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2008 African U 20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

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Matches played
  
18

Goals scored
  
64 (3.56 per match)

Dates
  
13 January – 14 June 2008

Teams
  
16 (from 1 confederation)

The 2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 4th 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.

Contents

The top two teams of the tournament DR Congo and Nigeria qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile as the CAF representatives.

Preliminary round

  • 1 - Benin, Congo, Namibia and Zimbabwe withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Cameroon, Nigeria, DR Congo and Mauritius qualified for the next round.

    • First round

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

  • 2 - Mauritius withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, South Africa qualified for the next round.

    • 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.

    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.

    References

    2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament Wikipedia
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