2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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A total of 29 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[6][7][8] The draw procedures were as follows:^[9]

• In the preliminary round, the 26 teams were drawn into 13 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 first round, the 13 preliminary round winners and the three teams receiving byes to the first round were allocated into eight ties based on the preliminary round tie numbers, with three preliminary round winners playing against the three teams receiving byes, and the other ten preliminary round winners playing against each other.
• In the second round, the eight first round winners were allocated into four ties based on the first round tie numbers.
• In the third round, the four second round winners were allocated into two ties based on the second round tie numbers.

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the World Cup.
• (W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter

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 was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.^[8][10]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all first round matches, originally scheduled for 20–22 and 27–29 March 2020, had been postponed until further notice.^[11] The CAF announced the new dates in July 2020.^[12] However, on 15 August 2020, CAF announced that all first round matches, rescheduled for 3–5 and 10–12 September 2020, were again postponed due to travel restrictions across parts of Africa as a result of COVID-19.^[13] The CAF sent a letter to the member associations on 21 December 2020 confirming the cancellation of the qualifiers.^[4]

The two winners of the third round would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[7][8]

	Preliminary round						First round						Second round						Third round
	Egypt	3	1	4
	Morocco	5	3	8
							Morocco
							Algeria
	South Sudan	0	0	0
	Algeria	5	4	9
													Winner 14
													Winner 15
	Gabon	—	—	w/o
	DR Congo	—	—
							Gabon
							Congo
	Congo	2	4	6
	Angola	0	2	2
																			Winner 22
																			Winner 23
	Liberia	3	4	7
	Guinea	0	5	5
							Liberia
							Cameroon
													Winner 16
													Winner 17
	Burkina Faso	3	0	3
	Gambia	2	0	2
							Burkina Faso
							Nigeria

	Preliminary round						First round						Second round						Third round
	Mauritania	0	0	0
	Guinea-Bissau	6	9	15
							Guinea-Bissau
							Ghana
													Winner 18
													Winner 19
	Sierra Leone	0	0	0
	Senegal	1	0	1
							Senegal
							Tanzania
	Tanzania	2	2	4
	Uganda	1	1	2
																			Winner 24
																			Winner 25
	Burundi	0	1	1
	Ethiopia	5	2	7
							Ethiopia
							Zimbabwe
	Malawi	1	0	1
	Zimbabwe	1	1	2
													Winner 20
													Winner 21
	Namibia	0	0	0
	Botswana	7	2	9
							Botswana
							South Africa
	Zambia	0	2	2
	South Africa	2	2	4

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Morocco won 8–4 on aggregate.

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Algeria won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Gabon won on walkover after DR Congo did not appear for the first leg.^[15]

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Congo won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Liberia won 7–5 on aggregate.

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Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Guinea-Bissau won 15–0 on aggregate.

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Senegal won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Tanzania won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Ethiopia won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Botswana won 9–0 on aggregate.

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South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Winners would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

There were 94 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match (as of 2 February 2020).

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal