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4th FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualification for African nations
2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates13 January – 14 June 2008
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored64 (3.56 per match)
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International football competition

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized qualification matches for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile for its member nations between 13 January and 14 June 2008. At the conclusion of qualification, DR Congo and Nigeria booked their spots at the international tournament as CAF representatives.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana  7–0  Guinea 4–0 3–0
Lesotho  2–4  Botswana 1–1 1–3
Zambia  3–3 (a)  Egypt 2–2 1–1
South Africa  7–1  Mozambique 4–0 3–1
Cameroon  w/o  Benin — —
Nigeria  w/o  Congo — —
Namibia  w/o  DR Congo — —
Zimbabwe  w/o  Mauritius — —
Ghana 4–0 Guinea
Guinea 0–3 Ghana

Ghana won 7−0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Lesotho 1–1 Botswana
Botswana 3–1 Lesotho

Botswana won 4−2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Zambia 2–2 Egypt
Egypt 1–1 Zambia

Egypt won 3−3 on aggregate via the away goals rule and advanced to the first round.

South Africa 4–0 Mozambique
Mozambique 1–3 South Africa

South Africa won 7−1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Cameroon w/o Benin

Cameroon won on walkover and advanced to the first round after Benin failed to appear for the first leg .

Nigeria w/o Congo

Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the first round after Congo failed to appear for the first leg.

Namibia w/o DR Congo

DR Congo won on walkover and advanced to the first round after Namibia failed to appear for the first leg.

Zimbabwe w/o Mauritius

Zimbabwe won on walkover and advanced to the first round after Mauritius failed to appear for the first leg.

First round

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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/o  Mauritius — —
Nigeria 1–0 Cameroon
Cameroon 0–3 Nigeria

Nigeria won 4−0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Botswana 4–1 Ghana
Ghana 9–0 Botswana

Ghana won 10−4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

DR Congo 2–0 Egypt
Egypt 1–3 DR Congo

DR Congo won 5−1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

South Africa w/o Mauritius

South Africa won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Mauritius failed to appear for the first leg.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana  2–5  Nigeria 2–3 0–2
South Africa  3–3 (a)  DR Congo 3–1 0–2
Ghana 2–3 Nigeria
Nigeria 2–0 Ghana

Nigeria qualified by winning 5−2 on aggregate.

South Africa 3–1 DR Congo
DR Congo 2–0 South Africa

DR Congo qualified by winning via the away goals rule 3−3 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following teams from CAF qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship appearances
 DR Congo 14 June 2008 1 (2006)
 Nigeria 18 June 2008 3 (2002, 2004, 2006)

External links

African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
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