2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament is the 10th 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 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 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Two teams qualify from this tournament for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives.
Draw
A total of 29 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 26 teams were drawn into 13 ties, with teams divided into five pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
- In the first round, the 13 preliminary round winners and the three teams receiving byes to the first round were allocated into eight ties based on the preliminary round tie numbers, with three preliminary round winners playing against the three teams receiving byes, and the other ten preliminary round winners playing against each other.
- In the second round, the eight first round winners were allocated into four ties based on the first round tie numbers.
- In the third round, the four second round winners were allocated into two ties based on the second 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 first round matches, originally scheduled for 20–22 and 27–29 March 2020, had been postponed until further notice. The CAF announced the new dates in July 2020.
| Round | Leg | Date |
| Preliminary round | First leg | 17–19 January 2020 |
| Preliminary round | Second leg | 31 January–2 February 2020 |
| First round | First leg | 4–6 September 2020 |
| First round | Second leg | 11–13 September 2020 |
| Second round | First leg | 2–4 October 2020 |
| Second round | Second leg | 9–11 October 2020 |
| Third round | First leg | 6–8 November 2020 |
| Third round | Second leg | 13–15 November 2020 |
Bracket
The two winners of the third round qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.Preliminary round
First round
Second round
Third round
Winners qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following two teams from CAF will qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[|1] |
| TBD | ||
| TBD |