African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is an association football tournament for the under 20 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Founded | 2002 | 
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| Region | Africa (CAF) | 
| Number of teams | 29 (2020) | 
|  2022 edition | |
In the first two editions in 2002 and 2004 only one team qualified for the World Cup, thus a final was played. From 2006 onwards the confederation was granted a second spot, so all following tournaments were played in a knock-out format only to the semi finals. All matches are played on a home and away system, there is no host country for the single years.
Results
    
    African U-19 Women's Championship
    
Only the winner qualified for the World Cup in the first two editions.
| Year | Host nation | Final match | Semi-finalists | |||||
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| Champion | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2002 Details [1][2] | home & away |  Nigeria | 6–0 |  South Africa |  Central African Republic |  Morocco | ||
| 3–2 | ||||||||
| 2004 Details [3] | home & away |  Nigeria | 1–0 |  South Africa | .svg.png.webp) DR Congo |  Equatorial Guinea | ||
| 0–0 | ||||||||
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying tournament
    
Two teams qualify for the World Cup. No final match is played.
| Year | Host nation | Qualification 1 | Qualification 2 | ||||||
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| To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | ||||
| 2006 Details [4][5] | home & away |  DR Congo | not played 1 |  Equatorial Guinea |  Nigeria | not played 2 | n/a | ||
| 2008 Details [6] | home & away |  DR Congo | 1–3 |  South Africa |  Nigeria | 3–2 |  Ghana | ||
| 2–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 2010 Details [7][8] | home & away |  Ghana | 2–0 |  DR Congo |  Nigeria | 5–3 |  South Africa | ||
| 3–0 | 7–0 | ||||||||
| 2012 Details | home & away |  Ghana | 3–1 |  Tunisia |  Nigeria | 4–0 |  DR Congo | ||
| 4–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 2014 Details | home & away |  Ghana | 0–1 |  Equatorial Guinea |  Nigeria | 6–0 |  South Africa | ||
| 1–0 (4–3 p) | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 2015 Details | home & away |  Ghana | 2–2 |  Ethiopia |  Nigeria | 2–1 |  South Africa | ||
| 4–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 2018 Details | home & away |  Ghana | 1–1 |  Cameroon |  Nigeria | 2–0 |  South Africa | ||
| 3–0 | 6–0 | ||||||||
| 2020 Details | home & away | Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| 2022 Details | home & away |  Ethiopia | 0-3 |  Ghana |  Nigeria | 1-3 |  Senegal | ||
| 1-2 | 1-4 | ||||||||
| 2024 Details | home & away | TBD | TBD | ||||||
FIFA World Cup qualification and results
    
Three different teams have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Nigeria has been the only team to reach the quarter-finals at the World Cup, placing 2nd twice in 2010 and 2014 and 4th in 2012. All other CAF teams have been eliminated in the group stages.
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| World Cup | .svg.png.webp) 2002 |  2004 |  2006 |  2008 |  2010 |  2012 | .svg.png.webp) 2014 |  2016 |  2018 |  2022 | Total | 
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|  DR Congo | GS | GS | 2 | ||||||||
|  Ghana | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | Q | 6 | ||||
|  Nigeria | GS | QF | QF | QF | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | QF | Q | 10 | 
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 
Teams participating
    
| Team | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | Total | 
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|  Algeria | R1 | R1 | R1 | q | 4 | |||||||
|  Angola | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||
|  Benin | PR | • | R1 | 2 | ||||||||
|  Botswana | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | PR | q | R2 | 8 | ||
|  Burkina Faso | R2 | q | R1 | 3 | ||||||||
|  Burundi | R2 | q | R2 | 3 | ||||||||
|  Cameroon | R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R3 | q | R3 | 7 | ||||
|  Central African Republic | SF | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||||||||
|  Comoros | • | 0 | ||||||||||
|  Congo | • | • | R1 | q | R2 | 3 | ||||||
|  DR Congo | SF | Q | Q | R3 | R3 | R2 | • | R1 | 7 | |||
|  Djibouti | PR | PR | PR | 3 | ||||||||
|  Egypt | R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | q | R1 | 6 | |||||
|  Eswatini | PR | 1 | ||||||||||
|  Ethiopia | • | R3 | R1 | q | SF | 4 | ||||||
|  Equatorial Guinea | R1 | SF | R3 | R1 | R3 | R2 | • | 6 | ||||
|  Eritrea | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||
|  Gabon | PR | q | R2 | 3 | ||||||||
|  Gambia | • | q | R2 | 2 | ||||||||
|  Ghana | R2 | R2 | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | q | Q | 9 | ||
|  Guinea | • | PR | • | R1 | q | R2 | 4 | |||||
|  Guinea-Bissau | R1 | q | R1 | 3 | ||||||||
|  Ivory Coast | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||
|  Kenya | R1 | • | R2 | R2 | R1 | 4 | ||||||
|  Lesotho | PR | PR | 2 | |||||||||
|  Liberia | R2 | R1 | q | 3 | ||||||||
|  Libya | • | 0 | ||||||||||
|  Madagascar | • | • | PR | 1 | ||||||||
|  Malawi | • | q | R1 | 2 | ||||||||
|  Mali | QF | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | 5 | ||||||
|  Mauritius | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||
|  Mauritania | q | R1 | 2 | |||||||||
|  Morocco | SF | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | q | R3 | 8 | |||
|  Mozambique | • | R1 | PR | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | 5 | ||||
|  Namibia | • | R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | q | R1 | 7 | |||
|  Niger | QF | PR | 2 | |||||||||
|  Nigeria | 1st | 1st | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | q | Q | 11 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Réunion | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||
|  Rwanda | PR | • | R1 | 2 | ||||||||
|  São Tomé and Príncipe | • | PR | 1 | |||||||||
|  Senegal | R1 | R1 | R1 | q | SF | 5 | ||||||
|  Sierra Leone | • | R1 | R1 | • | R2 | q | R1 | 5 | ||||
|  South Africa | 2nd | 2nd | R2 | R2 | R3 | R2 | R3 | R3 | R3 | q | R2 | 11 | 
|  South Sudan | PR | q | • | 2 | ||||||||
|  Tanzania | R2 | R1 | R1 | q | R3 | 5 | ||||||
|  Togo | • | • | 0 | |||||||||
|  Tunisia | R2 | R3 | R2 | • | • | 4 | ||||||
|  Uganda | R1 | R2 | q | R3 | 4 | |||||||
|  Zambia | QF | PR | PR | R2 | R1 | R2 | R2 | q | R3 | 9 | ||
|  Zimbabwe | QF | R1 | • | R2 | R2 | q | 5 | |||||
| Total | 13 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 28 | 40 | 
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References
    
- "2002 African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
- "2002 results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- "2004 World Cup qualifying results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- "2006 African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
- "2006 results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- "2008 results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- "2010 African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18.
- "2010 results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
