2012 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

2012 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates 28 October – 20 May 2012
Teams 19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 29
Goals scored 106 (3.66 per match)

The 2012 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 6th 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.

19 teams entered the competition, but due to withdrawals only 16 actually played matches. The top two teams of the tournament Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan as the CAF representatives.[1]

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played on 28 and 29 October 2011 (first leg) and 19 November 2011 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  w/o1  Sierra Leone
Kenya  4–2  Lesotho 2–2 2–0
Botswana  w/o2  Comoros 6–1

First round

The first round will be held on 17–19 February 2012 (first leg) and 2–3 March 2012 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sierra Leone  w/o1  Nigeria
Zimbabwe  7–0  Mozambique 4–0 3–0
Mali  6–1  Equatorial Guinea 4–0 2–1
Cameroon  2–3  DR Congo 1–2 1–1
Zambia  2–5  Kenya 2–1 0–4
Morocco  1–5  Tunisia 0–5 1–0
Botswana  2–7  South Africa 1–4 1–3
Ghana  10–0  Namibia 7–0 3–0

Second round

The second round will be held on 30–31 Mar or 1 Apr (first leg) and 13–15 April 2012 (second leg).[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  6–0  Zimbabwe 3–0 3–0
Mali  3–6  DR Congo 1–3 2–3
Kenya  2–4  Tunisia 1–2 1–2
South Africa  0–5  Ghana 0–2 0–3

First leg

31 March 2012
Nigeria  3 – 0  Zimbabwe
Ordega  26', 80'
Sunday
Report

31 March 2012
Kenya  1 – 2  Tunisia
Sharon  71' Report Kaabachi  7'
?  38'

31 March 2012
South Africa  0 – 2  Ghana
Report Dadson  50'
Addo

7 April 2012
Mali  1 – 3  DR Congo
Tangara  45+1' Report Mayala  31'
Solange  45+2'
Kujoya  87'

Second leg

14 April 2012
Ghana  3 – 0  South Africa
Saahene  11'
Ayieam  65'
Addo  72'
Report

14 April 2012
Tunisia  2 – 1  Kenya
Kaabachi  12'
Majri  72'
Report Atieno  90'

15 April 2012
Zimbabwe  0 – 3  Nigeria
Report Oparanozie  10'
Sunday  27'
Orji  86'


DR Congo  3 – 2  Mali

Third round

The third round was held on 4–6 May 2012 (first leg) and 18–20 May 2012 (second leg).

The winners of the two third Round matches will qualified directly to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Japan.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  7–0  DR Congo 4–0 3–0
Tunisia  2–7  Ghana 1–3 1–4

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 1 (2010)
 Nigeria 27 March 2010 5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)

References

  1. "2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". fifa.com. September 10, 2012.
  2. "Sierra Leone women continue preparing despite the withdrawal of Guinea". sierraleonefootball.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  3. "Sierra Leone: Salone Withdraws From U-20 Fifa Qualifiers". allafrica.com. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  4. "CAF African Women's U-20 Champ Round 2". futbol24.com. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

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