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2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
| Tournament details |
|---|
| 2 May – 8 November 2015 |
| 19 (from 1 confederation) |
| 32 |
| 94 (2.94 per match) |
| Loza Abera Chinwendu Ihezuo(6 goals each) |
| ← 2014 2018 → |
The 2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 8th 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 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the CAF representatives.
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions.
A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
|---|---|---|
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| Burkina Faso | ||
| Djibouti | ||
| DR Congo | ||
| Gabon | ||
| Liberia | ||
| Sierra Leone | 6 | |
| Algeria | ||
| Botswana | ||
| Cameroon | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | ||
| Ethiopia | ||
| Ghana | ||
| Mali | ||
| Namibia | ||
| Nigeria | ||
| Senegal | ||
| South Africa | ||
| Tanzania | ||
| Zambia | 13 |
| Did not enter |
|---|
| Angola |
| Benin |
| Burundi |
| Cape Verde |
| Central African Republic |
| Chad |
| Comoros |
| Congo |
| Egypt |
| Eritrea |
| Gambia |
| Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau |
| Ivory Coast |
| Kenya |
| Lesotho |
| Libya |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Mauritania |
| Mauritius |
| Morocco |
| Mozambique |
| Niger |
| Rwanda |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Somalia |
| Seychelles |
| South Sudan |
| Sudan |
| Swaziland |
| Togo |
| Tunisia |
| Uganda |
| 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 level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The two winners of the third round qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | First leg | 1–3 May 2015 |
| Second leg | 15–17 May 2015 | |
| First round | First leg | 10–12 July 2015 |
| Second leg | 24–26 July 2015 | |
| Second round | First leg | 25–27 September 2015 |
| Second leg | 9–11 October 2015 | |
| Third round | First leg | 23–25 October 2015 |
| Second leg | 6–8 November 2015 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 0–7 | Burkina Faso | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| DR Congo | 6–0 | Gabon | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Sierra Leone | w/o | Liberia | — | — |
Note: Sierra Leone withdrew. First leg of DR Congo v Gabon was postponed to 9 May due to field problems, then to 16 May due to Gabon missing the flight.
Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.
DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.
Liberia won on walkover.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2–3 | Burkina Faso | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Cameroon | 1–2 | Ethiopia | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4–0 | Mali | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Ghana | 8–0 | Senegal | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| DR Congo | 5–0 | Namibia | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Liberia | 1–14 | Nigeria | 1–7 | 0–7 |
| Tanzania | 0–4 | Zambia | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| South Africa | 9–1 | Botswana | 8–1 | 1–0 |
Note: Order of legs between Liberia and Nigeria reversed from original fixtures.
Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Equatorial Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.
Ghana won 8–0 on aggregate.
DR Congo won 5–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 14–1 on aggregate.
Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.
South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 0–2 | Ethiopia | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0–3 | Ghana | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| DR Congo | 1–4 | Nigeria | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Zambia | 2–3 | South Africa | 0–0 | 2–3 |
Note: First leg of Burkina Faso v Ethiopia was postponed to 3 October, then to 10 October, due to coup in Burkina Faso.
Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.
Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.
South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2–6 | Ghana | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Nigeria | 3–1 | South Africa | 2–1 | 1–0 |
Ghana won 6–2 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.
The following two teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 8 November 2015 | 3 (2010, 2012, 2014) |
| Nigeria | 8 November 2015 | 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
6 goals
5 goals
- Joëlle Mwadi
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
- 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup – Qualifiers, CAFonline.com
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