2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
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The 2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 7th 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.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | September 2013 – 24 January 2014 |
Teams | 17 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 116 (4.83 per match) |
The tournament was played on a home and away knockout basis between September 2013 and 24 January 2014. 17 teams entered the competition, although Egypt withdrew before playing a match.[2] The top two teams of the tournament Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada as the CAF representatives.[3][4]
The Confederation of African Football invited all national teams, needing confirmation of participation by 14 July 2013.[5] Eventually 17 teams entered the competition.[6]
Uganda's 13–0 return leg win was a tournament record for the African qualifiers.[3]
South Sudan | 0−9 | Uganda |
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Uganda | 13−0 | South Sudan |
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Uganda won 22−0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Nigeria was drawn to play Burkina Faso this round, but after Burkina Faso withdrew they were paired against Sierra Leone.[7][8]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nigeria | 16–0 | Sierra Leone | 10–0 | 6–0 |
Morocco | 1–8 | Tunisia | 0–4 | 1–4 |
Tanzania | 15–1 | Mozambique | 10–0 | 5–1 |
Botswana | 2–7 | South Africa | 2–5 | 0–2 |
Namibia | 0–3 | Zambia | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Ivory Coast | 2–6 | Equatorial Guinea | 0–4 | 2–2 |
Egypt | w/o1 | Uganda | — | — |
Ghana | w/o2 | Guinea-Bissau | — | — |
Played on weekends of 6 and 20 December 2013.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nigeria | 8–0 | Tunisia | 4–0 | 4–0 |
Tanzania | 1–9 | South Africa | 1–4 | 0–5 |
Zambia | 0–6 | Equatorial Guinea | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Uganda | w/o1 | Ghana | — | — |
Played on weekends of 10 and 24 January 2014.[12][13] Nigeria qualified for the seventh time in as many attempts. Ghana qualifies for the third time in a row.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nigeria | 7–0 | South Africa | 6–0 | 1–0 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Ghana | 1–0 | 0–1 |
The following two teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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