2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

A total of 35 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 8 June 2023 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. ^[1]

• In the first round, the 6 teams were drawn into 3 ties to play against each other.
• In the second round, the 3 first round winners and the 29 teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into 16 ties based on the first round tie numbers, with 3 first round winners playing against the 3 teams receiving byes, and the other 26 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.

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More information Participants (35 teams), Pot A (5 from CECAFA) ...

Participants (35 teams)
Pot A (5 from CECAFA)	Pot B (9 from COSAFA)	Pot C (4 from UNAF)	Pot D (7 from UNIFFAC)	Pot E (4 from WAFU A)	Pot F (6 from WAFU B)
Ethiopia  Uganda  Kenya  Djibouti  Burundi	Tanzania  Namibia  Eswatini  Angola  Botswana  Mozambique  South Africa  Mauritius  Zambia	Algeria  Egypt  Morocco  Libya	Equatorial Guinea  DR Congo  São Tomé and Príncipe  Congo  Gabon  Cameroon  Chad	Senegal  Mali  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau	Burkina Faso  Nigeria  Ghana  Benin  Niger  Togo

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• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

•  Cape Verde
•  Central African Republic
•  Comoros
•  Eritrea
•  Gambia
•  Ivory Coast
•  Lesotho
•  Liberia
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  Mauritania
•  Rwanda
•  Seychelles
•  Sierra Leone
•  Somalia
•  South Sudan
•  Sudan
•  Tunisia
•  Zimbabwe

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.^[2]

The four winners of the fourth round would qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

	Second round						Third round						Fourth round
	Morocco	4	1	5
	Burkina Faso	0	1	1
							Morocco	3	2	5
							Guinea	0	0	0
	Niger	0	0	0
	Guinea	4	6	10
													Morocco	2	0	2
													Ethiopia	0	1	1
	Mali (a)	1	1	2
	Algeria	0	2	2
							Mali	0	0	0
							Ethiopia	2	4	6
	Equatorial Guinea	1	1	2
	Ethiopia	1	4	5

	Second round						Third round						Fourth round
	Senegal	2	0	2
	Benin	0	0	0
							Senegal	1	1	2
							Uganda	0	1	1
	Mozambique	0	0	0
	Uganda	6	2	8
													Senegal	0	1	1
													Ghana	2	5	7
	Eswatini	—	—	w/o
	Gabon	—	—
							Eswatini	1	0	1
							Ghana	6	2	8
	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0
	Ghana	3	3	6

	Second round						Third round						Fourth round
	Congo	2	3	5
	Namibia	1	0	1
							Congo	1	0	1
							Egypt	1	6	7
	Egypt	7	11	18
	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	0	0
													Egypt	2	1	3
													Cameroon	4	1	5
	Cameroon	2	4	6
	Botswana	0	1	1
							Cameroon	3	3	6
							Kenya	0	2	2
	Kenya	6	4	10
	Angola	1	0	1

	Second round						Third round						Fourth round
	Zambia	2	0	2
	DR Congo (a)	2	0	2
							DR Congo	3	0	3
							Burundi (a)	2	1	3
	Burundi (a)	0	2	2
	South Africa	0	2	2
													Burundi	0	0	0
													Nigeria	1	1	2
	Tanzania	5	7	12
	Djibouti	0	0	0
							Tanzania	1	1	2
							Nigeria	1	2	3
	Mauritius	—	—
	Nigeria	—	—	w/o

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Guinea-Bissau won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Morocco won 5–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Mali won on away goals.

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Senegal won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Eswatini won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Gabon withdrew prior to the first leg without citing lack of preparation due to no local championship being contested.^[3]

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Congo won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. DR Congo won on away goals.

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Tanzania won 12–0 on aggregate.

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Guinea won 10–0 on aggregate.

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Ethiopia won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Uganda won 8–0 on aggregate.

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Ghana won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Egypt won 18–0 on aggregate.

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Kenya won 10–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Burundi won on away goals.

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Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Mauritius withdrew prior to the first leg without providing a reason for their withdrawal.

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Morocco won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Ethiopia won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Senegal won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Ghana won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Egypt won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Cameroon won 6–2 on aggregate.

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

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Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Winners qualify to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Morocco won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Cameroon won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

There were 183 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 3.39 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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