2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates 2 May – 8 November 2015
Teams 19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 94 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ethiopia Loza Abera
Nigeria Chinwendu Ihezuo
(6 goals each)
← 2014
2018 →

The 2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 8th 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 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the CAF representatives.[1]

Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions.[2]

Teams

A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
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13
Qualifying rounds Total 19

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 would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The two winners of the third round qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[3]

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 1–3 May 2015
Second leg 15–17 May 2015
First round First leg 10–12 July 2015
Second leg 24–26 July 2015
Second round First leg 25–27 September 2015
Second leg 9–11 October 2015
Third round First leg 23–25 October 2015
Second leg 6–8 November 2015

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti  0–7  Burkina Faso 0–2 0–5
DR Congo  6–0  Gabon 5–0 1–0
Sierra Leone  w/o  Liberia — —

Note: Sierra Leone withdrew.[4] First leg of DR Congo v Gabon was postponed to 9 May due to field problems, then to 16 May due to Gabon missing the flight.[5]

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02)
16:00 UTC+3
Djibouti  0–2  Burkina Faso
Report Sawadogo Goal ?', ?'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Inès Niyonsaba (Burundi)

15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)
15:30 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  5–0  Djibouti
Traoré Goal 5', 46'
Sawadogo Goal 11'
Compaoré Goal 46' (pen.)
Sow Goal 81'		 Report
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)

Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.

16 May 2015 (2015-05-16)
15:30 UTC+1
DR Congo  5–0  Gabon
Mwadi Goal 13', 32'
Mbemba Goal 53'
Salu Goal 68'
Mawanda Goal 90+'		 Report
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)

24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)
15:30 UTC+1
Gabon  0–1  DR Congo
Report Salu Goal 44'

DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.

1 May 2015 (2015-05-01)
Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Liberia
Report

15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)
Liberia  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
Report

Liberia won on walkover.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  2–3  Burkina Faso 1–2 1–1
Cameroon  1–2  Ethiopia 0–0 1–2
Equatorial Guinea  4–0  Mali 4–0 0–0
Ghana  8–0  Senegal 6–0 2–0
DR Congo  5–0  Namibia 4–0 1–0
Liberia  1–14  Nigeria 1–7 0–7
Tanzania  0–4  Zambia 0–4 0–0
South Africa  9–1  Botswana 8–1 1–0

Note: Order of legs between Liberia and Nigeria reversed from original fixtures.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
22:15 UTC+1
Algeria  1–2  Burkina Faso
Meskari Goal 47' (pen.) Report Coulibaly Goal 25'
Ouattara Goal 85'

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)
15:30 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  1–1  Algeria
Drabo Goal 36' Report Lamari Goal 75'

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
15:00 UTC+1
Cameroon  0–0  Ethiopia
Report

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  2–1  Cameroon
Abera Goal 18', 54' Report Mbengono Goal 40'

Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
16:00 UTC+1
Equatorial Guinea  4–0  Mali
Esono Goal 37'
Aju Goal ?'
Nsang Goal ?'
Mendoua Goal ?'		 Report

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
16:30 UTC±0
Mali  0–0  Equatorial Guinea
Report

Equatorial Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  6–0  Senegal
Owusu-Ansah Goal 2', 90'
Alhassan Goal 17' (pen.)
Adubea Goal 32'
Ayieyam Goal 41', 78'		 Report

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
17:00 UTC±0
Senegal  0–2  Ghana
Report Ayieyam Goal ?'
Niber-Lawrence Goal ?'

Ghana won 8–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
15:30 UTC+1
DR Congo  4–0  Namibia
Boyengwa Goal 4'
Mwadi Goal 13', 51'
Mawete Goal 44'		 Report
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Tsige Sisay (Ethiopia)

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
14:30 UTC+1
Namibia  0–1  DR Congo
Report Mwadi Goal 64'

DR Congo won 5–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
16:00 UTC±0
Liberia  1–7  Nigeria
Sayee Goal 40' Report Adeboyejo Goal 15', 36', 60'
Ihezuo Goal 30'
Sunday Goal 70'
Ojinma Goal 78', 87'

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  7–0  Liberia
Uchendu Goal 23'
Ojinma Goal 26'
Yakubu Goal 35', 77'
Adeboyejo Goal 39'
Bokiri Goal 71', 82'		 Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Vincentia Enyonam Amedome (Togo)

Nigeria won 14–1 on aggregate.

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)
16:00 UTC+3
Tanzania  0–4  Zambia
Report Phiri Goal 4'
Lungu Goal 20'
Banda Goal 33'
Wilombe Goal 50' (pen.)
Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Batol Mahjob Ibrahim (Sudan)

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  0–0  Tanzania
Report

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  8–1  Botswana
Wiltshire Goal 8'
Salgado Goal 27', 78' (pen.)
Ndyebi Goal 35', 50'
Kgatlana Goal 40', 58'
Motlhalo Goal 52'		 Report Mathlo Goal 56'

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
15:00 UTC+2
Botswana  0–1  South Africa
Report Sikweza Goal 48'
Molepololo Sport Complex, Gaborone
Referee: Nirinjanahary Raharijaona (Madagascar)

South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burkina Faso  0–2  Ethiopia 0–2 0–0
Equatorial Guinea  0–3  Ghana 0–1 0–2
DR Congo  1–4  Nigeria 1–2 0–2
Zambia  2–3  South Africa 0–0 2–3

Note: First leg of Burkina Faso v Ethiopia was postponed to 3 October, then to 10 October, due to coup in Burkina Faso.[6][7]

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
15:30 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  0–2  Ethiopia
Report Abera Goal 8', 69'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Referee: Uloma Nneka Nwogu (Nigeria)

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  0–0  Burkina Faso
Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Tabitha Wambui Njoroge (Kenya)

Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)
16:00 UTC+1
Equatorial Guinea  0–1  Ghana
Report Diwura-Soale Goal 31'
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  2–0  Equatorial Guinea
Niber-Lawrence Goal 73'
Appiah Goal 90'		 Report
Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi
Referee: Viviane Kouélé Igue (Benin)

Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate.

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)
15:30 UTC+1
DR Congo  1–2  Nigeria
Salu Goal 38' Report Uchendu Goal 6'
Ihezuo Goal 12'
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Thérèse Sylvie Abou'ou (Cameroon)

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  2–0  DR Congo
Ihezuo Goal 8', 56' Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  0–0  South Africa
Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  3–2  Zambia
Motlhalo Goal 1', 74'
Makhoali Goal 55'		 Report Banda Goal 52'
Musesa Goal 57'
Makhulong Stadium, Tembisa
Referee: Rusina Kuda Majo (Zimbabwe)

South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  2–6  Ghana 2–2 0–4
Nigeria  3–1  South Africa 2–1 1–0

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  2–2  Ghana
Abera Goal 15', 22' Report Muso Goal 4' (o.g.)
Addo Goal 80'

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  4–0  Ethiopia
Adubea Goal 33', 51'
Owusu-Ansah Goal 49', 67'		 Report

Ghana won 6–2 on aggregate.

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
15:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  2–1  South Africa
Ihezuo Goal 30'
Van Reyneveld Goal 45' (o.g.)		 Report Salgado Goal 90' (pen.)

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  0–1  Nigeria
Report Ihezuo Goal 16'

Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

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 tournament1
 Ghana 8 November 2015 3 (2010, 2012, 2014)
 Nigeria 8 November 2015 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

6 goals

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5 goals
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3 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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Own goal

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