2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details | |
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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) | ![]() ![]() (6 goals each) |
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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Preliminary round | 6 | |
First round | 13 | |
Qualifying rounds | Total | 19 |
Did not enter |
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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 |
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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 |
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0–7 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–5 |
DR Congo ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
5–0 | 1–0 |
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w/o | ![]() |
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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]
![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() |
Burkina Faso ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.
DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.
![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Report |
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Report |
Liberia won on walkover.
First round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Algeria ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–1 |
Cameroon ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–2 |
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4–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–0 |
Ghana ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
6–0 | 2–0 |
DR Congo ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 1–0 |
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1–14 | ![]() |
1–7 | 0–7 |
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0–4 | ![]() |
0–4 | 0–0 |
South Africa ![]() |
9–1 | ![]() |
8–1 | 1–0 |
Note: Order of legs between Liberia and Nigeria reversed from original fixtures.
Algeria ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() ![]() |
Burkina Faso ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() |
Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Equatorial Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.
Ghana ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Owusu-Ansah ![]() Alhassan ![]() Adubea ![]() Ayieyam ![]() |
Report |
![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Ayieyam ![]() Niber-Lawrence ![]() |
Ghana won 8–0 on aggregate.
![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() |
DR Congo won 5–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 14–1 on aggregate.
Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.
South Africa ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Kgatlana ![]() Motlhalo ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() |
South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Burkina Faso ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–0 |
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0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
DR Congo ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–2 |
Zambia ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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]
Burkina Faso ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Abera ![]() |
![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.
![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Diwura-Soale ![]() |
Ghana ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Niber-Lawrence ![]() ![]() |
Report |
Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ihezuo ![]() |
Report |
Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.
Zambia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
South Africa ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Motlhalo ![]() ![]() |
Report | Banda ![]() ![]() |
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 |
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2–6 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–4 |
Nigeria ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–0 |
Ghana ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Adubea ![]() Owusu-Ansah ![]() |
Report |
Ghana won 6–2 on aggregate.
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 |
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8 November 2015 | 3 (2010, 2012, 2014) |
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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
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Princella Adubea
Jane Ayieyam
Linda Motlhalo
- 2 goals
Lily Niber-Lawrence
Chinaza Uchendu
Chrestinah Kgatlana
Barbara Banda
- 1 goal
Catherine Mbengono
Kate Addo
Fatima Alhassan
Wasila Diwura-Soale
Ireen Lungu
Memory Phiri
- Own goal
References[]
- ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Ghana and Nigeria book places in PNG". FIFA.com. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
- ^ a b "FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-20 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
- ^ "U-20 Female Lone Star Qualifies To 2nd Phase". Liberian Observer. 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Eliminatoires-Mondial (F): le match RDC-Gabon reporté au 16 mai". Radio Okapi. 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Away victories boost for Falconets, Princesses". CAF. 29 September 2015.
- ^ "Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia rescheduled for Oct. 10". CAF. 1 October 2015.
External links[]
- 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup – Qualifiers, CAFonline.com
- African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
- 2015 in African football
- 2015 in women's association football
- 2015 in youth association football