The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is an
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
tournament for the under 20 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying tournament for the
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbere ...
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In the first two editions in 2002 and 2004 only one team qualified for the World Cup, thus a final was played. From 2006 onwards the confederation was granted a second spot, so all following tournaments were played in a knock-out format only to the semi finals. All matches are played on a home and away system, there is no host country for the single years.
Results
African U-19 Women's Championship
Only the winner qualified for the World Cup in the first two editions.
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying tournament
Two teams qualify for the World Cup. No final match is played.
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FIFA World Cup qualification and results
Three different teams have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Nigeria has been the only team to reach the quarter-finals at the World Cup, placing 2nd twice in 2010 and 2014 and 4th in 2012. All other CAF teams have been eliminated in the group stages.
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Teams participating
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* — Champions
* — Runners-up
* — Third place
* — Fourth place
* — Semifinal
*QF — Quarterfinal
* — Qualified for FIFA WC
*PR — Preliminary Round
*R1 — Round 1
*R2 — Round 2
*R3 — Round 3
* — Withdrew
* — Did not enter
* — Hosts
*q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
See also
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Africa Women Cup of Nations
The Women's Africa Cup of Nations, also called the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons and abbreviated to WAFCON, is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Conf ...
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African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
The African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women is association football tournament for the under 17 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
The next edition is planned for 2022.
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References
External links
Official website– ''rsssf.com''
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Confederation of African Football competitions for women's national teams
Recurring sporting events established in 2002
Under-20 association football