The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth

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qualification competition for the

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organized by the

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for its nations. A final was played in the first two editions in 2002 and 2004 as only one team qualified for the first two editions of the U-20 Women's World Cup in those years. Since 2006, with the confederation granted a second spot, all qualification editions till date were and are played in a home-and-away knock-out format until 4 teams are left with half that number booking their spots at the international tournament. On 7 June 2023, CAF revealed the formats for the qualification procedures for the next editions of the FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cups, the former whose draw was conducted the following day.

Results

African U-19 Women's Championship

Only the winner is guaranteed a spot at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for its first two editions.

African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualification and results

Five different teams have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as of the 2024 edition; Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Morocco. Nigeria has been the only team to reach the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final: finishing at the 2nd place twice in 2010 and 2014 and 4th in 2012. Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been eliminated in the group stages. ;Legend

Country participation

;Legend * — Champions * — Runners-up * — Third place * — Fourth place * — Semi-final *QF — Quarterfinal * — Qualified for FIFA U-20 WC *PR — Preliminary Round *R1 — Round 1 *R2 — Round 2 *R3 — Round 3 * — Withdrew * — Did not enter * — Hosts *q — Qualified for upcoming competition

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References

External links

Qualification records and statistics
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