2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

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.

2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates7 August 2021 – 27 March 2022
Teams40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored206 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rediet Assresahagn
Flourish Sebastine (7 goals each)

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]

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)
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)
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
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
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti  1–6  Eritrea 1–3 0–3
Rwanda  w/o[8]  South Sudan — —
Eswatini  0–2  Mozambique 0–0 0–2
Mauritania  w/o[9]  Tunisia — —
Niger  2–13  Benin 1–6 1–7
Togo  w/o[9]  Mali — —
DR Congo  9–1  São Tomé and Príncipe 5–1 4–0
Equatorial Guinea  w/o[9]  Central African Republic — —
Djibouti 1–3 Eritrea
  • Sikieh 63'
 Report
  • Sahle 13', 65'
  • Nega 45+1'
Eritrea 3–0 Djibouti
  • Mehari 47'
  • Estifanos 73', 86'
 Report

Eritrea won 6–1 on aggregate.

Eswatini 0–0 Mozambique
Report
Referee: Patience Mumba (Zambia)
Mozambique 2–0 Eswatini
  • Mulingandale 20'
  • Jacinto 35'
 Report
Black Bulls Sports Complex, Matola

Mozambique won 2–0 on aggregate.

Niger 1–6 Benin
  • ? ?'
 Report
  • Kedokpo ?', ?'
  • Ahouassou ?', ?'
  • Inonnabi ?'
  • Sagbohan ?'
Referee: Hannah Elaigwu (Nigeria)
Benin 7–1 Niger
  • Sagbohan 3'
  • Kedokpo 11', 65'
  • Bernice 31'
  • Ahouassou 45' (pen.)
  • Kpadonou 56'
  • Kounasso 75'
 Report
  • Hanjar 48'
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Benin won 13–2 on aggregate.

DR Congo 5–1 São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Luvuezo 27', 77'
  • Tshilombo 61', 84'
  • Mafuta 79'
 Report
  • Semedo 55'
São Tomé and Príncipe 0–4 DR Congo
Report
  • Mafuta ?'
  • Kanza ?'
  • Ngalula ?', ?'
Referee: Annael Omanda (Gabon)

DR Congo won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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[upper-alpha 1]  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[upper-alpha 2]  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:

  1. Ghana won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Mauritania withdrew before the first leg.[10]
  2. Gabon won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Guinea-Bissau failed to appear for the first leg.[11]
Eritrea 0–3 Tanzania
Report
Stade Asmara, Asmara
Tanzania 2–0 Eritrea
  • Kisisa 55'
  • Mbunda 84'
 Report

Tanzania won 5–0 on aggregate.

Burundi 3–0 Namibia
  • ? ?'
  • ? ?'
  • ? ?'
 Report
Stade Urukundo, Ngozi
Referee: Florentina Zablon (Tanzania)
Namibia 0–2 Burundi
Report
  • Nihorimbere 15', 20'
Dobsonville Stadium, Soweto (South Africa)
Referee: Patience Mumba (Zambia)

Burundi won 5–0 on aggregate.

Angola 1–4 Botswana
  • ? 58'
 Report
  • ? 11' (o.g.)
  • Rathari 16'
  • Dithebe 61'
  • Manewe 66'
Botswana 4–0 Angola
  • Rathari 13', 77'
  • Dithebe 23'
  • Motlogelwa 36' (pen.)
 Report

Botswana won 8–1 on aggregate.

Rwanda 0–4 Ethiopia
Report
  • Assresahagn 19', 27'
  • Kalsa 56'
  • Lemma 61'
Ethiopia 4–0 Rwanda
  • Temesgen 33'
  • Lemma 41'
  • Kalsa 57', 57'
 Report

Ethiopia won 8–0 on aggregate.

Kenya 2–7 Uganda
  • Opisa 61', 79'
 Report
Referee: Asnakech Gebire (Ethiopia)
Uganda 3–1 Kenya
 Report
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

Uganda won 10–3 on aggregate.

Mozambique 0–1 South Africa
Report
  • Vilakazi 36'
Black Bulls Sports Complex, Matola
South Africa 3–2 Mozambique
  • Hadebe 13', 29', 82'
 Report
  • Mulingandale 17', 40'

South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zambia 6–0 Malawi
  • Phiri 21', 25', 69' (pen.)
  • Katongo 37'
  • Mapepa 48'
  • Namasiku 77'
 Report
Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)
Malawi 1–2 Zambia
  • Kabzere 3'
 Report
  • Phiri 7'
  • Namasiku 38'
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

Zambia won 8–1 on aggregate.

Benin 1–2 Morocco
  • Sadikou 56'
 Report
  • Bouftini 29'
  • Jawad 35'
Referee: Juliet Appiah (Ghana)
Morocco 2–2 Benin
  • El Yamani 38'
  • Mssalfyam 82'
 Report
  • Sadikou 70' (pen.)
  • Kadidjath 90+2'
Referee: Aïssatou Kanté (Guinea)

Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.

Gambia 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report
  • Kabré 77'
Burkina Faso 0–1 Gambia
Report
  • Colley 71'
Penalties
 3–4
  • Kuyateh
  • Y. Jarju
  • K. Jarju
  • Wally
  • Colley
  • Jammeh

1–1 on aggregate. Gambia won 4–3 on penalties.

Mali 2–4 Senegal
  • Coulibaly 45+1', 89'
 Report
  • Diallo 19', 29', 77'
  • M'Bodji 90+4'
Senegal 1–1 Mali
  • Diallo 90+2'
 Report
  • Coulibaly 24'

Senegal won 5–3 on aggregate.

Guinea 0–1 Sierra Leone
Report
  • Turay 17'
Referee: Ana Maria Lopes (Cape Verde)
Sierra Leone 0–1 Guinea
Report
  • Kouroum 4'
Penalties
2–3
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)

1–1 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–2 on penalties.

DR Congo 0–4 Cameroon
Report
  • Aboudi 28'
  • Lamine 45'
  • Ebika 58'
  • Enganemben 86'
Referee: Annael Omanda (Gabon)
Cameroon 5–0 DR Congo
  • Kome 29'
  • Aboudi 43'
  • Tabe 50', 53'
  • Enganemben 79'
 Report
Referee: Chancelle Ngakosso (Congo)

Cameroon won 9–0 on aggregate.

Egypt 1–1 Congo
  • Magdy ?'
 Report
  • Mbayo ?'
Congo 3–1 Egypt
  • Yamounou 30', 52'
  • Senga 32'
 Report
  • Karim 78'

Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

Central African Republic 0–7 Nigeria
Report
  • Idoko 2', 5' (pen.)
  • Onyenezide 34'
  • Joy 44'
  • Abiodun 78'
  • Lawal 83'
  • Adoo 90+1'
Nigeria 4–0 Central African Republic
  • Sebastine 13'
  • Idoko 35', 51'
  • Okpe 87'
 Report
Referee: Naffisa Sani (Niger)

Nigeria won 11–0 on aggregate.

Third round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania  4–3  Burundi 3–2 1–1
Botswana  2–8  Ethiopia 1–3 1–5
Uganda  1–0  South Africa 1–0 0–0
Zambia  0–1  Ghana 0–0 0–1
Morocco  9–1  Gambia 3–1 6–0
Senegal  3–3 (a)  Guinea 2–0 1–3
Cameroon  w/o[upper-alpha 1]  Gabon — —
Congo  w/o[upper-alpha 2]  Nigeria 0–4 —
  1. Cameroon won on walkover and advanced to the fourth round after Gabon withdrew before the first leg.[12][5]
  2. Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the fourth round after Congo withdrew before the second leg in Nigeria citing travel challenges.[13]
Tanzania 3–2 Burundi
  • Luvanga 9'
  • Lema 15'
  • Masaka 44'
 Report
  • Gakima 22'
  • Izakoze 57'
Burundi 1–1 Tanzania
  • ? 13'
 Report
  • Mdimu 8'
Stade Urukundo, Ngozi

Tanzania won 4–3 on aggregate.

Botswana 1–3 Ethiopia
  • Manewe 57'
 Report
  • Odong 35'
  • Assresahagn 43'
  • Temesgen 82' (pen.)
Ethiopia 5–1 Botswana
  • Thomas 27' (o.g.)
  • Odong 30'
  • Assresahagn 33', 37'
  • Motlogelwa 57' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Mosotho 86'

Ethiopia won 8–2 on aggregate.

Uganda 1–0 South Africa
  • Nandago 19'
 Report
Referee: Tsehaynesh Abebe (Ethiopia)
South Africa 0–0 Uganda
Report

Uganda won 1–0 on aggregate.

Zambia 0–0 Ghana
Report
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Ghana 1–0 Zambia
 Report

Ghana won 1–0 on aggregate.

Morocco 3–1 Gambia
  • Bouftini 2'
  • Mahy 15' (pen.)
  • El Amrani 55'
 Report
  • Jammeh 56'
Referee: Mame Coumba Faye (Senegal)
Gambia 0–6 Morocco
Report
  • Bouftini 2', 15', 56'
  • Mahy 45+2'
  • Jbilou 74'
  • El Yamani 90+1'
Referee: Hamidou Diero (Burkina Faso)

Morocco won 9–1 on aggregate.

Senegal 2–0 Guinea
  • M'Bodji 65'
  • A. N'Diaye 89'
 Report
Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)
Guinea 3–1 Senegal
  • Sylla 8'
  • F. Camara 45+1'
  • N. Camara 90+2'
 Report
  • W. N'Diaye 49'
Referee: Rakiatou Fofana (Mali)

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

Congo 0–4 Nigeria
Report
  • Idoko 38'
  • Sebastine 47'
  • Onyenezide 50' (pen.)
  • Abiodun 55'
Nigeria Cancelled Congo
Report

Nigeria won on walkover after Congo withdrew from the second leg in Nigeria.[13]

Fourth round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania  1–2  Ethiopia 1–0 0–2
Uganda  1–7  Ghana 1–2 0–5
Morocco  2–2 (4–5 p)  Senegal 1–1 1–1
Cameroon  0–3  Nigeria 0–0 0–3
Tanzania 1–0 Ethiopia
  • Bahera 64'
 Report
Ethiopia 2–0 Tanzania
  • Assresahagn 31', 76'
 Report

Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Uganda 1–2 Ghana
 Report
  • Abdulai 20'
  • Animah 48'
Ghana 5–0 Uganda
  • Badu 23'
  • Abdulai 26'
  • Jafaru 82'
  • Boaduwaa 88', 90+3'
 Report
Referee: Patience Madu (Nigeria)

Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.

Morocco 1–1 Senegal
  • Bouftini 41'
 Report
  • Diallo 19'
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Senegal 1–1 Morocco
  • Diallo 33'
 Report
  • El Amrani 49'
Penalties
5–4

2–2 on aggregate. Senegal won 5–4 on penalties.

Cameroon 0–0 Nigeria
Report
Nigeria 3–0 Cameroon
  • Onyenezide 20', 72'
  • Vincent 37'
 Report
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate.

Fifth round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  1–5  Ghana 0–3 1–2
Senegal  2–7  Nigeria 1–3 1–4
Ethiopia 0–3 Ghana
Report
  • Abdulai 29', 38'
  • Nyama 44'
Referee: Florentina Zablon (Tanzania)
Ghana 2–1 Ethiopia
  • Abdulai 3', 25'
 Report
  • Temesgen 30'

Ghana won 5–1 on aggregate.

Senegal 1–3 Nigeria
  • A. N'Diaye 89' (pen.)
 Report
  • Sebastine 8', 56', 62' (pen.)
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
Nigeria 4–1 Senegal
  • Sabastine 7', 20'
  • Onyenezide 25' (pen.)
  • Joy 89'
 Report
  • A. N'Diaye 45' (pen.)
Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

Nigeria won 7–2 on aggregate.

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.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Nigeria26 March 20229 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Ghana27 March 20225 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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 Sebastine

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
  • Oumayma El Amrani
  • Anfal El Yamani
  • Kawtar Mahy
  • Deborah Abiodun
  • Jerry Joy
  • 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 Karim
  • 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
  • Nassima Jawad
  • Hajar Jbilou
  • Sara Mssalfyam
  • Nadia Jacinto
  • Naïma Hanjar
  •  ?
  • Yena Adoo
  • Taiwo Lawal
  • Blessing Okpe
  • Precious Vincent
  • 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)

See also

References
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  2. "U20 Women's World Cup 2022: African qualifying tournament dates, fixtures released". Caf. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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  4. "Fixtures of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica qualifying second round". CAF. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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