| Tourney Name: | African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Dates: | (remaining matches cancelled) |
| Num Teams: | 29 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 94 |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
The 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 10th 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 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Two teams would have qualified from this tournament for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives.[1] [2] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[3] As a result, all remaining qualifying matches were cancelled.[4] [5]
A total of 29 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[6] [7] [8] The draw procedures were as follows:[9]
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 was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[8] [10]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all first round matches, originally scheduled for 20–22 and 27–29 March 2020, had been postponed until further notice.[11] The CAF announced the new dates in July 2020.[12] However, on 15 August 2020, CAF announced that all first round matches, rescheduled for 3–5 and 10–12 September 2020, were again postponed due to travel restrictions across parts of Africa as a result of COVID-19.[13] The CAF sent a letter to the member associations on 21 December 2020 confirming the cancellation of the qualifiers.[4]
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | First leg | 17–19 January 2020 |
| Second leg | 31 January–2 February 2020 | |
| First round | First leg | 20–22 March 2020, postponed to 3–5 September 2020, eventually cancelled |
| Second leg | 27–29 March 2020, postponed to 10–12 September 2020, eventually cancelled | |
| Second round | First leg | 24–26 April 2020, postponed to 2–4 October 2020, eventually cancelled |
| Second leg | 8–10 May 2020, postponed to 9–11 October 2020, eventually cancelled | |
| Third round | First leg | 29–31 May 2020, postponed to 6–8 November 2020, eventually cancelled |
| Second leg | 19–21 June 2020, postponed to 13–15 November 2020, eventually cancelled |
The two winners of the third round would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[7] [8]
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Morocco won 8–4 on aggregate.----Algeria won 9–0 on aggregate.----
Gabon won on walkover after DR Congo did not appear for the first leg.[14] ----Congo won 6–2 on aggregate.----Liberia won 7–5 on aggregate.----Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.----Guinea-Bissau won 15–0 on aggregate.----Senegal won 1–0 on aggregate.----Tanzania won 4–2 on aggregate.----Ethiopia won 7–1 on aggregate.----Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.----Botswana won 9–0 on aggregate.----South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Winners would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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