2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament is the 7th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football to determine which women's under-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Players born on or after [|1] January 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Three teams qualify from this tournament for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CAF representatives.
Draw
A total of 20 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draw procedures were as follows:- In the preliminary round, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties, with teams divided into four pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
- In the first round, the eight preliminary round winners and the four teams receiving byes to the first round were allocated into six ties based on the preliminary round tie numbers, with four preliminary round winners playing against the four teams receiving byes, and the other four preliminary round winners playing against each other.
- In the second round, the six first round winners were allocated into three ties based on the first round tie numbers.
- Teams in bold qualified for the World Cup.
- : Withdrew after draw
Format
Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all second round matches, originally scheduled for 1–3 and 8–10 May 2020, had been postponed until further notice. The CAF announced the new dates in July 2020.
| Round | Leg | Date |
| Preliminary round | First leg | 10–12 January 2020 |
| Preliminary round | Second leg | 24–26 January 2020 |
| First round | First leg | 28 February–1 March 2020 |
| First round | Second leg | 13–15 March 2020 |
| Second round | First leg | 30 October – 1 November 2020 |
| Second round | Second leg | 20–22 November 2020 |
Bracket
The three winners of the second round qualify for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.Preliminary round
First round
Second round
Winners qualify for 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from CAF will qualify for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
| TBD | ||
| TBD | ||
| TBD |