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) |
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 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 3–2 | ||||||||
| 2004 Details [3] |
home & away | 1–0 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | ||||
| 2006 Details [4][5] |
home & away | not played 1 | not played 2 | n/a | |||||
| 2008 Details [6] |
home & away | 1–3 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 2–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 2010 Details [7][8] |
home & away | 2–0 | 5–3 | ||||||
| 3–0 | 7–0 | ||||||||
| 2012 Details |
home & away | 3–1 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 4–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 2014 Details |
home & away | 0–1 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 1–0 (4–3 p) | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 2015 Details |
home & away | 2–2 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 4–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 2018 Details |
home & away | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 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 | 0-3 | 1-3 | ||||||
| 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 | 2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2018 |
2022 |
Total |
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| GS | GS | 2 | |||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | Q | 6 | |||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R1 | R1 | q | 4 | ||||||||
| R1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| PR | • | R1 | 2 | |||||||||
| • | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | PR | q | R2 | 8 | |||
| R2 | q | R1 | 3 | |||||||||
| R2 | q | R2 | 3 | |||||||||
| R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R3 | q | R3 | 7 | |||||
| SF | R1 | R1 | 3 | |||||||||
| • | 0 | |||||||||||
| • | • | R1 | q | R2 | 3 | |||||||
| SF | Q | Q | R3 | R3 | R2 | • | R1 | 7 | ||||
| PR | PR | PR | 3 | |||||||||
| R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | q | R1 | 6 | ||||||
| PR | 1 | |||||||||||
| • | R3 | R1 | q | SF | 4 | |||||||
| R1 | SF | R3 | R1 | R3 | R2 | • | 6 | |||||
| R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| PR | q | R2 | 3 | |||||||||
| • | q | R2 | 2 | |||||||||
| R2 | R2 | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | q | Q | 9 | |||
| • | PR | • | R1 | q | R2 | 4 | ||||||
| R1 | q | R1 | 3 | |||||||||
| R1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| R1 | • | R2 | R2 | R1 | 4 | |||||||
| PR | PR | 2 | ||||||||||
| R2 | R1 | q | 3 | |||||||||
| • | 0 | |||||||||||
| • | • | PR | 1 | |||||||||
| • | q | R1 | 2 | |||||||||
| QF | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | 5 | |||||||
| R1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| q | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| SF | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | q | R3 | 8 | ||||
| • | R1 | PR | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | 5 | |||||
| • | R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | q | R1 | 7 | ||||
| QF | PR | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1st | 1st | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | q | Q | 11 | |
| R1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| PR | • | R1 | 2 | |||||||||
| • | PR | 1 | ||||||||||
| R1 | R1 | R1 | q | SF | 5 | |||||||
| • | R1 | R1 | • | R2 | q | R1 | 5 | |||||
| 2nd | 2nd | R2 | R2 | R3 | R2 | R3 | R3 | R3 | q | R2 | 11 | |
| PR | q | • | 2 | |||||||||
| R2 | R1 | R1 | q | R3 | 5 | |||||||
| • | • | 0 | ||||||||||
| R2 | R3 | R2 | • | • | 4 | |||||||
| R1 | R2 | q | R3 | 4 | ||||||||
| QF | PR | PR | R2 | R1 | R2 | R2 | q | R3 | 9 | |||
| 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.
