2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 2 May – 8 November 2015 |
Teams | 19 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 94 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
![]() ![]() (6 goals each) |
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.[1]
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions.[2]
Teams
A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]
Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
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Preliminary round |
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6 |
First round | 13 | |
Qualifying rounds | Total | 19 |
Did not enter |
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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 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.
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[3]
Round | Leg | Date |
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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 |
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Djibouti ![]() |
0–7 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–5 |
DR Congo ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
5–0 | 1–0 |
Sierra Leone ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
Note: Sierra Leone withdrew.[4] 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.[5]
Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.
DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.
Liberia won on walkover.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Algeria ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–1 |
Cameroon ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Equatorial Guinea ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–0 |
Ghana ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
6–0 | 2–0 |
DR Congo ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 1–0 |
Liberia ![]() |
1–14 | ![]() |
1–7 | 0–7 |
Tanzania ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–4 | 0–0 |
South Africa ![]() |
9–1 | ![]() |
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 ![]() |
8–1 | ![]() |
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Wiltshire ![]() Salgado ![]() Ndyebi ![]() Kgatlana ![]() Motlhalo ![]() |
Report | Mathlo ![]() |
South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Burkina Faso ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–0 |
Equatorial Guinea ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
DR Congo ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–2 |
Zambia ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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.[6][7]
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.
Third round
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ethiopia ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–4 |
Nigeria ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–0 |
Ghana won 6–2 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following two teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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![]() | 8 November 2015 | 3 (2010, 2012, 2014) |
![]() | 8 November 2015 | 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Barkissa Sawadogo
Hornella Lengi Salu
Princella Adubea
Jane Ayieyam
Amarachi Ojinma
Gabriela Salgado
Linda Motlhalo
- 2 goals
Mariam Fifao Traoré
Lily Lawrence Niber
Yoy Bokiri
Chinaza Uchendu
Amina Yakubu
Chrestinah Kgatlana
Anelisa Ndyebi
Barbara Banda
- 1 goal
Naima Lamari
Baya Meskari
Refilwe Mathlo
Mouniratou Compaoré
Assifou Coulibaly
Chantal Drabo
Yasmine Ouattara
Stéphanie Sow
Catherine Mbengono
Nathalie Boyengwa
Merveille Mbemba Makiese
Emeraude Mawanda Muyenga
Flavie Mawete
Muriellynda Abossolo
Olga Esono
Francisca Ondo
Isabel Nsang
Kate Addo
Fatima Alhassan
Veronica Appiah
Wasila Diwura-Soale
Kanties Sayee
Chinozo Sunday
Mosili Makhoali
Nomathansanqa Sikweza
Chamelle Wiltshire
Ireen Lungu
Agnes Musesa
Memory Phiri
Marry Wilombe
- Own goal
References
- ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "Ghana and Nigeria book places in PNG". FIFA.com. 8 November 2015.
- 1 2 "FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-20 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "U-20 Female Lone Star Qualifies To 2nd Phase". Liberian Observer. 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "Eliminatoires-Mondial (F): le match RDC-Gabon reporté au 16 mai". Radio Okapi. 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Away victories boost for Falconets, Princesses". CAF. 29 September 2015.
- ↑ "Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia rescheduled for Oct. 10". CAF. 1 October 2015.
External links
- 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup – Qualifiers, CAFonline.com