African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women

African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women

Founded	2002
Region	Africa (CAF)
Number of teams	14
2015 CAF U-20 Women's WCQ

The African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women is association football tournament for the under 20 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

In the first two editions in 2002 and 2004 only one team qualified to the world cup, thus a final was played. From 2006 onwards the confederation was granted a second spot, so all following tournaments were played in a knock-out format only to the semi finals. All matches are played on a home and away system, there is no host country for the single years.

Results

African U-19 Women's Championship

Year	Host nation		Champion				Third Place
			Winner	Score	Runner-up
2002 Details	home & away		Nigeria	6 – 0 3 – 2	South Africa		Central African Rep.	Morocco
2004 Details	home & away		Nigeria	1 – 0 0 – 0	South Africa		DR Congo	Equatorial Guinea

African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

Year	Host nation		Qualification 1				Qualification 2
			To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup
2006 Details	home & away		DR Congo	not played	Equatorial Guinea		Nigeria	not played	Cameroon
2008 Details	home & away		DR Congo	1 – 3 2 – 0	South Africa		Nigeria	3 – 2 2 – 0	Ghana
2010 Details	home & away		Ghana	2 – 0 3 – 0	DR Congo		Nigeria	5 – 3 7 – 0	South Africa
2012 Details	home & away		Ghana	3 – 1 4 – 1	Tunisia		Nigeria	4 – 0 3 – 0	DR Congo
2014 Details	home & away		Ghana	0 – 1 1 – 0 (4 – 3 p)	Equatorial Guinea		Nigeria	6 – 0 1 – 0	South Africa

1. ^ Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
2. ^ Cameroon disqualified.

CAF U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

Year	Host nation		Qualification 1				Qualification 2
			To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup
2015 Details	home & away		Ghana	2 – 2 4 – 0	Ethiopia		Nigeria	2 – 1 1 – 0	South Africa
2017 Details	home & away		To be played				To be played

Performances by countries

Performances in African Championship by countries

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Nigeria	1 (2002)
South Africa		1 (2002)
Central African Republic			1 (2002)
Morocco			1 (2002)

FIFA World Cup qualification and results

All editions have qualified three teams to the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Nigeria has been the only team to win in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals of this tournament, placing 2nd twice in 2010 and 2014 and 4th in 2012. All other CAF teams have been eliminated in the group stages.

• QF = World Cup quarter-final
• GS = World Cup group stage

• q = Qualified to world cup
• 3rd = World Cup third Place

World Cup	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	Total
Nigeria	GS	QF	QF	QF	2nd	4th	2nd	q		8
Ghana					GS	GS	GS	q		4
DR Congo			GS	GS						2

Teams participating

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• SF — Semifinal
• QF — Quarterfinal
• Q — Qualified for FIFA WC
• PR — Preliminary Round

• R1 — Round 1
• R2 — Round 2
• R3 — Round 3
•  •  — Withdrew
•     — Did not enter
•    — Hosts
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	2002 (8)	2004 (6)	2006 (11)	2008 (7)	2010 (7)	2012 (7)	2014 (7)	2015 (7)	2017 (.)	Total
Algeria			R1					R1		2
Benin			PR	•						1
Botswana	•			R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		5
Burkina Faso								R2		1
Cameroon			R2	R1		R1		R1		4
Central African Republic	SF				R1					2
Comoros						•				0
Congo			•	•	R1					1
DR Congo		SF	Q	Q	R3	R3		R2		6
Djibouti								PR		1
Egypt			R2	R1	R1		R1			4
Ethiopia			•					R3		1
Equatorial Guinea	R1	SF	R3			R1	R3	R2		6
Eritrea			R1							1
Gabon								PR		1
Gambia	•									0
Ghana			R2	R2	Q	Q	Q	Q		6
Guinea			•	PR		•				1
Guinea-Bissau							R1			1
Ivory Coast							R1			1
Kenya			R1		•	R2				2
Lesotho				PR		PR				2
Liberia			R2					R1		2
Madagascar		•	•	PR						1
Malawi	•									0
Mali	QF		R1			R2		R1		4
Mauritius				R1						1
Morocco	SF	R1	R1			R1	R1			5
Mozambique		•	R1	PR	•	R1	R1			4
Namibia				•	R2	R1	R1	R1		4
Niger	QF									1
Nigeria	1st	1st	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q		8
Réunion					R1					1
Rwanda					PR					1
São Tomé and Príncipe					•					0
Senegal			R1					R1		2
Sierra Leone					•	R1	R1	•		2
South Africa	2nd	2nd	R2	R2	R3	R2	R3	R3		8
South Sudan								PR		1
Tanzania							R2	R1		2
Togo					•					0
Tunisia						R2	R3	R2		3
Uganda						R1		R2		2
Zambia	QF		PR	PR	R2	R1	R2	R2		7
Zimbabwe	QF		R1	•	R2	R2				4

External links

• Official website
• African Women U-20 World Cup Qualifying - rsssf.com