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The 2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is the 13rd edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification, 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 2006 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Four teams qualified from this tournament for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the CAF representatives.
Draw
A total of 38 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 12 December 2024 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
- First Round: The 12 lowest-ranked teams, based on previous U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers performance, will contest in this round. The six winners will advance to join the 26 top-ranked teams exempted from the first round.
- Second Round: The six first-round winners and 26 exempted teams will form 32 teams. These will battle it out for 16 spots in the third round.
- Third Round: The remaining 16 teams will compete in a knockout format to determine the eight teams advancing to the fourth round.
- Fourth Round: The final eight teams will play knockout ties, with the winners earning qualification to the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Table
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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.
Schedule
| Round | Leg | Date |
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| First round | First leg | 1–3 September 2023 |
| Second leg | 8–10 September 2023 | |
| Second round | First leg | 6–8 October 2023 |
| Second leg | 13–15 October 2023 | |
| Third round | First leg | 10–12 November 2023 |
| Second leg | 17–19 November 2023 | |
| Fourth round | First leg | 12–14 January 2024 |
| Second leg | 20–21 January 2024 |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
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- Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
See also
References
- "CAF maps out road to Poland 2026: U-20 Women's World Cup African Qualifiers Draw completed". Cafonline.com. 812 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
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