2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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

Preliminary round

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

Burundi won 8–1 on aggregate.

Libya Cancelled Sierra Leone
Report
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Sierra Leone Cancelled Libya
Report
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

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

Botswana 1–7 Kenya
 Report
Referee: Rusina Kuda Majo (Zimbabwe)
Kenya Cancelled 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  w/o  Rwanda — —
South Africa  9–0  Namibia 5–0 4–0
Morocco  3–2  Senegal 2–0 1–2
Nigeria  9–0  Tanzania 3–0 6–0
Tunisia  w/o  Sierra Leone — —
Guinea  w/o  Cameroon 0–9 —
Algeria  0–10  Ghana 0–5 0–5
Ethiopia  3–4  Kenya 2–2 1–2
Burundi Cancelled Rwanda
Report
Rwanda Cancelled Burundi
Report

Burundi won on walkover after Rwanda withdrew.[6]

South Africa 5–0 Namibia
 Report
Referee: Nirinjanahary Raharijaona (Madagascar)
Namibia 0–4 South Africa
Report
Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)

South Africa won 9–0 on aggregate.

Morocco 2–0 Senegal
 Report
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Senegal 2–1 Morocco
  • Cissokho 52'
  • Baldé 87'
 Report
Referee: Fabienne Yvette Yameogo (Burkina Faso)

Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Nigeria 3–0 Tanzania
 Report
Referee: Vincentia Enyonam Amedome (Togo)
Tanzania 0–6 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Batol Mahjob Ibrahim (Sudan)

Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.

Tunisia Cancelled Sierra Leone
Report
Sierra Leone Cancelled Tunisia
Report

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

Guinea 0–9 Cameroon
Report
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)
Cameroon Cancelled Guinea
Report
Referee: Bijou Mayinga Mbimba (DR Congo)

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

Algeria 0–5 Ghana
Report
Referee: Aurore Christelle Ligan (Benin)
Ghana 5–0 Algeria
 Report
Referee: Salematou Bah (Guinea)

Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.

Ethiopia 2–2 Kenya
 Report
Referee: Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)
Kenya 2–1 Ethiopia
 Report
Referee: Anna Akoyi (Uganda)

Kenya won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi  2–5  South Africa 2–0 0–5
Morocco  2–6  Nigeria 1–1 1–5
Sierra Leone  w/o  Cameroon — —
Ghana  10–1  Kenya 5–0 5–1
Burundi 2–0 South Africa
 Report
Referee: Agneta Itubo Napangor (Kenya)
South Africa 5–0 Burundi
 Report
Referee: Tania Marisa Duarte (Angola)

South Africa won 5–2 on aggregate.

Morocco 1–1 Nigeria
 Report
Referee: Joyce Obenewa Appiah (Ghana)
Nigeria 5–1 Morocco
 Report
Referee: Aurore Christelle Ligan (Benin)

Nigeria won 6–2 on aggregate.

Sierra Leone Cancelled Cameroon
Report
Cameroon Cancelled Sierra Leone
Report

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

Ghana 5–0 Kenya
 Report
Kenya 1–5 Ghana
 Report
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

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  0–8  Nigeria 0–2 0–6
Cameroon  1–4  Ghana 1–1 0–3
South Africa 0–2 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Nigeria 6–0 South Africa
 Report
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.

Cameroon 1–1 Ghana
 Report
Referee: Chancelle Cynthia Imane Ngakossa (Congo)
Ghana 3–0 Cameroon
 Report
Referee: Aissata Diarra (Mali)

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
 Nigeria 27 January 2018 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 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.