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2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates	1 September 2023 – 21 January 2024
Teams	35 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	183 (3.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Naomi Ndjoah Eto; (6 goals)
	← 2022 2026 →

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)
Ethiopia Uganda Kenya Djibouti Burundi	Tanzania Namibia Eswatini Angola Botswana Mozambique South Africa Mauritius Zambia	Algeria Egypt Morocco Libya	Equatorial Guinea DR Congo São Tomé and Príncipe Congo Gabon Cameroon Chad	Senegal Mali Guinea Guinea-Bissau	Burkina Faso Nigeria Ghana Benin Niger Togo

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
First round	Second leg	8–10 September 2023
Second round	First leg	6–8 October 2023
Second round	Second leg	13–15 October 2023
Third round	First leg	10–12 November 2023
Third round	Second leg	17–19 November 2023
Fourth round	First leg	12–14 January 2024
Fourth round	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	—	—

1–3 September 2023

Equatorial Guinea	Cancelled	Libya

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

8–10 September 2023

Libya	Cancelled	Equatorial Guinea

Libya

3 September 2023

16:00 UTC±0

Togo	1–3	Guinea-Bissau
Kayaba 40'	Report (FTF)	F. Da Costa 61', 74' C. Camara 90+6'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: (Nigeria)

8 September 2023

16:00 UTC±0

Guinea-Bissau	3–0	Togo
B. Mané 29' M. Correia 85', 90+4'	Report

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Referee: Sylvina Garnett Welma (Liberia)

Guinea-Bissau won 6–1 on aggregate.

1–3 September 2023

Chad	Cancelled	Mauritius

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

8–10 September 2023

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	—	—

8 October 2023

17:00 UTC+1

Morocco	4–0	Burkina Faso
Zouhir 5' Boussate 49' El Hamzaoui 61' Boussatta 78'	Report (FRMF)

Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida

Referee: Asma Chouchane (Tunisia)

13 October 2023

17:00 UTC+1

Burkina Faso	1–1	Morocco
Mounifatou 72'	Report (FRMF)	El Asri 42'

Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida (Morocco)

Morocco won 5–1 on aggregate.

8 October 2023

18:00 UTC+1

Mali	1–0	Algeria
D. Traoré 67'	Report (FAF)

8 May 1945 Stadium, Sétif (Algeria)

Referee: Fatoumata Sall Touré (Senegal)

13 October 2023

18:00 UTC+1

Algeria	2–1	Mali
Cissé 51' (o.g.) El Hadj 86'	Report (FAF)	Berkous 58' (o.g.)

8 May 1945 Stadium, Sétif

Referee: Shahenda Elmaghrabi (Egypt)

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

7 October 2023

17:00 UTC±0

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

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

15 October 2023

17:00 UTC±0

Benin	0–0	Senegal
	Report (FSF)

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Senegal won 2–0 on aggregate.

6–8 October 2023

--:-- UTC+2

Eswatini	Cancelled	Gabon

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

13–15 October 2023

--:-- UTC+1

Gabon	Cancelled	Eswatini

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

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]

8 October 2023

15:30 UTC+1

Congo	2–1	Namibia
Tokassi 27' Mbayo 36'	Report (FECOFOOT)	Fillipus 19'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

13 October 2023

15:30 UTC+1

Namibia	0–3	Congo
	Report (FECOFOOT)	Akouala 39' Ntsiba 69' Amuntale 84' (o.g.)

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville (Congo)

Congo won 5–1 on aggregate.

7 October 2023

17:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	2–0	Botswana
Enganemben 9' Wehiong 74'	Report

Stade de la Réunification, Douala

14 October 2023

15:00 UTC+1

Botswana	1–4	Cameroon
Dilelo 3'	Report	Enganemben 2', 73' Eto 39', 89'

Lobatse Stadium, Lobatse

Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.

7 October 2023

15:00 UTC+2

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

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

14 October 2023

15:00 UTC+1

DR Congo	0–0	Zambia
	Report

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

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

8 October 2023

15:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	5–0	Djibouti
Rajabu 3', 54' Luhala 57' Gerald 68' Joseph 90'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam

11 October 2023

15:00 UTC+3

Djibouti	0–7	Tanzania
		Rajabu 6', 15' Gerald 13', 35' Mnali 31' Z. Mohamed 32' Mitoga 89'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Tanzania won 12–0 on aggregate.

12 October 2023

16:00 UTC±0

Niger	0–4	Guinea
	Report	Fancinadouno 11', 38', 62' Samoura 17'

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

15 October 2023

16:30 UTC+1

Guinea	6–0	Niger
Sidibé 20' Lamah 36', 67' Fancinadouno 41' Kourouma 73', 90+1'	Report

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey (Niger)

Guinea won 10–0 on aggregate.

7 October 2023

15:00 UTC+1

Equatorial Guinea	1–1	Ethiopia
Bopopo 53'		Daniel 9'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

15 October 2023

15:30 UTC+3

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

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Ethiopia won 5–2 on aggregate.

7 October 2023

15:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	0–6	Uganda
		Nabukenya 18', 33' Nandago 39', 48' Kunihira 42' Naggayi 64'

Estádio da Matola, Maputo

13 October 2023

16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	2–0	Mozambique
Nabulime 6' Nabukenya 19'

FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru

Uganda won 8–0 on aggregate.

8 October 2023

16:00 UTC±0

Guinea-Bissau	0–3	Ghana
		Ameyaa 45+1' Amponsah 67' Attobra 77'

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

14 October 2023

15:30 UTC±0

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

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Ghana won 6–0 on aggregate.

8 October 2023

16:00 UTC+2

Egypt	7–0	São Tomé and Príncipe
N. Al-Sayed 15', 55' J. Emad 25', 65' M. Ehab 75', 85' N. Khaled 90'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

13 October 2023

16:00 UTC+2

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'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria (Egypt)

Egypt won 18–0 on aggregate.

8 October 2023

15:00 UTC+3

Kenya	6–1	Angola
Nekesa 4', 7', 24' Midewa 45+2', 58' Naliaka 81'		Candido 25'

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

14 October 2023

15:30 UTC+1

Angola	0–4	Kenya
	Report (KFF)	Nekesa 6' Kwoba 38' Arusi 57' Midewa 90+4'

Estádio 22 de Junho, Luanda

Kenya won 10–1 on aggregate.

8 October 2023

15:00 UTC+2

Burundi	0–0	South Africa

Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria (South Africa

11 October 2023

15:00 UTC+2

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

Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

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

6 October 2023

--:-- UTC+4

Mauritius	Cancelled	Nigeria

Cote d'Or National Sports Complex, Quatre Bornes

14 October 2023

--:-- UTC+1

Nigeria	Cancelled	Mauritius

Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja

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

12 November 2023

17:00 UTC+1

Morocco	3–0	Guinea
El Madani 23', 40', 84'

Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida

18 November 2023

16:00 UTC+1

Guinea	0–2	Morocco
		Sadiki 17' Masnaoui 40'

Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida (Morocco)

Morocco won 5–0 on aggregate.

11 November 2023

16:30 UTC±0

Mali	0–2	Ethiopia
	Report (EFF)	B. Bekele 58' Daniel 68'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

19 November 2023

15:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	4–0	Mali
Daniel 34', 45' Sahilu 66' Temesgen 70'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Ethiopia won 6–0 on aggregate.

11 November 2023

17:00 UTC±0

Senegal	1–0	Uganda
Ba 44'	Report (FSF)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

18 November 2023

16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	1–1	Senegal
Nandago 4'		Ba 25'

FUFA Technical Centre, Kampala

Senegal won 2–1 on aggregate.

12 November 2023

15:00 UTC+2

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

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

19 November 2023

15:30 UTC±0

Ghana	2–0	Eswatini
B. Nyarko 6' S. Nyarko 12'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Ghana won 8–1 on aggregate.

10 November 2023

15:30 UTC+1

Congo	1–1	Egypt
Ndengo 55'	Report (FECOFOOT)	D. Karim 20' (pen.)

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

19 November 2023

17:00 UTC+2

Egypt	6–0	Congo
H. Essam 5' Hisham 17' Karim 67', 31' Ehab 75' J. Emad 79'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Egypt won 7–1 on aggregate.

11 November 2023

17:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	3–0	Kenya
Enganemben 21', 36' Eto 44'

Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé

17 November 2023

15:00 UTC+3

Kenya	2–3	Cameroon
Midewa 46', 78'		Eto 24', 60', 63'

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

Cameroon won 6–2 on aggregate.

11 November 2023

15:30 UTC+1

DR Congo	3–2	Burundi
Lubiku 3' Kalomba 15' Jenovic 48'	Report (FECOFA)	Bizimana 2', 65' (pen.)

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

17 November 2023

15:00 UTC+3

Burundi	1–0	DR Congo
Nshimirimana 7'

FUFA Technical Centre, Kampala (Uganda)

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

12 November 2023

15:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	1–1	Nigeria
Ubamba 70'		Olise 57'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam

19 November 2023

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	2–1	Tanzania
Aikekoromowei 15' Folorunsho 60'		Mnundika 20'

Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja

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

13 January 2024

16:00 UTC+1

Morocco	2–0	Ethiopia
Zouhir 10' Basser 51'	Report

Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

21 January 2024

15:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	1–0	Morocco
Tsehaynesh 52'	Report

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

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

13 January 2024

17:00 UTC±0

Senegal	0–2	Ghana
	Report	Twum 5', 7'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Rosa Hanjavola (Madagascar)

21 January 2024

16:00 UTC±0

Ghana	5–1	Senegal
Nyame 18' B. Nyarko 23', 72' Twum 67' (pen.) Abdulai 78'	Report	Ba 5'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

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

12 January 2024

17:00 UTC+2

Egypt	2–4	Cameroon
N. Ramadan 17' (pen.) J. Emad 32' (pen.)	Report	Lemana 14' Lamine 30', 78' Meva Kiki 90+3'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Aissata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)

21 January 2024

15:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–1	Egypt
Lamine 74'	Report	H. Essam 40'

Stade de la Réunification, Douala

Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

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

14 January 2024

16:00 UTC+3

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

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

20 January 2024

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	1–0	Burundi
Ajakaye 79'	Report

Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja

Referee: (Tunisia)

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

Naomi Ndjoah Eto

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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

References

^ "U20 Women's World Cup 2022: African qualifying tournament dates, fixtures released". Cafonline.com. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
^ "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.

[1] "U20 Women's World Cup 2022: African qualifying tournament dates, fixtures released". Cafonline.com. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

[regulations-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.

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[3]

Draw

Table

Did not enter

Format

Schedule

Bracket

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Goalscorers

See also

References