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

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.

2010 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates24 October 2009 – 27 March 2010
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored80 (3.81 per match)

Players born on or after 1 January 1990 are eligible to compete in the tournament. 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/o1  São Tomé and Príncipe — —
Madagascar  2–7  Réunion 1–4 1–3
Uganda  3–1  Rwanda 2–1 1–0
Mozambique  n/a2  Kenya — —
Togo  n/a2  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/o3  Egypt — —
Congo  w/o3  Ghana — —
Réunion  3–6  South Africa 3–4 0–2
Uganda  w/o3  Zambia — —
Winner of Matches 7–8 w/o4  Zimbabwe — —
Winner of Matches 9–10 w/o4  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
 Ghana26 February 20100
 Nigeria27 March 20104 (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. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  3. "more preliminary round withdrawals". cafoline.com. 2010-02-11. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  4. "COngo and Uganda withdraw". cafoline.com. 2010-02-11. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  5. "Mozambique, Kenya, Togo and Sierra Leone withdraw". cafoline.com. 2010-02-11. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2010-02-11.


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