2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

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2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates August 2021 – February 2022
Teams40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
Goals scored173 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ethiopia
Morocco
Nigeria (5 goals each)
← 2020
→
All statistics correct as of 18 December 2021.

The 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament is scheduled to be the 11th 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 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Two teams should qualify from this tournament for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives.[1]

Draw[]

A total of 40 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 10 May 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [2]

  • In the first round, the 16 teams were drawn into 8 ties, with teams divided into five pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
  • In the second round, the 8 first round winners and the 24 teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into 16 ties based on the first round tie numbers, with eight first round winners playing against the eight teams receiving byes, and the other 16 first round winners playing against each other.
  • In the third round, the 16 second round winners were allocated into eight ties based on the second round tie numbers.
  • In the fourth round, the eight third round winners were allocated into four ties based on the third round tie numbers.
  • In the fifth round, the four fourth round winners were allocated into two ties based on the fourth round tie numbers

Table[]

Participants (40 teams)
Pot A
(8 from CECAFA) 		Pot B
(10 from COSAFA) 		Pot C
(4 from UNAF) 		Pot D
(8 from UNIFFAC) 		Pot E
(8 from WAFU A) 		Pot F
(6 from WAFU B)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter[]

Format[]

Qualification ties will be 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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.[3]

Schedule[]

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 5–7 August 2021
Second leg 19–21 August 2021
First round[4] First leg 23–25 September 2021
Second leg 7–9 October 2021
Second round[5] First leg 2–4 December 2021
Second leg 16–18 December 2021
Third round [6] First leg 21-23 January 2022
Second leg 4-6 February 2022
Fourth round First leg 2022
Second leg 2022

Preliminary round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  1–6   1–3 0–3
  w/o[7]   — —
  0–2   0–0 0–2
  w/o[8]  Tunisia — —
Niger  2–13  Benin 1–6 1–7
Togo  w/o[8]  Mali — —
DR Congo  9–1   5–1 4–0
Equatorial Guinea  w/o[8]   — —
 1–3 
  • Goal 63'
 Report
  • Goal 13', 65'
  • Goal 45+1'
 3–0 
  • Goal 47'
  • Goal 73', 86'
 Report

Eritrea won 6–1 on aggregate.

 0–0 
Report
Referee: Patience Mumba (Zambia)
 2–0 
  • Goal 20'
  • Goal 35'
 Report
Black Bulls Sports Complex, Matola

Mozambique won 2–0 on aggregate.

Niger 1–6 Benin
  • ? Goal ?'
 Report
  • Goal ?', ?'
  • Goal ?', ?'
  • Goal ?'
  • Goal ?'
Referee: Hannah Elaigwu (Nigeria)
Benin 7–1 Niger
  • Goal 3'
  • Goal 11', 65'
  • Goal 31'
  • Goal 45' (pen.)
  • Goal 56'
  • Goal 75'
 Report
  • Goal 48'
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Benin won 13–2 on aggregate.

DR Congo 5–1 
  • Goal 27', 77'
  • Goal 61', 84'
  • Goal 79'
 Report
  • Goal 55'
 0–4 DR Congo
Report
  • Goal ?'
  • Goal ?'
  • Goal ?', ?'
Referee: Annael Omanda (Gabon)

DR Congo won 9–1 on aggregate.

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  0–5  Tanzania 0–3 0–2
  5–0   3–0 2–0
  1–8   1–4 0–4
  0–8  Ethiopia 0–4 0–4
Kenya  3–10  Uganda 2–7 1–3
  2–4  South Africa 0–1 2–3
Zambia  8–1   6–0 2–1
  w/o[A]  Ghana — —
Benin  3–4  Morocco 1–2 2–2
  1–1 (4–3 p)  Burkina Faso 0–1 1–0
Mali  3–5  Senegal 2–4 1–1
Guinea  1–1 (3–2 p)  Sierra Leone 0–1 1–0
Gabon  w/o[B]   — —
DR Congo  0–9  Cameroon 0–4 0–5
  2–4   1–1 1–3
  0–11  Nigeria 0–7 0–4

Notes:

  1. ^ Ghana won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Mauritania withdrew before the first leg.[9]
  2. ^ Gabon won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Guinea-Bissau failed to appear for the first leg.[10]
 0–3 Tanzania
Report
Stade Asmara, Asmara
Tanzania 2–0 
  • Goal 55'
  • Goal 84'
 Report

Tanzania won 5–0 on aggregate.

 3–0 
  • ? Goal ?'
  • ? Goal ?'
  • ? Goal ?'
 Report
Stade Urukundo, Ngozi
Referee: Florentina Zablon (Tanzania)
 0–2 
Report
  • Goal 15', 20'
Dobsonville Stadium, Soweto (South Africa)
Referee: Patience Mumba (Zambia)

Burundi won 5–0 on aggregate.

 1–4 
  • ? Goal 58'
 Report
  • ? Goal 11' (o.g.)
  • Goal 16'
  • Goal 61'
  • Goal 66'
 4–0 
  • Goal 13', 77'
  • Goal 23'
  • Goal 36' (pen.)
 Report

Botswana won 8–1 on aggregate.

 0–4 Ethiopia
Report
  • Goal 19', 27'
  • Goal 56'
  • Goal 61'
Ethiopia 4–0 
  • Goal 33'
  • Goal 41'
  • Goal 57', 57'
 Report

Ethiopia won 8–0 on aggregate.

Kenya 2–7 Uganda
  • Goal 61', 79'
 Report
Referee: Asnakech Gebire (Ethiopia)
Uganda 3–1 Kenya
 Report
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

Uganda won 10–3 on aggregate.

 0–1 South Africa
Report
  • Goal 36'
Black Bulls Sports Complex, Matola
South Africa 3–2 
  • Goal 13', 29', 82'
 Report
  • Goal 17', 40'

South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zambia 6–0 
 Report
Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)
 1–2 Zambia
  • Goal 3'
 Report
  • Goal 7'
  • Goal 38'
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

Zambia won 8–1 on aggregate.

Benin 1–2 Morocco
  • Goal 56'
 Report
  • Goal 29'
  • Goal 35'
Referee: Juliet Appiah (Ghana)
Morocco 2–2 Benin
  • Goal 38'
  • Goal 82'
 Report
Referee: Aïssatou Kanté (Guinea)

Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.

 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report
  • Goal 77'
Burkina Faso 0–1 
Report
  • Goal 71'
Penalties
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty missed
 3–4
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored

1–1 on aggregate. Gambia won 4–3 on penalties.

Mali 2–4 Senegal
  • Goal 45+1', 89'
 Report
  • Goal 19', 29', 77'
  • Goal 90+4'
Senegal 1–1 Mali
  • Goal 90+2'
 Report
  • Goal 24'

Senegal won 5–3 on aggregate.

Guinea 0–1 Sierra Leone
Report
  • Goal 17'
Referee: Ana Maria Lopes (Cape Verde)
Sierra Leone 0–1 Guinea
Report
  • Goal 4'
Penalties
2–3
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)

1–1 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–2 on penalties.

DR Congo 0–4 Cameroon
Report
  • Goal 28'
  • Goal 45'
  • Goal 58'
  • Goal 86'
Referee: Annael Omanda (Gabon)
Cameroon 5–0 DR Congo
  • Goal 29'
  • Goal 43'
  • Goal 50', 53'
  • Goal 79'
 Report
Referee: Chancelle Ngakosso (Congo)

Cameroon won 9–0 on aggregate.

 1–1 
  • Goal ?'
 Report
  • Goal ?'
 3–1 
  • Goal 30', 52'
  • Goal 32'
 Report
  • Goal 78'

Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

 0–7 Nigeria
Report
  • Goal 2', 5' (pen.)
  • Goal 34'
  • Goal 44'
  • Goal 78'
  • Goal 83'
  • Goal 90+1'
Nigeria 4–0 
  • Goal 13'
  • Goal 35', 51'
  • Goal 87'
 Report
Referee: Naffisa Sani (Niger)

Nigeria won 11–0 on aggregate.

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania  4–3   3–2 1–1
  2–8  Ethiopia 1–3 1–5
Uganda  1–0  South Africa 1–0 0–0
Zambia  0–1  Ghana 0–0 0–1
Morocco  9–1   3–1 6–0
Senegal  3–3 (a)  Guinea 2–0 1–3
Cameroon  w/o[A]  Gabon — —
  w/o[B]  Nigeria 0–4 —
  1. ^ Cameroon won on walkover and advanced to the fourth round after Gabon withdrew before the first leg.[11][5]
  2. ^ Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the fourth round after Congo withdrew before the second leg in Nigeria citing travel challenges.[12]
Tanzania 3–2 
 Report
  • Goal 22'
  • Goal 57'
 1–1 Tanzania
  • ? Goal 13'
 Report
  • Goal 8'
Stade Urukundo, Ngozi

Tanzania won 4-3 on aggregate.

 1–3 Ethiopia
  • Goal 57'
 Report
  • Goal 35'
  • Goal 43'
  • Goal 82' (pen.)
Ethiopia 5–1 
  • Goal 27' (o.g.)
  • Goal 30'
  • Goal 33', 37'
  • Goal 57' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Goal 86'

Ethiopia won 8–2 on aggregate.

Uganda 1–0 South Africa
  • Goal 19'
 Report
Referee: Tsehaynesh Abebe (Ethiopia)
South Africa 0–0 Uganda
Report

Uganda won 1–0 on aggregate.

Zambia 0–0 Ghana
Report
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Ghana 1–0 Zambia
 Report

Ghana won 1–0 on aggregate.

Morocco 3–1 
 Report
  • Goal 56'
Referee: Mame Coumba Faye (Senegal)
 0–6 Morocco
Report
  • Goal 2', 15', 56'
  • Goal 45+2'
  • Goal 74'
  • Goal 90+1'

Morocco won 9–1 on aggregate.

Senegal 2–0 Guinea
  • Goal 65'
  • Goal 89'
 Report
Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)
Guinea 3–1 Senegal
  • Goal 8'
  • Goal 45+1'
  • Goal 90+2'
 Report
  • Goal 49'
Referee: Rakiatou Fofana (Mali)

3–3 on aggregate. Senegal won on away goals.

 0–4 Nigeria
Report
  • Goal 38'
  • Goal 47'
  • Goal 50' (pen.)
  • Goal 55'
Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat, Brazzaville
Nigeria Cancelled 
Report

Nigeria won on walkover after Congo withdrew from the second leg in Nigeria.[12]

Third round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania  Match 33  Ethiopia
Uganda  Match 34  Ghana
Morocco  Match 35  Senegal
Cameroon  Match 36  Nigeria
Tanzania v Ethiopia
Ethiopia v Tanzania
Uganda v Ghana
Ghana v Uganda
Morocco v Senegal
Senegal v Morocco
Cameroon v Nigeria
Nigeria v Cameroon

Fourth round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner M33 Match 37 Winner M34
Winner M35 Match 38 Winner M36

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
Winner M37
Winner M38
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers[]

There were 173 goals scored in 49 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match (as of 18 December 2021).

5 goals

  • Ethiopia
  • Morocco
  • Nigeria

4 goals

  • Benin
  • Zambia

3 goals

2 goals

  • Benin
  • Benin
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Botswana
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cameroon
  • Cameroon
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Eritrea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Morocco
  • Morocco
  • Nigeria
  • Nigeria
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Uganda
  • Uganda
  • Zambia

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Angola ? (against Botswana)
  • Botswana (against Ethiopia)
  • Botswana (against Ethiopia)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ "U20 Women's World Cup 2022: African qualifying tournament dates, fixtures released". Caf. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
  4. ^ "Fixtures of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica qualifying second round". CAF. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Costa Rica 2022™: Third Qualifying Round First Leg". CAF. 29 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Costa Rica 2022™: Fourth Round Fixtures".
  7. ^ "Rwanda Women's National Team Qualify for FIFA U-20 WWCQ Second Round". 26 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Eritrea progress in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers". CAF. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Black Princesses get walk-over following Mauritania's withdrawal". Modern Ghana. GFA Communications. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Les U20 du Gabon qualifiées par forfait contre la Guinée Bissau" (in French). Gabon All Sport. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Le Gabon se retire de la compétition Et qualifie le Cameroun". africafootunited.com. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  12. ^ a b [Congo withdraws from FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers "Le Congo se retire de la compétition Et qualifie le Nigeria"] Check |url= value (help). cafonline.com. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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