2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

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.

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

Teams
A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.

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.

Preliminary round

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Note: Sierra Leone withdrew. 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.

Burkina Faso won 7–0 on aggregate.

DR Congo won 6–0 on aggregate.

Liberia won on walkover.

First round

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

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ethiopia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Equatorial Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.

Ghana won 8–0 on aggregate.

DR Congo won 5–0 on aggregate.

Nigeria won 14–1 on aggregate.

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

South Africa won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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

Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate.

Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.

South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.

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


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Ghana won 6–2 on aggregate.

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.


 * 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

 * 6 goals


 * 🇪🇹 Loza Abera
 * 🇳🇬 Chinwendu Ihezuo


 * 5 goals
 * 🇨🇩 Joëlle Mwadi


 * 4 goals


 * 🇬🇭 Sandra Owusu-Ansah
 * 🇳🇬 Yetunde Adeboyejo


 * 3 goals


 * 🇧🇫 Barkissa Sawadogo
 * 🇨🇩 Hornella Lengi Salu
 * 🇬🇭 Princella Adubea
 * 🇬🇭 Jane Ayieyam
 * 🇳🇬 Amarachi Ojinma
 * Gabriela Salgado
 * Linda Motlhalo


 * 2 goals


 * 🇧🇫 Mariam Fifao Traoré
 * 🇬🇭 Lily Niber-Lawrence
 * 🇳🇬 Joy Bokiri
 * 🇳🇬 Chinaza Uchendu
 * 🇳🇬 Amina Yakubu
 * Chrestinah Kgatlana
 * Anelisa Ndyebi
 * Barbara Banda


 * 1 goal


 * Naima Lamari
 * Baya Meskari
 * Refilwe Mathlo
 * 🇧🇫 Mouniratou Compaoré
 * 🇧🇫 Assifou Coulibaly
 * 🇧🇫 Chantal Drabo
 * 🇧🇫 Yasmine Ouattara
 * 🇧🇫 Stéphanie Sow
 * 🇨🇲 Catherine Mbengono
 * 🇨🇩 Nathalie Boyengwa
 * 🇨🇩 Émeraude Mawanda
 * 🇨🇩 Flavine Mawete
 * 🇨🇩 Merveille Mbemba
 * Olga Esono
 * Aju Francisca
 * Muriel Lynda Mendoua
 * Isabel Nsang
 * 🇬🇭 Kate Addo
 * 🇬🇭 Fatima Alhassan
 * 🇬🇭 Veronica Appiah
 * 🇬🇭 Wasila Diwura-Soale
 * 🇱🇷 Kanties Sayee
 * 🇳🇬 Chinozo Sunday
 * Mosili Makhoali
 * Nomathansanqa Sikweza
 * Chamelle Wiltshire
 * Ireen Lungu
 * Agness Musesa
 * Memory Phiri
 * Mary Wilombe


 * Own goal


 * 🇪🇹 Hassabi Muso (playing against Ghana)
 * Caryn van Reyneveld (playing against Nigeria)