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competition organised by the

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(CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the

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. Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Four teams could qualify from this tournament for the

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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

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. *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

;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. *(W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter

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Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away

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would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no

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) would be used to determine the winner.

Schedule

Bracket

The four winners of the fourth round would qualify for the

First round

------------- ''Guinea-Bissau won 6–1 on aggregate.'' -------------

Second round

''Morocco won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Mali won on away goals.'' ---- ''Senegal won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''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.'' ---- ''Congo won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. DR Congo won on away goals.'' ---- ''Tanzania won 12–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Guinea won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ethiopia won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Uganda won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ghana won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Egypt won 18–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kenya won 10–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Burundi won on away goals.'' ---- ''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

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ''Cameroon won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. Burundi won on away goals.'' ----

Fourth round

Winners qualify to the

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

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

References

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