# African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth women's association football qualification competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football 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.
| Year | Hosts | Final match | Final match | Final match | Semi-finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Year | Hosts | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Semi-finalists | Semi-finalists |
| 2002 | Home sites | Nigeria | 6–0 | South Africa | Central African Republic | Morocco |
| 2002 | Home sites | Nigeria | 3–2 | South Africa | Central African Republic | Morocco |
| 2004 | Home sites | Nigeria | 1–0 | South Africa | DR Congo | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2004 | Home sites | Nigeria | 0–0 | South Africa | DR Congo | Equatorial Guinea |

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

| Year | Hosts | | Final round | Final round | Final round |
| Year | Hosts | | Winners (to FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup) | Agg. Score | Runners-up |
| 2006 | Home sites | | Nigeria | bye | n/a |
| 2006 | Home sites | | DR Congo | w/o | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2008 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 5–2 | Ghana |
| 2008 | Home sites | | DR Congo | 3–3 (a) | South Africa |
| 2010 | Home sites | | Ghana | 5–0 | DR Congo |
| 2010 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 12–3 | South Africa |
| 2012 | Home sites | | Ghana | 7–2 | Tunisia |
| 2012 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 7–0 | DR Congo |
| 2014 | Home sites | | Ghana | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2014 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 7–0 | South Africa |
| 2015 | Home sites | | Ghana | 6–2 | Ethiopia |
| 2015 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 3–1 | South Africa |
| 2018 | Home sites | | Ghana | 4–1 | Cameroon |
| 2018 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 8–0 | South Africa |
| 2020 | Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 | Home sites | | Ghana | 5–1 | Ethiopia |
| 2022 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 7–2 | Senegal |
| 2024 | Home sites | | Morocco | 2–1 | Ethiopia |
| 2024 | Home sites | | Ghana | 7–1 | Senegal |
| 2024 | Home sites | | Cameroon | 5–3 | Egypt |
| 2024 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 2–0 | Burundi |
| 2026 | Home sites | | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |

## 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.
| World Cup | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | Total |
| Cameroon | | | | | | | | | | | R16 | | 1 |
| DR Congo | | | GS | GS | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Ghana | | | | | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | | 7 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | | | | | GS | | 1 |
| Nigeria | GS | QF | QF | QF | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | QF | QF | R16 | | 11 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |

### Legend

| 1st — Champions 2nd — Runners-up 3rd — Third place 4th — Fourth place | QF – Quarter-finals GS – Group stage Q – Qualified |

## Country participation
### Legend

| Team | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
| Algeria | | | R1 | | | | | R1 | R1 | | R1 | 4 |
| Angola | | | | | | | | | | R1 | R1 | 2 |
| Benin | | | PR | • | | | | | | R1 | R2 | 3 |
| Botswana | • | | | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | PR | R2 | R1 | 8 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | R2 | | R1 | R1 | 3 |
| Burundi | | | | | | | | | R2 | R2 | R3 | 3 |
| Cameroon | | | R2 | R1 | | R1 | | R1 | R3 | R3 | Q | 7 |
| Chad | | | | | | | | | | | • | 0 |
| Central African Republic | SF | | | | R1 | | | | | R1 | | 3 |
| Comoros | | | | | | • | | | | | | 0 |
| Congo | | | • | • | R1 | | | | | R2 | R3 | 3 |
| DR Congo | | SF | Q | Q | R3 | R3 | | R2 | | R1 | R3 | 8 |
| Djibouti | | | | | | | | PR | PR | PR | R1 | 4 |
| Egypt | | | R2 | R1 | R1 | | R1 | | | R1 | R3 | 6 |
| Eswatini | | | | | | | | | | PR | R3 | 2 |
| Ethiopia | | | • | | | | | R3 | R1 | SF | R3 | 4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | R1 | SF | R3 | | | R1 | R3 | R2 | | • | R2 | 7 |
| Eritrea | | | R1 | | | | | | | R1 | | 2 |
| Gabon | | | | | | | | PR | | R2 | • | 2 |
| Gambia | • | | | | | | | | | R2 | | 1 |
| Ghana | | | R2 | R2 | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | 9 |
| Guinea | | | • | PR | | • | | | R1 | R2 | R3 | 4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | | | | | | | R1 | | | R1 | R2 | 3 |
| Ivory Coast | | | | | | | R1 | | | | | 1 |
| Kenya | | | R1 | | • | R2 | | | R2 | R1 | R3 | 5 |
| Lesotho | | | | PR | | PR | | | | | | 2 |
| Liberia | | | R2 | | | | | R1 | | | | 2 |
| Libya | | | | | | | | | • | | • | 0 |
| Madagascar | | • | • | PR | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Malawi | • | | | | | | | | | R1 | | 1 |
| Mali | QF | | R1 | | | R2 | | R1 | | R1 | R3 | 6 |
| Mauritius | | | | R1 | | | | | | | • | 1 |
| Mauritania | | | | | | | | | | R1 | | 1 |
| Morocco | SF | R1 | R1 | | | R1 | R1 | | R2 | R3 | Q| | 8 |
| Mozambique | | • | R1 | PR | • | R1 | R1 | | | R1 | R1 | 6 |
| Namibia | | | | • | R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 7 |
| Niger | QF | | | | | | | | | PR | R1 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 1st | 1st | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q| | 11 |
| Réunion | | | | | R1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Rwanda | | | | | PR | | | | • | R1 | | 2 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | | | | | • | | | | | PR | R1 | 2 |
| Senegal | | | R1 | | | | | R1 | R1 | SF | R3 | 5 |
| Sierra Leone | | | | | • | R1 | R1 | • | R2 | R1 | | 4 |
| South Africa | 2nd | 2nd | R2 | R2 | R3 | R2 | R3 | R3 | R3 | R2 | R1 | 11 |
| South Sudan | | | | | | | | PR | | • | | 1 |
| Tanzania | | | | | | | R2 | R1 | R1 | R3 | R3 | 5 |
| Togo | | | | | • | | | | | • | PR | 1 |
| Tunisia | | | | | | R2 | R3 | R2 | • | • | | 4 |
| Uganda | | | | | | | | | | R3 | R3 | 2 |
| Zambia | QF | | PR | PR | R2 | R1 | R2 | R2 | | R3 | R2 | 9 |
| Zimbabwe | QF | | R1 | • | R2 | R2 | | | | | | 4 |
| Total | 13 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 40 | 35 | |