The 2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 8th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. 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 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the CAF representatives.

Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions.

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

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teamsPreliminary round6First round13Qualifying roundsTotal19

Did not enter

Format Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time 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.

RoundLegDatePreliminary roundFirst leg1–3 May 2015Second leg15–17 May 2015First roundFirst leg10–12 July 2015Second leg24–26 July 2015Second roundFirst leg25–27 September 2015Second leg9–11 October 2015Third roundFirst leg23–25 October 2015Second leg6–8 November 2015

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 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 (2010, 2012, 2014) (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers 6 goals

Loza Abera Chinwendu Ihezuo

5 goals Joëlle Mwadi

4 goals

Hornella Lengi Salu Sandra Owusu-Ansah Yetunde Adeboyejo

3 goals

Barkissa Sawadogo Princella Adubea Jane Ayieyam Amarachi Ojinma 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