2010 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

2010 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	24 October 2009 – 27 March 2010
Teams	18 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	80 (3.81 per match)

The 2010 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th 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.

The top two teams of the tournament Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany as the CAF representatives.^[1]

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central African Republic	w/o^1	São Tomé and Príncipe	—	—
Madagascar	2–7	Réunion	1–4	1–3
Uganda	3–1	Rwanda	2–1	1–0
Mozambique	n/a^2	Kenya	—	—
Togo	n/a^2	Sierra Leone	—	—
Botswana	bye
Congo	bye
DR Congo	bye
Egypt	bye
Ghana	bye
Namibia	bye
Nigeria	bye
South Africa	bye
Tunisia	bye
Zambia	bye
Zimbabwe	bye

• 1 - São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Central African Republic qualified for the next round.^[2]
• 2 - Mozambique, Kenya, Togo, and Sierra Leone all withdrew from preliminary competition.^[3]

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central African Republic	1–3	DR Congo	0–2	1–1
Botswana	3–3 (3–4 pen.)	Namibia	1–2	2–1
Tunisia	w/o^3	Egypt	—	—
Congo	w/o^3	Ghana	—	—
Réunion	3–6	South Africa	3–4	0–2
Uganda	w/o^3	Zambia	—	—
Winner of Matches 7–8	w/o^4	Zimbabwe	—	—
Winner of Matches 9–10	w/o^4	Nigeria	—	—

• 3 - Egypt, Congo and Uganda withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Tunisia, Ghana, and Zambia qualified for the next round.^[4]
• 4 - No matches due to withdrawal of Mozambique, Kenya, Togo and Sierra Leone. As a result, Zimbabwe and Nigeria qualified for the next round.^[5]

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
DR Congo	3–2	Namibia	2–2	1–0
Tunisia	0–3	Ghana	0–2	0–1
South Africa	7–2	Zambia	1–2	6–0
Zimbabwe	1–10	Nigeria	1–4	0–6

Third round

The Third Round was held from 12 to 28 February 2010. The winners of the two Third Round matches will qualify directly to the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Germany.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
DR Congo	0–5	Ghana	0–2	0–3
South Africa	3–12	Nigeria	3–5	0–7

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 tournament
Ghana	26 February 2010	0
Nigeria	27 March 2010	4 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

References

1. "2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". fifa.com. August 3, 2010.
2. "São Tomé and Príncipe is the first African nation to withdraw". cafoline.com. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
3. "more preliminary round withdrawals". cafoline.com. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
4. "COngo and Uganda withdraw". cafoline.com. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
5. "Mozambique, Kenya, Togo and Sierra Leone withdraw". cafoline.com. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-11.

External links

• Official schedule and results