2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

The 2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 4th 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.

2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates13 January – 14 June 2008
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored64 (3.56 per match)

The top two teams of the tournament DR Congo and Nigeria qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile as the CAF representatives.[1]

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  w/o1  Benin — —
Nigeria  w/o1  Congo — —
Ghana  7–0  Guinea 4–0 3–0
Lesotho  2–4  Botswana 1–1 1–3
Zambia  3–3  Egypt 2–2 1–1
Namibia  w/o1  DR Congo — —
Zimbabwe  w/o1  Mauritius — —
South Africa  7–1  Mozambique 4–0 3–1
  • 1 - Benin, Congo, Namibia and Zimbabwe withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Cameroon, Nigeria, DR Congo and Mauritius qualified for the next round.

First round

The First Round matches were played from 4 to 20 April 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  4–0  Cameroon 1–0 3–0
Botswana  4–10  Ghana 4–1 0–9
DR Congo  5–1  Egypt 2–0 3–1
South Africa  w/o2  Mauritius — —
  • 2 - Mauritius withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, South Africa qualified for the next round.

Second round

The Second Round was played from 30 May to 18 June 2008. The winners of both two-legged ties have qualified directly to the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana  2–5  Nigeria 2–3 0–2
South Africa  3–3  DR Congo 3–1 0–2

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
 DR Congo14 June 20081 (2006)
 Nigeria18 June 20083 (2002, 2004, 2006)

References
  1. "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". fifa.com. December 8, 2008.


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