The

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

(CAF) organized qualification matches for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile for its member nations between 13 January and 14 June 2008. At the conclusion of qualification, DR Congo and

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

booked their spots at the international tournament as CAF representatives.

Preliminary round

''Ghana won 7−0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.'' ---- ''Botswana won 4−2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.'' ---- ''Egypt won 3−3 on aggregate via the away goals rule and advanced to the first round.'' ---- ''South Africa won 7−1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.'' ---- ''Cameroon won on walkover and advanced to the first round after Benin failed to appear for the first leg .'' ---- ''Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the first round after Congo failed to appear for the first leg.'' ---- ''DR Congo won on walkover and advanced to the first round after Namibia failed to appear for the first leg.'' ---- ''Zimbabwe won on walkover and advanced to the first round after Mauritius failed to appear for the first leg.''

First round

The First Round matches were played from 4 to 20 April 2008. ''Nigeria won 4−0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.'' ---- ''Ghana won 10−4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.'' ---- ''DR Congo won 5−1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.'' ---- ''South Africa won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Mauritius failed to appear for the first leg.''

Second round

The Second Round was played from 30 May to 18 June 2008. The winners of both two-legged ties have qualified directly to the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. ''Nigeria qualified by winning 5−2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''DR Congo qualified by winning via the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...

3−3 on aggregate.''

Qualified teams for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following teams from CAF qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

External links

2008 edition records and statistics
at the

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