African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

Organising body	CAF
Founded	2002
Region	Africa
Number of teams	35 (2024)
2024 edition

The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth women's association football qualification competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football for its nations.

A final was played in the first two editions in 2002 and 2004 as only one team qualified for the first two editions of the U-20 Women's World Cup in those years. Since 2006, with the confederation granted a second spot, all qualification editions till date were and are played in a home-and-away knock-out format until 4 teams are left with half that number booking their spots at the international tournament. On 7 June 2023, CAF revealed the formats for the qualification procedures for the next editions of the FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cups, the former whose draw was conducted the following day.

Results

African U-19 Women's Championship

Only the winner is guaranteed a spot at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for its first two editions.

Year	Hosts		Final match				Semi-finalists
			Champion	Score	Runner-up
2002	Home sites		Nigeria	6–0	South Africa		Central African Republic	Morocco
				3–2
2004	Home sites		Nigeria	1–0	South Africa		DR Congo	Equatorial Guinea
				0–0

African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

Year	Hosts		Final round
			Winners (to FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup)	Agg. Score	Runners-up
2006	Home sites		Nigeria	bye	n/a
			DR Congo	w/o	Equatorial Guinea
2008	Home sites		Nigeria	5–2	Ghana
			DR Congo	3–3 (a)	South Africa
2010	Home sites		Ghana	5–0	DR Congo
			Nigeria	12–3	South Africa
2012	Home sites		Ghana	7–2	Tunisia
			Nigeria	7–0	DR Congo
2014	Home sites		Ghana	1–1 (4–3 p)	Equatorial Guinea
			Nigeria	7–0	South Africa
2015	Home sites		Ghana	6–2	Ethiopia
			Nigeria	3–1	South Africa
2018	Home sites		Ghana	4–1	Cameroon
			Nigeria	8–0	South Africa
2020	Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Home sites		Ghana	5–1	Ethiopia
			Nigeria	7–2	Senegal
2024	Home sites		Morocco	2–1	Ethiopia
			Ghana	7–1	Senegal
			Cameroon	5–3	Egypt
			Nigeria	2–0	Burundi
2026	Home sites		To be determined

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualification and results

Five different teams have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as of the 2024 edition; Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Morocco. Nigeria has been the only team to reach the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final: finishing at the 2nd place twice in 2010 and 2014 and 4th in 2012. Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been eliminated in the group stages.

World Cup	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	2024	2026	Total
Cameroon											R16		1
DR Congo			GS	GS									2
Ghana					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		7
Morocco											GS		1
Nigeria	GS	QF	QF	QF	2nd	4th	2nd	GS	QF	QF	R16		11
Total	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4

Legend

1st — Champions 2nd — Runners-up 3rd — Third place 4th — Fourth place

QF – Quarter-finals GS – Group stage Q – Qualified

Country participation

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• SF — Semi-final
• QF — Quarterfinal
• Q — Qualified for FIFA U-20 WC
• PR — Preliminary Round

• R1 — Round 1
• R2 — Round 2
• R3 — Round 3
•  •  — Withdrew
•     — Did not enter
•    — Hosts
• q — Qualified for upcoming competition

Team	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2015	2018	2020	2022	2024	Total
Algeria			R1					R1	R1			R1	4
Angola											R1	R1	2
Benin			PR	•							R1	R2	3
Botswana	•			R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	PR		R2	R1	8
Burkina Faso								R2			R1	R1	3
Burundi									R2		R2	R3	3
Cameroon			R2	R1		R1		R1	R3		R3	Q	7
Chad												•	0
Central African Republic	SF				R1						R1		3
Comoros						•							0
Congo			•	•	R1						R2	R3	3
DR Congo		SF	Q	Q	R3	R3		R2			R1	R3	8
Djibouti								PR	PR		PR	R1	4
Egypt			R2	R1	R1		R1				R1	R3	6
Eswatini											PR	R3	2
Ethiopia			•					R3	R1		SF	R3	4
Equatorial Guinea	R1	SF	R3			R1	R3	R2			•	R2	7
Eritrea			R1								R1		2
Gabon								PR			R2	•	2
Gambia	•										R2		1
Ghana			R2	R2	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q		Q	Q	9
Guinea			•	PR		•			R1		R2	R3	4
Guinea-Bissau							R1				R1	R2	3
Ivory Coast							R1						1
Kenya			R1		•	R2			R2		R1	R3	5
Lesotho				PR		PR							2
Liberia			R2					R1					2
Libya									•			•	0
Madagascar		•	•	PR									1
Malawi	•										R1		1
Mali	QF		R1			R2		R1			R1	R3	6
Mauritius				R1								•	1
Mauritania											R1		1
Morocco	SF	R1	R1			R1	R1		R2		R3	Q|	8
Mozambique		•	R1	PR	•	R1	R1				R1	R1	6
Namibia				•	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1		R1	R1	7
Niger	QF										PR	R1	3
Nigeria	1st	1st	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q		Q	Q|	11
Réunion					R1								1
Rwanda					PR				•		R1		2
São Tomé and Príncipe					•						PR	R1	2
Senegal			R1					R1	R1		SF	R3	5
Sierra Leone					•	R1	R1	•	R2		R1		4
South Africa	2nd	2nd	R2	R2	R3	R2	R3	R3	R3		R2	R1	11
South Sudan								PR			•		1
Tanzania							R2	R1	R1		R3	R3	5
Togo					•						•	PR	1
Tunisia						R2	R3	R2	•		•		4
Uganda											R3	R3	2
Zambia	QF		PR	PR	R2	R1	R2	R2			R3	R2	9
Zimbabwe	QF		R1	•	R2	R2							4
Total	13	7	22	16	18	19	17	19	16		40	35

See also

• Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• CAF Women's Champions League
• African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

External links

• Qualification records and statistics at RSSSF