2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament


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 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.
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.
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions.

Teams

A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
Preliminary round
6
First round
13
Qualifying roundsTotal19

Did not enter

Format

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 level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
The two winners of the third round qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
RoundLegDate
Preliminary roundFirst leg1–3 May 2015
Preliminary roundSecond leg15–17 May 2015
First roundFirst leg10–12 July 2015
First roundSecond leg24–26 July 2015
Second roundFirst leg25–27 September 2015
Second roundSecond leg9–11 October 2015
Third roundFirst leg23–25 October 2015
Third roundSecond leg6–8 November 2015

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Third round

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament[|1]

Goalscorers

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