# 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

The 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 11th 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 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Two teams could qualify from this tournament for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives. This edition of the tournament also doubles as the qualifiers for the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana where teams who reached the fourth round qualified automatically.

## Draw

A total of 40 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 10 May 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
* In the first round, the 16 teams were drawn into 8 ties, with teams divided into five pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
* In the second round, the 8 first round winners and the 24 teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into 16 ties based on the first round tie numbers, with eight first round winners playing against the eight teams receiving byes, and the other 16 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.
* In the fifth round, the four fourth round winners were allocated into two ties based on the fourth round tie numbers

### Table

Participants (40 teams) :
| Pot A (8 from CECAFA) | Pot B (10 from COSAFA) | Pot C (4 from UNAF) | Pot D (8 from UNIFFAC) | Pot E (8 from WAFU A) | Pot F (6 from WAFU B) |
| Ethiopia  Uganda  South Sudan (W)  Eritrea  Kenya  Djibouti  Burundi  Rwanda | Malawi  Zambia  Tanzania  Namibia  Eswatini  Angola  Botswana  Mozambique  South Africa | Tunisia (W)  Egypt  Morocco | Equatorial Guinea (W)  DR Congo  São Tomé and Príncipe  Togo (W)  Congo  Gabon (W)  Cameroon  Central African Republic | Sierra Leone  Gambia  Senegal  Mauritania (W)  Mali  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau (W) | Burkina Faso  Nigeria  Ghana  Benin  Niger |

#### Notes

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

### Did not enter

* Algeria
* Chad
* Cape Verde
* Comoros
* Ivory Coast
* Lesotho
* Libya
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Zimbabwe

## 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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.

## Schedule

| Round | Leg | Date |
| First round | First leg | 5–7 August 2021 |
| First round | Second leg | 19–21 August 2021 |
| Second round | First leg | 23–25 September 2021 |
| Second round | Second leg | 7–9 October 2021 |
| Third round | First leg | 2–4 December 2021 |
| Third round | Second leg | 16–18 December 2021 |
| Fourth round | First leg | 21–23 January 2022 |
| Fourth round | Second leg | 4–6 February 2022 |
| Fifth round | First leg | 12–13 March 2022 |
| Fifth round | Second leg | 26–27 March 2022 |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Djibouti | 1–6 | Eritrea | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Rwanda | w/o | South Sudan | — | — |
| Eswatini | 0–2 | Mozambique | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Mauritania | w/o | Tunisia | — | — |
| Niger | 2–13 | Benin | 1–6 | 1–7 |
| Togo | w/o | Mali | — | — |
| DR Congo | 9–1 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | w/o | Central African Republic | — | — |
Eritrea won 6–1 on aggregate.
Mozambique won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benin won 13–2 on aggregate.
DR Congo won 9–1 on aggregate.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Eritrea | 0–5 | Tanzania | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Burundi | 5–0 | Namibia | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Angola | 1–8 | Botswana | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Rwanda | 0–8 | Ethiopia | 0–4 | 0–4 |
| Kenya | 3–10 | Uganda | 2–7 | 1–3 |
| Mozambique | 2–4 | South Africa | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Zambia | 8–1 | Malawi | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| Mauritania | w/o | Ghana | — | — |
| Benin | 3–4 | Morocco | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Gambia | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Burkina Faso | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Mali | 3–5 | Senegal | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Guinea | 1–1 (3–2 p) | Sierra Leone | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Gabon | w/o | Guinea-Bissau | — | — |
| DR Congo | 0–9 | Cameroon | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| Egypt | 2–4 | Congo | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Central African Republic | 0–11 | Nigeria | 0–7 | 0–4 |
Notes:
* ↑ Ghana won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Mauritania withdrew before the first leg.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000007B-QINU`"'
* ↑ Gabon won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Guinea-Bissau failed to appear for the first leg.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000007D-QINU`"'
Tanzania won 5–0 on aggregate.
Burundi won 5–0 on aggregate.
Botswana won 8–1 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 8–0 on aggregate.
Uganda won 10–3 on aggregate.
South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Zambia won 8–1 on aggregate.
Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Gambia won 4–3 on penalties.
Senegal won 5–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–2 on penalties.
Cameroon won 9–0 on aggregate.
Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 11–0 on aggregate.

## Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tanzania | 4–3 | Burundi | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Botswana | 2–8 | Ethiopia | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Uganda | 1–0 | South Africa | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Zambia | 0–1 | Ghana | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Morocco | 9–1 | Gambia | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Senegal | 3–3 (a) | Guinea | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Cameroon | w/o | Gabon | — | — |
| Congo | w/o | Nigeria | 0–4 | — |
* ↑ Cameroon won on walkover and advanced to the fourth round after Gabon withdrew before the first leg.'"`UNIQ--ref-000001AD-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-000001AE-QINU`"'
* ↑ Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the fourth round after Congo withdrew before the second leg in Nigeria citing travel challenges.'"`UNIQ--ref-000001B0-QINU`"'
Tanzania won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 8–2 on aggregate.
Uganda won 1–0 on aggregate.
Ghana won 1–0 on aggregate.
Morocco won 9–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Senegal won on away goals.
Nigeria won on walkover after Congo withdrew from the second leg in Nigeria.

## Fourth round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tanzania | 1–2 | Ethiopia | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Uganda | 1–7 | Ghana | 1–2 | 0–5 |
| Morocco | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Senegal | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Cameroon | 0–3 | Nigeria | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Senegal won 5–4 on penalties.
Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate.

## Fifth round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ethiopia | 1–5 | Ghana | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Senegal | 2–7 | Nigeria | 1–3 | 1–4 |
Ghana won 5–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 7–2 on aggregate.

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

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| Nigeria | 26 March 2022 | 9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Ghana | 27 March 2022 | 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Qualified teams for 2023 African Games

The following eight teams from CAF qualified for the 2023 African Games women's football tournament by virtue of qualifying into the Fourth Round of the Tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in African Games |
| Morocco | 12 December 2021 | 1 (2019) |
| Ethiopia | 17 December 2021 | 2 (2003, 2007) |
| Nigeria | 17 December 2021 | 4 (2003, 2007, 2015, 2019) |
| Uganda | 17 December 2021 | 0 (debut) |
| Cameroon | 18 December 2021 | 4 (2003, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Ghana | 18 December 2021 | 3 (2007, 2011, 2015) |
| Senegal | 18 December 2021 | 1 (2007) |
| Tanzania | 18 December 2021 | 2 (2011, 2015) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Goalscorers

There were 206 goals scored in 61 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.
7 goals
* Rediet Assresahagn
* Flourish Sabastine
6 goals
* Salamatu Abdulai
* Sofia Bouftini
* Hapsatou Diallo
5 goals
* Mercy Idoko
* Esther Onyenezide
4 goals
* Edwige Kedokpo
* Enelesi Phiri
3 goals
* Marguerite Ahouassou
* Obonetse Rathari
* Aregash Kalsa
* Mesay Temesgen
* Rokia Coulibaly
* Elsa Mulingandale
* Adji N'Diaye
* Asanda Hadebe
* Aisha Masaka
* Juliet Nalukenge
2 goals
* Bernice Inonnabi
* Milhad Sadikou
* Eunice Sagbohan
* Keitumetse Dithebe
* Peggy Manewe
* Divine Nihorimbere
* Jennifer Aboudi
* Annie Enganemben
* Brenda Tabe
* Aïcha Yamounou
* Grâce Luvuezo
* Ememiya Mafuta
* Deborah Ngalula
* Olga Tshilombo
* Diana Estifanos
* Delina Sahle
* Turist Lemma
* Araiet Odong
* Evelyn Badu
* Doris Boaduwaa
* Shaylene Opisa
* Anfal El Yamani
* Kawtar Mahy
* Deborah Abiodun
* Joy Jerry
* Coumba M'Bodji
* Clara Luvanga
* Sumaya Komuntale
* Margret Kunihira
* Fauzia Najjemba
* Hadijah Nandago
* Lungowe Namasiku
1 goal
* Imorou Kadidjath
* Kpènagni Kounasso
* Joëlle Kpadonou
* Lorato Motlogelwa
* Tshegofatso Mosotho
* Naomi Kabré
* Estella Gakima
* Noela Izakoze
* Thade Ebika
* Fatima Kome
* Mana Lamine
* Pauline Mbayo
* Doris Senga
* Lerman Sikieh
* Kamba Kanza
* Dana Karim
* Mai Magdy
* Misgana Mehari
* Rahwa Nega
* Wuday Colley
* Fatoumata Jammeh
* Grace Animah
* Rahama Jafaru
* Cecilia Nyama
* Fanta Camara
* Nana Camara
* Boh Saran Kouroum
* N’nabinty Sylla
* Peris Oside
* Rose Kabzere
* Oumayma El Amrani
* Nesryne El Chad
* Nassima Jawad
* Hajar Jbilou
* Sara Mssalfyam
* Nadia Jacinto
* Naïma Hanjar
* Taiwo Lawal
* Blessing Okpe
* Precious Vincent
* Philomina Yina
* Walimata N'Diaye
* Milena Semedo
* Fatmata Turay
* Zethembiso Vilakazi
* Christer Bahera
* Irene Kisisa
* Joyce Lema
* Protasia Mbunda
* Emeliana Mdimu
* Shamirah Nalugya
* Evarine Katongo
* Siomala Mapepa
1 own goal
* ? (against Botswana)
* Lorato Motlogelwa (against Ethiopia)
* Keitumetse Thomas (against Ethiopia)