2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
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.
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) |
← 2014 2018 → |
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
editA 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 | 6 | |
First round | 13 | |
Qualifying rounds | Total | 19 |
Format
editQualification 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
editThe 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
editTeam 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]
Djibouti | 0–2 | Burkina Faso |
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Report | Sawadogo ?', ?' |
Burkina Faso | 5–0 | Djibouti |
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Traoré 5', 46' Sawadogo 11' Compaoré 46' (pen.) Sow 81' |
Report |
Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.
DR Congo | 5–0 | Gabon |
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Mwadi 13', 32' Mbemba 53' Salu 68' Mawanda 90+' |
Report |
DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.
Sierra Leone | Cancelled | Liberia |
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Report |
Liberia | Cancelled | Sierra Leone |
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Report |
Liberia won on walkover.
First round
editTeam 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 | 1–1 | Algeria |
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Drabo 36' | Report | Lamari 75' |
Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Equatorial Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.
Senegal | 0–2 | Ghana |
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Report | Ayieyam ?' Niber-Lawrence ?' |
Ghana won 8–0 on aggregate.
Namibia | 0–1 | DR Congo |
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Report | Mwadi 64' |
DR Congo won 5–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria | 7–0 | Liberia |
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Uchendu 23' Ojinma 26' Yakubu 35', 77' Adeboyejo 39' Bokiri 71', 82' |
Report |
Nigeria won 14–1 on aggregate.
Tanzania | 0–4 | Zambia |
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Report | Phiri 4' Lungu 20' Banda 33' Wilombe 50' (pen.) |
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' |
Botswana | 0–1 | South Africa |
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Report | Sikweza 48' |
South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second round
editTeam 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]
Burkina Faso | 0–2 | Ethiopia |
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Report | Abera 8', 69' |
Ethiopia | 0–0 | Burkina Faso |
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Report |
Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.
Equatorial Guinea | 0–1 | Ghana |
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Report | Diwura-Soale 31' |
Ghana | 2–0 | Equatorial Guinea |
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Niber-Lawrence 73' Appiah 90' |
Report |
Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate.
DR Congo | 1–2 | Nigeria |
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Salu 38' | Report | Uchendu 6' Ihezuo 12' |
Nigeria | 2–0 | DR Congo |
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Ihezuo 8', 56' | Report |
Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.
Zambia | 0–0 | South Africa |
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Report |
South Africa | 3–2 | Zambia |
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Motlhalo 1', 74' Makhoali 55' |
Report | Banda 52' Musesa 57' |
South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.
Third round
editWinners 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 | 4–0 | Ethiopia |
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Adubea 33', 51' Owusu-Ansah 49', 67' |
Report |
Ghana won 6–2 on aggregate.
Nigeria | 2–1 | South Africa |
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Ihezuo 30' Van Reyneveld 45' (o.g.) |
Report | Salgado 90' (pen.) |
Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
editThe 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
edit- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Naima Lamari
- Baya Meskari
- Refilwe Mathlo
- Mouniratou Compaoré
- Assifou Coulibaly
- Chantal Drabo
- Yasmine Ouattara
- Stéphanie Sow
- Catherine Mbengono
- Nathalie Boyengwa
- Émeraude Mawanda
- Flavine Mawete
- Merveille Mbemba
- Olga Esono
- Aju Francisca
- Muriel Lynda Mendoua
- Isabel Nsang
- Kate Addo
- Fatima Alhassan
- Veronica Appiah
- Wasila Diwura-Soale
- Kanties Sayee
- Chinozo Sunday
- Mosili Makhoali
- Nomathansanqa Sikweza
- Chamelle Wiltshire
- Ireen Lungu
- Agness Musesa
- Memory Phiri
- Mary Wilombe
- Own goal
- Hassabi Muso (playing against Ghana)
- Caryn van Reyneveld (playing against Nigeria)
References
edit- ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Ghana and Nigeria book places in PNG". FIFA.com. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 2 May 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
edit- 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup – Qualifiers, CAFonline.com