2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
International football competition
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The 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was 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 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 7 August 2021 – 27 March 2022 |
| Teams | 40 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Goals scored | 206 (3.38 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Rediet Assresahagn Flourish Sabastine (7 goals each) |
← 2020 2024 → | |
Two teams could 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] This edition of the tournament also doubles as the qualifiers for the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana where teams who reached the fourth round qualified automatically.
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) | |||||
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| 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) |
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- (W): Withdrew after draw
Did not enter
Algeria
Chad
Cape Verde
Comoros
Ivory Coast
Lesotho
Libya
Liberia
Madagascar
Mauritius
Seychelles
Somalia
Sudan
Zimbabwe
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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.[3]
Schedule
| Round | Leg | Date |
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| First round | First leg | 5–7 August 2021 |
| Second leg | 19–21 August 2021 | |
| Second round[4] | First leg | 23–25 September 2021 |
| Second leg | 7–9 October 2021 | |
| Third round[5] | First leg | 2–4 December 2021 |
| Second leg | 16–18 December 2021 | |
| Fourth round[6] | First leg | 21–23 January 2022 |
| Second leg | 4–6 February 2022 | |
| Fifth round[7] | First leg | 12–13 March 2022 |
| Second leg | 26–27 March 2022 |
First round
Eritrea won 6–1 on aggregate.
Eswatini  | 0–0 |  Mozambique |
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| Mozambique | 2–0 | Eswatini |
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Mozambique won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benin won 13–2 on aggregate.
DR Congo  | 5–1 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
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| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0–4 | DR Congo |
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DR Congo won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Eritrea  |
0–5 |  Tanzania |
0–3 | 0–2 |
Burundi  |
5–0 |  Namibia |
3–0 | 2–0 |
Angola  |
1–8 |  Botswana |
1–4 | 0–4 |
Rwanda  |
0–8 | Ethiopia |
0–4 | 0–4 |
Kenya  |
3–10 |  Uganda |
2–7 | 1–3 |
| Mozambique |
2–4 |  South Africa |
0–1 | 2–3 |
Zambia  |
8–1 |  Malawi |
6–0 | 2–1 |
Mauritania  |
w/o[A] |  Ghana |
— | — |
Benin  |
3–4 |  Morocco |
1–2 | 2–2 |
Gambia  |
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] |  Guinea-Bissau |
— | — |
| DR Congo |
0–9 |  Cameroon |
0–4 | 0–5 |
Egypt  |
2–4 |  Congo |
1–1 | 1–3 |
Central African Republic  |
0–11 | Nigeria |
0–7 | 0–4 |
Notes:
Tanzania won 5–0 on aggregate.
Burundi won 5–0 on aggregate.
Botswana won 8–1 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 8–0 on aggregate.
Uganda won 10–3 on aggregate.
| Mozambique | 0–1 | South Africa |
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| South Africa | 3–2 | Mozambique |
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South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Zambia won 8–1 on aggregate.
Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Gambia | 0–1 | Burkina Faso |
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| Burkina Faso | 0–1 | Gambia |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–4 |
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1–1 on aggregate. Gambia won 4–3 on penalties.
Senegal won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Guinea | 0–1 | Sierra Leone |
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| Sierra Leone | 0–1 | Guinea |
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| 2–3 | ||
1–1 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–2 on penalties.
Cameroon won 9–0 on aggregate.
| Congo | 3–1 | Egypt |
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Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Central African Republic | 0–7 | Nigeria |
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Nigeria won 11–0 on aggregate.
Third round
Tanzania won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 8–2 on aggregate.
| Uganda | 1–0 | South Africa |
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Uganda won 1–0 on aggregate.
Ghana won 1–0 on aggregate.
Morocco won 9–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Senegal won on away goals.
Nigeria won on walkover after Congo withdrew from the second leg in Nigeria.[13]
Fourth round
Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Senegal won 5–4 on penalties.
| Nigeria | 3–0 | Cameroon |
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Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate.
Fifth round
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.
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Qualified teams for 2023 African Games
The following eight teams from CAF qualified for the 2023 African Games women's football tournament by virtue of qualifying into the Fourth Round of the Tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in African Games1 |
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| Morocco |
12 December 2021 | 1 (2019) |
| Ethiopia |
17 December 2021 | 2 (2003, 2007) |
| Nigeria |
4 (2003, 2007, 2015, 2019) | |
| Uganda |
0 (debut) | |
| Cameroon |
18 December 2021 | 4 (2003, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Ghana |
3 (2007, 2011, 2015) | |
| Senegal |
1 (2007) | |
| Tanzania |
2 (2011, 2015) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 206 goals scored in 61 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.
7 goals
Rediet Assresahagn
Flourish Sabastine
6 goals
Salamatu Abdulai
Sofia Bouftini
Hapsatou Diallo
5 goals
- Mercy Idoko
- Esther Onyenezide
4 goals
Edwige Kedokpo
Enelesi Phiri
3 goals
- Marguerite Ahouassou
Obonetse Rathari- Aregash Kalsa
- Mesay Temesgen
Rokia Coulibaly
Elsa Mulingandale- Adji N'Diaye
Asanda Hadebe
Aisha Masaka
Juliet Nalukenge
2 goals
- Bernice Inonnabi
- Milhad Sadikou
- Eunice Sagbohan
- Keitumetse Dithebe
- Peggy Manewe
Divine Nihorimbere
Jennifer Aboudi- Annie Enganemben
- Brenda Tabe
Aïcha Yamounou
Grâce Luvuezo- Ememiya Mafuta
- Deborah Ngalula
- Olga Tshilombo
Diana Estifanos- Delina Sahle
- Turist Lemma
- Araiet Odong
- Evelyn Badu
- Doris Boaduwaa
Shaylene Opisa- Anfal El Yamani
- Kawtar Mahy
- Deborah Abiodun
- Joy Jerry
- Coumba M'Bodji
- Clara Luvanga
- Sumaya Komuntale
- Margret Kunihira
- Fauzia Najjemba
- Hadijah Nandago
- Lungowe Namasiku
1 goal
?- Imorou Kadidjath
- Kpènagni Kounasso
- Joëlle Kpadonou
- Lorato Motlogelwa
- Tshegofatso Mosotho
Naomi Kabré- Estella Gakima
- Noela Izakoze
- ?
- ?
- ?
- ?
- Thade Ebika
- Fatima Kome
- Mana Lamine
- Pauline Mbayo
- Doris Senga
Lerman Sikieh- Kamba Kanza
Dana Nadda- Mai Magdy
- Misgana Mehari
- Rahwa Nega
Wuday Colley- Fatoumata Jammeh
- Grace Animah
- Rahama Jafaru
- Cecilia Nyama
Fanta Camara- Nana Camara
- Boh Saran Kouroum
- N’nabinty Sylla
- Peris Oside
Rose Kabzere- Oumayma El Amrani
- Nesryne El Chad
- Nassima Jawad
- Hajar Jbilou
- Sara Mssalfyam
- Nadia Jacinto
Naïma Hanjar- ?
- Taiwo Lawal
- Blessing Okpe
- Precious Vincent
- Philomina Yina
- Walimata N'Diaye
Milena Semedo
Fatmata Turay- Zethembiso Vilakazi
- Christer Bahera
- Irene Kisisa
- Joyce Lema
- Protasia Mbunda
- Emeliana Mdimu
- Shamirah Nalugya
- Evarine Katongo
- Siomala Mapepa
1 own goal
- ? (against Botswana)
- Lorato Motlogelwa (against Ethiopia)
- Keitumetse Thomas (against Ethiopia)
