2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

The draw was held on 12 December 2024 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.{{cite web |url=https://www.cafonline.com/womens-football/news/caf-to-host-draw-for-african-qualifiers-for-fifa-u-20-women-s-world-cup-in-cairo-on-thursday/ |title =CAF to host Draw for African Qualifiers for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Cairo on Thursday |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Cafonline.com |date=11 December 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cafonline.com/womens-football/news/caf-maps-out-road-to-poland-2026-u-20-women-s-world-cup-african-qualifiers-draw-completed-1/ |title =CAF maps out road to Poland 2026: U-20 Women's World Cup African Qualifiers Draw completed |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Cafonline.com |date=12 December 2024}}

• 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.

A total of 38 (out of 54) CAF member associations registered teams for the competition. The teams were seeded based on their performance in the previous qualifying campaign. The four lowest-ranked teams, along with eight associations that did not participate in the previous edition, entered the first round, which featured six ties. The winners of these ties advanced to the second round.

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• {{fbwu|20|EQG}}
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• {{fbwu|20|ETH}}
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• {{fbwu|20|GAM}}
• {{fbwu|20|GHA}}
• {{fbwu|20|GUI}}
• {{fbwu|20|GNB}}
• {{fbwu|20|CIV}}
• {{fbwu|20|KEN}}
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• {{fbwu|20|MLI}}
• {{fbwu|20|MOZ}}
• {{fbwu|20|NAM}}
• {{fbwu|20|NGA}}
• {{fbwu|20|NIG}}
• {{fbwu|20|RWA}}
• {{fbwu|20|SEN}}
• {{fbwu|20|RSA}}
• {{fbwu|20|SSD}}
• {{fbwu|20|TAN}}
• {{fbwu|20|TOG}}
• {{fbwu|20|TUN}}
• {{fbwu|20|UGA}}
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• {{fbwu|20|ZIM}}

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;Qualification rankings

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The teams were seeded into pots based on geographical distribution, with UNAF, UNIFFAC, and WAFU placed in one pot, and CECAFA and COSAFA in the other. Ties were drawn between teams from the same pot to minimize travel costs.

;First round

;Second round

The following associations have previously fielded or currently field a women's under-20 team but chose not to participate:

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• {{fbwu|20|COM}}
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• {{fbwu|20|LBY}}{{efn|name=noteam}}
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The following associations have never fielded a women's under-20 team and did not participate:

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• {{fbwu|20|CPV}}
• {{fbwu|20|SOM}}
• {{fbwu|20|SUD}}
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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.{{cite web|url=https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/ovqggwrnvzgtsipol4xc.pdf|title=Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations|publisher=CAF}}

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|{{fbwu-rt|20|GAB}}|{{w/o}}{{efn|name=Gabon|Niger won on a walkover and advanced to the second round after FEGAFOOT withdrew its women's under-20 team without giving any clarification on the reason.{{cite web |last=Nounamo|first=Jean-Claude|date=11 May 2025|title=Women's Football – U20 CAN Qualifiers: Gabon silently forfeits against Niger!|language=fr|url=https://gabonallsport.com/index.php/2025/05/11/foot-feminin-elim-can-u20-le-gabon-signe-silencieusement-un-forfait-face-au-niger/|website=gabonallsport.com|access-date=15 May 2025}}}}|{{fbwu|20|NIG}}|—|—

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|{{fbwu-rt|20|GAM}}|0–6|{{fbwu|20|CIV}}|0–1|0–5

|{{fbwu-rt|20|RWA}}|2–1|{{fbwu|20|ZIM}}|2–1|0–0

|{{fbwu-rt|20|SSD}}|13–0|{{fbwu|20|DJI}}|5–0|8–0

|{{fbwu-rt|20|MWI}}|4–2|{{fbwu|20|CTA}}|3–1|1–1

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Tunisia won 2–1 on aggregate.{{cite web |date=18 May 2025|title=U20 Women's World Cup: Tunisia advances to the second round after their win over Togo.|language=fr|url=https://lapresse.tn/2025/05/18/mondial-u20-feminin-la-tunisie-passe-au-deuxieme-tour-apres-sa-victoire-contre-le-togo/|website=lapresse.tn|access-date=19 May 2025}}

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|attendance =

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Ivory Coast won 6–0 on aggregate.{{cite web |last=Yah|first=Chamade|date=18 May 2025|title=World Cup Qualifiers: Women's U20 – Second Round: Côte d'Ivoire will play against Morocco.|language=fr|url=https://sport-ivoire.ci/football-mondial/el-mondial-f%C3%A9minine-u20-2%C3%A8-tour-la-c%C3%B4te-divoire-jouera-le-maroc|website=sport-ivoire.ci|access-date=19 May 2025}}

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|goals1 =

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• Gikundiro {{Goal|50}}

|goals2 =

• Kondo {{Goal|18}}

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|location = Kigali

|attendance =

|referee = Patience Madu Ndidi (Nigeria)

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Rwanda won 2–1 on aggregate.{{cite web |last=Kamasa|first=Peter|date=14 May 2025|title=Rwanda see off Zimbabwe in U20 Women's World Cup qualifiers|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/26442/sports/football/rwanda-see-off-zimbabwe-in-u20-womens-world-cup-qualifiers|website=newtimes.co.rw|access-date=15 May 2025}}

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• Joan {{Goal|34}}
• Makuach {{Goal|45+3||57}}
• Nakuma {{Goal|70}}

|goals2 =

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|location = Juba (South Sudan)

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South Sudan won 13–0 on aggregate.{{cite web |author1=Michael Daniel|date=16 May 2025|title=South Sudan's U-20 starlets thrashed Djibouti counterparts 8–0 in African world cup qualifiers return leg|url=https://www.eyeradio.org/south-sudans-u-20-starlets-thrashed-djibouti-counterparts-8-0-in-african-world-cup-qualifiers-return-leg/|website=eyeradio.org|access-date=18 May 2025}}

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• Phikani {{Goal|45+4}}

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Malawi won 4–2 on aggregate.{{cite web |last=Mabuka|first=Dennis|date=19 May 2025|title=Malawi advance to second round of FIFA U20 Women's qualifiers|url=https://en.africatopsports.com/2025/05/19/malawi-advance-to-second-round-of-fifa-u20-womens-qualifiers/|website=africatopsports.com|access-date=19 May 2025}}

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|{{fbwu-rt|20|BOT}}||{{fbwu|20|MOZ}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|ETH}}||{{fbwu|20|KEN}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|TAN}}||{{fbwu|20|ANG}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|TUN}}||{{fbwu|20|GHA}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|SWZ}}||{{fbwu|20|RSA}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|UGA}}||{{fbwu|20|NAM}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|BDI}}||{{fbwu|20|ZAM}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|CIV}}||{{fbwu|20|MAR}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|MLI}}||{{fbwu|20|COD}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|EQG}}||{{fbwu|20|EGY}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|BEN}}||{{fbwu|20|GUI}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|RWA}}||{{fbwu|20|NGR}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|SEN}}||{{fbwu|20|ALG}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

|{{fbwu-rt|20|GNB}}||{{fbwu|20|CGO}}|{{small|19–21 Sept}}|{{small|26–28 Sept}}

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• {{fbwuicon|20|SSD}} Anyiet Wek Madout
• {{fbwuicon|20|SSD}} Nyamam Makuach

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• {{fbwuicon|20|CTA}} Sylviane Passibi Sate
• {{fbwuicon|20|CIV}} Nahomie Bah
• {{fbwuicon|20|CIV}} Priscille Ashley Chyle
• {{fbwuicon|20|CIV}} Grâce N'Dri
• {{fbwuicon|20|CIV}} Yasmine Timité
• {{fbwuicon|20|MWI}} Leticia Chinyamula
• {{fbwuicon|20|MWI}} Fatima Lali
• {{fbwuicon|20|MWI}} Victoria Mkwala
• {{fbwuicon|20|MWI}} Olivia Phikani
• {{fbwuicon|20|RWA}} Darlene Ishmwe
• {{fbwuicon|20|RWA}} Scholastique Gikundiro
• {{fbwuicon|20|SSD}} Adong Joan
• {{fbwuicon|20|SSD}} Nancy Joseph
• {{fbwuicon|20|SSD}} Ludia Maika
• {{fbwuicon|20|SSD}} Monica Nakuma
• {{fbwuicon|20|TOG}} Essodessam Abigail Aawi
• {{fbwuicon|20|TUN}} Ranim Ajroud
• {{fbwuicon|20|TUN}} Tesnim Zerelli
• {{fbwuicon|20|ZIM}} Bethel Kondo

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{{notelist}}

{{Portal|Football in Africa|Women's association football}}

• 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• 2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
• 2026 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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{{African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament 2026}}

2026

U-20 World Cup qualification

U-20 World Cup qualification

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African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

Category:2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualification