2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates 21 July 2017 – 28 January 2018
Teams 19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 105 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ghana Princella Adubea
Nigeria Rasheedat Ajibade
(10 goals each)
2015
2020

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

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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 Template: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 Template:W/o
 Libya
 Sierra Leone Template:W/o
 Sierra Leone
 Cameroon Template:W/o
 Guinea 0
 Cameroon 9 Template: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 Template:W/o

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi  8–1  Djibouti 6–0 2–1
Libya  Template:W/o  Sierra Leone
Botswana  Template:W/o  Kenya 1–7

Burundi won 8–1 on aggregate.


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


Kenya won on walkover after Botswana withdrew prior to the second leg for financial reasons.[5]

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi  Template: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  Template:W/o  Sierra Leone
Guinea  Template:W/o  Cameroon 0–9
Algeria  0–10  Ghana 0–5 0–5
Ethiopia  3–4  Kenya 2–2 1–2

Burundi won on walkover after Rwanda withdrew.[6]


South Africa won 9–0 on aggregate.


Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate.


Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.


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


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


Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.


Kenya won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. 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  Template:W/o  Cameroon
Ghana  10–1  Kenya 5–0 5–1

South Africa won 5–2 on aggregate.


Nigeria won 6–2 on aggregate.


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


Ghana won 10–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Africa  0–8  Nigeria 0–2 0–6
Cameroon  1–4  Ghana 1–1 0–3

Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.


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

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6 goals

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5 goals

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4 goals

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3 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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References

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