CAF Releases Dates, Fixtures For FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers

CAF Releases Dates, Fixtures For FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers By Niyi Busari The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday released the dates and fixtures for the third round of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers, BSN sports.com.ng can report. Recall that sixteen African countries advance to the third round after their wins in the second round. The first leg of the third round will take place between 2-4 December while the return leg take place from 16-18 December across the African continent. The fixtures in full: First Leg (2, 3 & 4 December 2021) Tanzania vs Burundi Botswana vs Ethiopia Uganda vs South Africa Zambia vs Ghana Morocco vs Gambia Senegal vs Guinea Cameroon vs Gabon Congo vs Nigeria Second Leg (16, 17 & 18 December 2021) Burundi vs Tanzania Ethiopia vs Botswana South Africa vs Uganda Ghana vs Zambia Gambia vs Morocco Guinea vs Senegal Gabon vs Cameroon Nigeria vs Congo The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is an association football tournament for the under 20 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In the first two editions in 2002 and 2004 only one team qualified for the World Cup, thus a final was played. From 2006 onwards the confederation was granted a second spot, so all following tournaments were played in a knock-out format only to the semi finals. All matches are played on a home and away system, there is no host country for the single years.