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

2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates 2 May – 8 November 2015
Teams 19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 94 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ethiopia Loza Abera
Nigeria Chinwendu Ihezuo
(6 goals each)

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 (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 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.[1]

Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last three editions.[2]

Teams

A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Preliminary round
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  Djibouti
  •  DR Congo
  •  Gabon
  •  Liberia
  •  Sierra Leone
 6
First round
  •  Algeria
  •  Botswana
  •  Cameroon
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Ghana
  •  Mali
  •  Namibia
  •  Nigeria
  •  Senegal
  •  South Africa
  •  Tanzania
  •  Zambia
 13
Qualifying rounds Total 19

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 (no extra time would be played).

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.[3]

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 1–3 May 2015
Second leg 15–17 May 2015
First round First leg 10–12 July 2015
Second leg 24–26 July 2015
Second round First leg 25–27 September 2015
Second leg 9–11 October 2015
Third round First leg 23–25 October 2015
Second leg 6–8 November 2015

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti  0–7  Burkina Faso 0–2 0–5
DR Congo  6–0  Gabon 5–0 1–0
Sierra Leone  w/o  Liberia — —

Note: Sierra Leone withdrew.[4] First leg of DR Congo v Gabon was postponed to 9 May due to field problems, then to 16 May due to Gabon missing the flight.[5]

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02)
16:00 UTC+3
Djibouti  0–2  Burkina Faso
Report Sawadogo  ?', ?'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Inès Niyonsaba (Burundi)

15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)
15:30 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  5–0  Djibouti
Traoré  5', 46'
Sawadogo  11'
Compaoré  46' (pen.)
Sow  81'		 Report
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)

Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.

16 May 2015 (2015-05-16)
15:30 UTC+1
DR Congo  5–0  Gabon
Mwadi  13', 32'
Makiese  53'
Salu  68'
Muyenga  90+'		 Report
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)

24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)
15:30 UTC+1
Gabon  0–1  DR Congo
Report Salu  44'

DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.

1 May 2015 (2015-05-01)
Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Liberia
Report

15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)
Liberia  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
Report

Liberia won on walkover.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  2–3  Burkina Faso 1–2 1–1
Cameroon  1–2  Ethiopia 0–0 1–2
Equatorial Guinea  4–0  Mali 4–0 0–0
Ghana  8–0  Senegal 6–0 2–0
DR Congo  5–0  Namibia 4–0 1–0
Liberia  1–14  Nigeria 1–7 0–7
Tanzania  0–4  Zambia 0–4 0–0
South Africa  9–1  Botswana 8–1 1–0

Note: Order of legs between Liberia and Nigeria reversed from original fixtures.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
22:15 UTC+1
Algeria  1–2  Burkina Faso
Meskari  47' (pen.) Report Coulibaly  25'
Ouattara  85'

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)
15:30 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  1–1  Algeria
Drabo  36' Report Lamari  75'

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
15:00 UTC+1
Cameroon  0–0  Ethiopia
Report

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  2–1  Cameroon
Abera  18', 54' Report Mbengono  40'

Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
16:00 UTC+1
Equatorial Guinea  4–0  Mali
Esono  37'
Aju  ?'
Nsang  ?'
Abossolo  ?'		 Report

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
16:30 UTC±0
Mali  0–0  Equatorial Guinea
Report

Equatorial Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  6–0  Senegal
Owusu-Ansah  2', 90'
Alhassan  17' (pen.)
Adubea  32'
Ayieyam  41', 78'		 Report

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
17:00 UTC±0
Senegal  0–2  Ghana
Report Ayieyam  ?'
Niber  ?'

Ghana won 8–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
15:30 UTC+1
DR Congo  4–0  Namibia
Boyengwa  4'
Mwadi  13', 51'
Mawete  44'		 Report
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Tsige Sisay (Ethiopia)

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
14:30 UTC+1
Namibia  0–1  DR Congo
Report Mwadi  64'
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Akhona Zennith Makalima (South Africa)

DR Congo won 5–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
16:00 UTC±0
Liberia  1–7  Nigeria
Sayee  40' Report Adeboyejo  15', 36', 60'
Ihezuo  30'
Sunday  70'
Ojinma  78', 87'

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  7–0  Liberia
Uchendu  23'
Ojinma  26'
Yakubu  35', 77'
Adeboyejo  39'
Bokiri  71', 82'		 Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Vincentia Enyonam Amedome (Togo)

Nigeria won 14–1 on aggregate.

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)
16:00 UTC+3
Tanzania  0–4  Zambia
Report Phiri  4'
Lungu  20'
Banda  33'
Wilombe  50' (pen.)
Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Batol Mahjob Ibrahim (Sudan)

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  0–0  Tanzania
Report

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  8–1  Botswana
Wiltshire  8'
Salgado  27', 78' (pen.)
Ndyebi  35', 50'
Kgatlana  40', 58'
Motlhalo  52'		 Report Mathlo  56'

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
15:00 UTC+2
Botswana  0–1  South Africa
Report Sikweza  48'
Molepololo Sport Complex, Gaborone
Referee: Nirinjanahary Raharijaona (Madagascar)

South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burkina Faso  0–2  Ethiopia 0–2 0–0
Equatorial Guinea  0–3  Ghana 0–1 0–2
DR Congo  1–4  Nigeria 1–2 0–2
Zambia  2–3  South Africa 0–0 2–3

Note: First leg of Burkina Faso v Ethiopia was postponed to 3 October, then to 10 October, due to coup in Burkina Faso.[6][7]

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
15:30 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  0–2  Ethiopia
Report Abera  8', 69'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Referee: Uloma Nneka Nwogu (Nigeria)

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  0–0  Burkina Faso
Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Tabitha Wambui Njoroge (Kenya)

Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)
16:00 UTC+1
Equatorial Guinea  0–1  Ghana
Report Diwura-Soale  31'
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  2–0  Equatorial Guinea
Niber  73'
Appiah  90'		 Report
Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi
Referee: Viviane Kouélé Igue (Benin)

Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate.

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)
15:30 UTC+1
DR Congo  1–2  Nigeria
Salu  38' Report Uchendu  6'
Ihezuo  12'
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Thérèse Sylvie Abou'ou (Cameroon)

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  2–0  DR Congo
Ihezuo  8', 56' Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  0–0  South Africa
Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  3–2  Zambia
Motlhalo  1', 74'
Makhoali  55'		 Report Banda  52'
Musesa  57'
Makhulong Stadium, Tembisa
Referee: Rusina Kuda Majo (Zimbabwe)

South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third round

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  2–6  Ghana 2–2 0–4
Nigeria  3–1  South Africa 2–1 1–0

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  2–2  Ghana
Abera  15', 22' Report Muso  4' (o.g.)
Addo  80'

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  4–0  Ethiopia
Adubea  33', 51'
Owusu-Ansah  49', 67'		 Report

Ghana won 6–2 on aggregate.

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
15:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  2–1  South Africa
Ihezuo  30'
Van Reyneveld  45' (o.g.)		 Report Salgado  90' (pen.)

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  0–1  Nigeria
Report Ihezuo  16'

Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

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 tournament1
 Ghana 8 November 2015 3 (2010, 2012, 2014)
 Nigeria 8 November 2015 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
  • Ghana Sandra Owusu-Ansah
  • Nigeria Yetunde Adeboyejo
3 goals
  • Burkina Faso Barkissa Sawadogo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Hornella Lengi Salu
  • Ghana Princella Adubea
  • Ghana Jane Ayieyam
  • Nigeria Amarachi Ojinma
  • South Africa Gabriela Salgado
  • South Africa Linda Motlhalo
2 goals
  • Burkina Faso Mariam Fifao Traoré
  • Ghana Lily Lawrence Niber
  • Nigeria Yoy Bokiri
  • Nigeria Chinaza Uchendu
  • Nigeria Amina Yakubu
  • South Africa Chrestinah Kgatlana
  • South Africa Anelisa Ndyebi
  • Zambia Barbara Banda
1 goal
  • Algeria Naima Lamari
  • Algeria Baya Meskari
  • Botswana Refilwe Mathlo
  • Burkina Faso Mouniratou Compaoré
  • Burkina Faso Assifou Coulibaly
  • Burkina Faso Chantal Drabo
  • Burkina Faso Yasmine Ouattara
  • Burkina Faso Stéphanie Sow
  • Cameroon Catherine Mbengono
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Nathalie Boyengwa
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Merveille Mbemba Makiese
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Emeraude Mawanda Muyenga
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Flavie Mawete
  • Equatorial Guinea Muriellynda Abossolo
  • Equatorial Guinea Olga Esono
  • Equatorial Guinea Francisca Ondo
  • Equatorial Guinea Isabel Nsang
  • Ghana Kate Addo
  • Ghana Fatima Alhassan
  • Ghana Veronica Appiah
  • Ghana Wasila Diwura-Soale
  • Liberia Kanties Sayee
  • Nigeria Chinozo Sunday
  • South Africa Mosili Makhoali
  • South Africa Nomathansanqa Sikweza
  • South Africa Chamelle Wiltshire
  • Zambia Ireen Lungu
  • Zambia Agnes Musesa
  • Zambia Memory Phiri
  • Zambia Marry Wilombe
Own goal
  • Ethiopia Hassabi Muso (playing against Ghana)
  • South Africa Caryn van Reyneveld (playing against Nigeria)

References

  1. ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ghana and Nigeria book places in PNG". FIFA.com. 8 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 "FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-20 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "U-20 Female Lone Star Qualifies To 2nd Phase". Liberian Observer. 23 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Eliminatoires-Mondial (F): le match RDC-Gabon reporté au 16 mai". Radio Okapi. 9 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Away victories boost for Falconets, Princesses". CAF. 29 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia rescheduled for Oct. 10". CAF. 1 October 2015.

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