| Tourney Name: | African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Num Teams: | 35 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 54 |
| Goals: | 183 |
| Top Scorer: | Naomi Ndjoah Eto (6 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2026 |
The 2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification was the 12th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification, 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 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Four teams qualified from this tournament for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the CAF representatives.
A total of 35 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 8 June 2023 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [1]
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 would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.[2]
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First round | First leg | 1–3 September 2023 |
| Second leg | 8–10 September 2023 | |
| Second round | First leg | 6–8 October 2023 |
| Second leg | 13–15 October 2023 | |
| Third round | First leg | 10–12 November 2023 |
| Second leg | 17–19 November 2023 | |
| Fourth round | First leg | 12–14 January 2024 |
| Second leg | 20–21 January 2024 |
The four winners of the fourth round would qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
|}----Guinea-Bissau won 6–1 on aggregate.----
|}Morocco won 5–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Mali won on away goals.----Senegal won 2–0 on aggregate.----Eswatini won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Gabon withdrew prior to the first leg without citing lack of preparation due to no local championship being contested.[3] ----Congo won 5–1 on aggregate.----Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. DR Congo won on away goals.----Tanzania won 12–0 on aggregate.----Guinea won 10–0 on aggregate.----Ethiopia won 5–2 on aggregate.----Uganda won 8–0 on aggregate.----Ghana won 6–0 on aggregate.----Egypt won 18–0 on aggregate.----Kenya won 10–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Burundi won on away goals.----Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Mauritius withdrew prior to the first leg without providing a reason for their withdrawal.
Winners qualify to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) | |||
| 0 (debut) | |||
| 0 (debut) | |||
| 6 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) | |||
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.