2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 2 May – 8 November 2015 |
Teams | 19 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 94 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Loza Abera Chinwendu Ihezuo (6 goals each) |
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.[1]
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions.[2]
Teams
A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]
Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
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Preliminary round |
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6 |
First round | 13 | |
Qualifying rounds | Total | 19 |
Did not enter |
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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.[3]
Round | Leg | Date |
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Preliminary round | First leg | 1–3 May 2015 |
Second leg | 15–17 May 2015 | |
First round | First leg | 10–12 July 2015 |
Second leg | 24–26 July 2015 | |
Second round | First leg | 25–27 September 2015 |
Second leg | 9–11 October 2015 | |
Third round | First leg | 23–25 October 2015 |
Second leg | 6–8 November 2015 |
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Djibouti | 0–7 | Burkina Faso | 0–2 | 0–5 |
DR Congo | 6–0 | Gabon | 5–0 | 1–0 |
Sierra Leone | w/o | Liberia | — | — |
Note: Sierra Leone withdrew.[4] 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.[5]
Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.
DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.
Liberia won on walkover.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Algeria | 2–3 | Burkina Faso | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Cameroon | 1–2 | Ethiopia | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Equatorial Guinea | 4–0 | Mali | 4–0 | 0–0 |
Ghana | 8–0 | Senegal | 6–0 | 2–0 |
DR Congo | 5–0 | Namibia | 4–0 | 1–0 |
Liberia | 1–14 | Nigeria | 1–7 | 0–7 |
Tanzania | 0–4 | Zambia | 0–4 | 0–0 |
South Africa | 9–1 | Botswana | 8–1 | 1–0 |
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 | 8–1 | Botswana |
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Wiltshire 8' Salgado 27', 78' (pen.) Ndyebi 35', 50' Kgatlana 40', 58' Motlhalo 52' |
Report | Mathlo 56' |
South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Burkina Faso | 0–2 | Ethiopia | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0–3 | Ghana | 0–1 | 0–2 |
DR Congo | 1–4 | Nigeria | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Zambia | 2–3 | South Africa | 0–0 | 2–3 |
Note: First leg of Burkina Faso v Ethiopia was postponed to 3 October, then to 10 October, due to coup in Burkina Faso.[6][7]
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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ethiopia | 2–6 | Ghana | 2–2 | 0–4 |
Nigeria | 3–1 | South Africa | 2–1 | 1–0 |
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 |
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Ghana | 8 November 2015 | 3 (2010, 2012, 2014) |
Nigeria | 8 November 2015 | 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Barkissa Sawadogo
- Hornella Lengi Salu
- Princella Adubea
- Jane Ayieyam
- Amarachi Ojinma
- Gabriela Salgado
- Linda Motlhalo
- 2 goals
- Mariam Fifao Traoré
- Lily Lawrence Niber
- Yoy 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
- Nathalie Boyengwa
- Merveille Mbemba Makiese
- Emeraude Mawanda Muyenga
- Flavie Mawete
- Muriellynda Abossolo
- Olga Esono
- Francisca Ondo
- Isabel Nsang
- Kate Addo
- Fatima Alhassan
- Veronica Appiah
- Wasila Diwura-Soale
- Kanties Sayee
- Chinozo Sunday
- Mosili Makhoali
- Nomathansanqa Sikweza
- Chamelle Wiltshire
- Ireen Lungu
- Agnes Musesa
- Memory Phiri
- Marry Wilombe
- Own goal
References
- ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "Ghana and Nigeria book places in PNG". FIFA.com. 8 November 2015.
- 1 2 "FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-20 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "U-20 Female Lone Star Qualifies To 2nd Phase". Liberian Observer. 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "Eliminatoires-Mondial (F): le match RDC-Gabon reporté au 16 mai". Radio Okapi. 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Away victories boost for Falconets, Princesses". CAF. 29 September 2015.
- ↑ "Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia rescheduled for Oct. 10". CAF. 1 October 2015.
External links
- 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup – Qualifiers, CAFonline.com