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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 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the

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in Papua New Guinea as the CAF representatives.

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and

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qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions.

Teams

A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the

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would be applied, and if still level, the

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would be used to determine the winner (no

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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.

Preliminary round

Note: Sierra Leone withdrew. 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. ''Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liberia won on walkover.''

First round

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 won 9–1 on aggregate.''

Second round

Note: First leg of Burkina Faso v Ethiopia was postponed to 3 October, then to 10 October, due to coup in Burkina Faso. ''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

. ''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. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

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* Chinwendu Ihezuo ;5 goals * Joëlle Mwadi ;4 goals * Hornella Lengi Salu * Sandra Owusu-Ansah * Yetunde Adeboyejo ;3 goals * Barkissa Sawadogo * Princella Adubea * Jane Ayieyam *

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* Gabriela Salgado * Linda Motlhalo ;2 goals * Mariam Fifao Traoré * Lily Niber-Lawrence * Joy 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 * Natacha Boyengwa * Ruth Kipoyi * Flavine Mawete * Merveille Mbemba * Olga Esono * Aju Francisca * Muriel Lynda Mendoua * Isabel Nsang * Kate Addo * Fatima Alhassan * Veronica Appiah * Wasila Diwura-Soale * Kanties Sayee * Chinozo Sunday * Mosili Makhoali * Nomathansanqa Sikweza * Chamelle Wiltshire * Ireen Lungu * Agness Musesa * Memory Phiri * Mary Wilombe ;Own goal * Hassabi Muso (playing against Ghana) * Caryn van Reyneveld (playing against Nigeria)

References

External links

2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup – Qualifiers
CAFonline.com {{DEFAULTSORT:African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament 2015

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