 Women Advance After Egypt Pulls Out". allafrica.com. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Ghana ladies advance in 2014 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup qualifiers". ghanasoccernet.com. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Uganda withdraws from U20 FIFA competition". 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  12. ^ Eludini, Tunde (13 January 2014). "South Africa/Nigeria: Canada 2014 Qualifiers - Nigeria's Falconets Wallop South Africa" – via AllAfrica.
  13. ^ "Ghana suffer slim defeat in Women's U20 World Cup qualifier against Equatorial Guinea - GHANAsoccernet.com".