2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates1 September 2023 – 21 January 2024
Teams35 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored183 (3.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cameroon Naomi Ndjoah Eto
(6 goals)
2022
2026 →
International football competition

The 2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification was the 12th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification, 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 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Four teams qualified from this tournament for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the CAF representatives.

Draw

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.

Table

Participants (35 teams)
Pot A
(5 from CECAFA)
Pot B
(9 from COSAFA)
Pot C
(4 from UNAF)
Pot D
(8 from UNIFFAC)
Pot E
(4 from WAFU A)
Pot F
(5 from WAFU B)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter

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.[2]

Schedule

Round Leg Date
First round First leg 1–3 September 2023
Second leg 8–10 September 2023
Second round First leg 6–8 October 2023
Second leg 13–15 October 2023
Third round First leg 10–12 November 2023
Second leg 17–19 November 2023
Fourth round First leg 12–14 January 2024
Second leg 20–21 January 2024

Bracket

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

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Equatorial Guinea  w/o  Libya
Togo  1–6  Guinea-Bissau 1–3 0–3
Mauritius  w/o  Chad
Equatorial Guinea Cancelled Libya
Libya Cancelled Equatorial Guinea

Togo 1–3 Guinea-Bissau
  • Kayaba 40'
Report (FTF)
  • F. Da Costa 61', 74'
  • C. Camara 90+6'
Guinea-Bissau 3–0 Togo
  • B. Mané 29'
  • M. Correia 85', 90+4'
Report
Referee: Sylvina Garnett Welma (Liberia)

Guinea-Bissau won 6–1 on aggregate.


Chad Cancelled Mauritius
Cote d'Or National Sports Complex, Quatre Bornes (Mauritius)
Mauritius Cancelled Chad
Cote d'Or National Sports Complex, Quatre Bornes

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  5–1  Burkina Faso 4–0 1–1
Mali  2–2 (a)  Algeria 1–0 1–2
Senegal  2–0  Benin 2–0 0–0
Eswatini  w/o  Gabon
Congo  5–1  Namibia 2–1 3–0
Cameroon  6–1  Botswana 2–0 4–1
Zambia  2–2 (a)  DR Congo 2–2 0–0
Tanzania  12–0  Djibouti 5–0 7–0
Niger  0–10  Guinea 0–4 0–6
Equatorial Guinea  2–5  Ethiopia 1–1 1–4
Mozambique  0–8  Uganda 0–6 0–2
Guinea-Bissau  0–6  Ghana 0–3 0–3
Egypt  18–0  São Tomé and Príncipe 7–0 11–0
Kenya  10–1  Angola 6–1 4–0
Burundi  2–2 (a)  South Africa 0–0 2–2
Mauritius  w/o  Nigeria
Morocco 4–0 Burkina Faso
  • Zouhir 5'
  • Boussate 49'
  • El Hamzaoui 61'
  • Boussatta 78'
Report (FRMF)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Morocco
  • Mounifatou 72'
Report (FRMF)
  • El Asri 42'

Morocco won 5–1 on aggregate.


Mali 1–0 Algeria
  • D. Traoré 67'
Report (FAF)
Referee: Fatoumata Sall Touré (Senegal)
Algeria 2–1 Mali
  • Cissé 51' (o.g.)
  • El Hadj 86'
Report (FAF)
Referee: Shahenda Elmaghrabi (Egypt)

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


Senegal 2–0 Benin
  • Badio 5'
  • Ndiaye 9'
Report (FSF)
Benin 0–0 Senegal
Report (FSF)

Senegal won 2–0 on aggregate.


Eswatini Cancelled Gabon
Gabon Cancelled Eswatini

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]


Congo 2–1 Namibia
  • Tokassi 27'
  • Mbayo 36'
Report (FECOFOOT)
  • Fillipus 19'
Namibia 0–3 Congo
Report (FECOFOOT)
  • Akouala 39'
  • Ntsiba 69'
  • Amuntale 84' (o.g.)

Congo won 5–1 on aggregate.


Cameroon 2–0 Botswana
  • Enganemben 9'
  • Wehiong 74'
Report
Botswana 1–4 Cameroon
  • Dilelo 3'
Report
  • Enganemben 2', 73'
  • Eto 39', 89'

Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.


Zambia 2–2 DR Congo
  • Shamalima 4'
  • Mbewe 58'
Report (FAZ)
  • Nyamboki 17'
  • Nosa 67'
DR Congo 0–0 Zambia
Report

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


Tanzania 5–0 Djibouti
  • Rajabu 3', 54'
  • Luhala 57'
  • Gerald 68'
  • Joseph 90'
Djibouti 0–7 Tanzania
  • Rajabu 6', 15'
  • Gerald 13', 35'
  • Mnali 31'
  • Z. Mohamed 32'
  • Mitoga 89'

Tanzania won 12–0 on aggregate.


Niger 0–4 Guinea
Report
  • Fancinadouno 11', 38', 62'
  • Samoura 17'
Guinea 6–0 Niger
  • Sidibé 20'
  • Lamah 36', 67'
  • Fancinadouno 41'
  • Kourouma 73', 90+1'
Report

Guinea won 10–0 on aggregate.


Equatorial Guinea 1–1 Ethiopia
  • Bopopo 53'
  • Daniel 9'
Ethiopia 4–1 Equatorial Guinea
  • N. Bekele 31', 41'
  • Temesgen 60'
  • Daniel 86'
  • Etopa 39'

Ethiopia won 5–2 on aggregate.


Mozambique 0–6 Uganda
  • Nabukenya 18', 33'
  • Nandago 39', 48'
  • Kunihira 42'
  • Naggayi 64'
Uganda 2–0 Mozambique
  • Nabulime 6'
  • Nabukenya 19'
FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru

Uganda won 8–0 on aggregate.


Guinea-Bissau 0–3 Ghana
Ghana 3–0 Guinea-Bissau
  • Twum 49'
  • Mohammed 59'
  • Alormemu 82'
Report

Ghana won 6–0 on aggregate.


Egypt 7–0 São Tomé and Príncipe
  • N. Al-Sayed 15', 55'
  • J. Emad 25', 65'
  • M. Ehab 75', 85'
  • N. Khaled 90'
São Tomé and Príncipe 0–11 Egypt
  • H. Mustafa 13', 44', 75'
  • C. Shehata 45+2'
  • N. Khaled 52'
  • H. Tariq 53', 56'
  • H. Essam 70'
  • Y. Khaled 71'
  • H. Omar 74'
  • N. Al-Sayed 85'

Egypt won 18–0 on aggregate.


Kenya 6–1 Angola
  • Nekesa 4', 7', 24'
  • Midewa 45+2', 58'
  • Naliaka 81'
  • Candido 25'
Angola 0–4 Kenya
Report (KFF)
  • Nekesa 6'
  • Kwoba 38'
  • Arusi 57'
  • Midewa 90+4'

Kenya won 10–1 on aggregate.


Burundi 0–0 South Africa
South Africa 2–2 Burundi
  • Mibe 30'
  • Mabuza 72'
  • Akimana 12'
  • Nshimirimana 68'

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


Mauritius Cancelled Nigeria
Cote d'Or National Sports Complex, Quatre Bornes
Nigeria Cancelled Mauritius

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.

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  5–0  Guinea 3–0 2–0
Mali  0–6  Ethiopia 0–2 0–4
Senegal  2–1  Uganda 1–0 1–1
Eswatini  1–8  Ghana 1–6 0–2
Congo  1–7  Egypt 1–1 0–6
Cameroon  6–2  Kenya 3–0 3–2
DR Congo  3–3 (a)  Burundi 3–2 0–1
Tanzania  2–3  Nigeria 1–1 1–2
Morocco 3–0 Guinea
  • El Madani 23', 40', 84'
Guinea 0–2 Morocco
  • Sadiki 17'
  • Masnaoui 40'

Morocco won 5–0 on aggregate.


Mali 0–2 Ethiopia
Report (EFF)
  • B. Bekele 58'
  • Daniel 68'
Ethiopia 4–0 Mali
  • Daniel 34', 45'
  • Sahilu 66'
  • Temesgen 70'

Ethiopia won 6–0 on aggregate.


Senegal 1–0 Uganda
  • Ba 44'
Report (FSF)
Uganda 1–1 Senegal
  • Nandago 4'
  • Ba 25'
FUFA Technical Centre, Kampala

Senegal won 2–1 on aggregate.


Eswatini 1–6 Ghana
  • Nkambule 5'
[ Report (EFF)]
  • Attobra 10', 86'
  • B. Nyarko 28'
  • Mohammed 49'
  • S. Nyarko 59'
  • ? 80' (o.g.)
Ghana 2–0 Eswatini
  • B. Nyarko 6'
  • S. Nyarko 12'

Ghana won 8–1 on aggregate.


Congo 1–1 Egypt
  • Ndengo 55'
Report (FECOFOOT)
  • D. Karim 20' (pen.)
Egypt 6–0 Congo
  • H. Essam 5'
  • Hisham 17'
  • Karim 67', 31'
  • Ehab 75'
  • J. Emad 79'

Egypt won 7–1 on aggregate.


Cameroon 3–0 Kenya
  • Enganemben 21', 36'
  • Eto 44'
Kenya 2–3 Cameroon
  • Midewa 46', 78'
  • Eto 24', 60', 63'

Cameroon won 6–2 on aggregate.


DR Congo 3–2 Burundi
  • Lubiku 3'
  • Kalomba 15'
  • Jenovic 48'
Report (FECOFA)
Burundi 1–0 DR Congo
  • Nshimirimana 7'
FUFA Technical Centre, Kampala (Uganda)

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


Tanzania 1–1 Nigeria
  • Ubamba 70'
  • Olise 57'
Nigeria 2–1 Tanzania
  • Aikekoromowei 15'
  • Folorunsho 60'
Mnundika 20'

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fourth round

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  2–1  Ethiopia 2–0 0–1
Senegal  1–7  Ghana 0–2 1–5
Egypt  3–5  Cameroon 2–4 1–1
Burundi  0–2  Nigeria 0–1 0–1
Morocco 2–0 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Ethiopia 1–0 Morocco
  • Tsehaynesh 52'
Report

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


Senegal 0–2 Ghana
Report
  • Twum 5', 7'
Referee: Rosa Hanjavola (Madagascar)
Ghana 5–1 Senegal
  • Nyame 18'
  • B. Nyarko 23', 72'
  • Twum 67' (pen.)
  • Abdulai 78'
Report
  • Ba 5'

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


Egypt 2–4 Cameroon
  • N. Ramadan 17' (pen.)
  • J. Emad 32' (pen.)
Report
  • Lemana 14'
  • Lamine 30', 78'
  • Meva Kiki 90+3'
Referee: Aissata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)
Cameroon 1–1 Egypt
  • Lamine 74'
Report
  • H. Essam 40'

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


Burundi 0–1 Nigeria
Report
  • Aikekoromowei 45' (pen.)
Nigeria 1–0 Burundi
  • Ajakaye 79'
Report

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

Qualified teams for 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.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Nigeria 20 January 2024 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 Morocco 21 January 2024 0 (debut)
 Cameroon 21 January 2024 0 (debut)
 Ghana 21 January 2024 6 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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

6 goals

  • Cameroon Naomi Ndjoah Eto

5 goals

  • Cameroon Annie Félicia Enganemben
  • Ethiopia Emush Daniel
  • Kenya Charity Midewa

4 goals

  • Egypt Joy Emad
  • Ghana Beline Nyarko
  • Ghana Tracey Twum
  • Guinea Maman Sata Fancinadouno
  • Kenya Valerie Nekesa
  • Tanzania Jamila Rajabu

3 goals

  • Cameroon Mana Lamine
  • Egypt Nour Abdel Wahed Al-Sayed
  • Egypt Maya Ehab
  • Egypt Habiba Essam
  • Egypt Dana Karim
  • Egypt Hala Mustafa
  • Ghana Mercy Attobra
  • Morocco Doha El Madani
  • Senegal Aissatou Chris Ba
  • Tanzania Winifrida Gerald
  • Uganda Agnes Nabukenya
  • Uganda Hadijah Nandago

2 goals

  • Burundi Rukiya Bizimana
  • Burundi Annociate Nshimirimana
  • Egypt Nora Khaled
  • Egypt Habiba Tariq
  • Ethiopia Nigist Bekele
  • Ethiopia Mesay Temesgen
  • Ghana Wasiima Mohammed
  • Ghana Sarah Nyarko
  • Guinea Nency Kourouma
  • Guinea Suzanne Lamah
  • Guinea-Bissau Mirna Jose Nunes Correia
  • Guinea-Bissau Fidelia Da Costa
  • Morocco Yasmine Zouhir
  • Nigeria Janet Aikekoromowei

1 goal

  • Algeria Leïla El Hadj
  • Angola Ivone Candido
  • Botswana Lebogang Dilelo
  • Burkina Faso Helbi Mounifatou
  • Burundi Chanceline Akimana
  • Cameroon Sophie Lemana
  • Cameroon Christiane Meva Kiki
  • Cameroon Louise Wehiong
  • Republic of the Congo Welcome Akouala
  • Republic of the Congo Pauline Mbayo
  • Republic of the Congo Merveille Ndengo
  • Republic of the Congo Dornelia Ntsiba
  • Republic of the Congo Ruth Tokassi
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Makila Jenovic
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Feza Kalomba
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Grâce Lubiku
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Gloria Nosa
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Ruth Nyamboki
  • Egypt Farah Hisham
  • Egypt Yara Khaled
  • Egypt Habiba Omar
  • Egypt Nadia Ramadan
  • Egypt Camelia Shehata
  • Equatorial Guinea Julia Raquel Bopopo
  • Equatorial Guinea Júlia Etopa
  • Eswatini Nkosephayo Nkambule
  • Ethiopia Bethlehem Bekele
  • Ethiopia Meadin Sahilu
  • Ethiopia Jula Tsehaynesh
  • Ghana Salamatu Abdulai
  • Ghana Helen Alormemu
  • Ghana Success Ameyaa
  • Ghana Mary Amponsah
  • Ghana Mafia Nyame
  • Guinea Fatoumata Yaya Samoura
  • Guinea Fanta Sidibé
  • Guinea-Bissau Cumba Camara
  • Guinea-Bissau Binta Mané
  • Kenya Anna Arusi
  • Kenya Rebecca Kwoba
  • Kenya Faith Naliaka
  • Mali Djamako Traoré
  • Morocco Ambre Basser
  • Morocco Sofia Boussate
  • Morocco Dania Boussatta
  • Morocco Zina El Asri
  • Morocco Mina El Hamzaoui
  • Morocco Samya Masnaoui
  • Morocco Nehla Sadiki
  • Namibia Albertine Fillipus
  • Nigeria Esther Ajakaye
  • Nigeria Comfort Folorunsho
  • Nigeria Chioma Olise
  • Senegal Khadija Badio
  • Senegal Adji Ndiaye
  • South Africa Lindelwa Mabuza
  • South Africa Andrielle Mibe
  • Tanzania Yasinta Joseph
  • Tanzania Noela Luhala
  • Tanzania Yasinta Mitoga
  • Tanzania Diana Mnali
  • Tanzania Jamila Mnundika
  • Tanzania Zainabu Mohamed
  • Tanzania Asnath Ubamba
  • Togo Tatiana Kayaba
  • Uganda Margret Kunihira
  • Uganda Phionah Nabulime
  • Uganda Eva Naggayi
  • Zambia Mary Mbewe
  • Zambia Lydia Shamalima

1 own goal

  • Algeria Lina Berkous (against Mali)
  • Eswatini ??? (against Ghana)
  • Mali Alima Cissé (against Algeria)
  • Namibia Prisca Amuntale (against Congo)

See also

  • Football in Africa portal
  • iconWomen's association football portal

References

  1. ^ "U20 Women's World Cup 2022: African qualifying tournament dates, fixtures released". Cafonline.com. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE — La FEGAFOOT retire les U20 Dames des eliminatoires de la coupe du monde COLOMBIE 2024" (in French). Gabonese Football Federation. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.