Nigeria’s U-20 and U-17 national women football teams, the Falconets and Flamingos will know their CAF FIFA U17, U20 World Cup qualifying foes
The draw which will kickstart the road to the 2024 FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women World Cup is scheduled to hold at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo on Thursday. The draw for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will feature 25 nations, while the U-20 category has confirmed the involvement of 35 country.
Countries to feature in the U-17 draw include Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, DR Congo, Djibouti, Eq. Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Qualifier Format:
- First Round: Composed of two (2) teams. (The 2 teams are determined according to their participation in the last U17 Women’s World Cup editions).
- Second Round: the qualified teams from the first round in addition to the twenty-three (23) exempted teams will play in the second round. 12 teams will qualify for the 3rd round.
- Third Round: The 12 qualified teams will play the third round qualifying 6 teams for the 4th round.
- Fourth Round: the 6 qualified teams will play the fourth round qualifying three (3) teams for the U17 WWC.
The U-20 draw will feature Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eq. Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.
FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup™ Qualifier Format:
- First round is composed of 6 teams. (The 6 teams are determined according to their participation in the last U20 Women’s World Cup editions).
- Second round: the 3 qualified teams from the first round in addition to the 29 exempted teams will play the 2nd round. 16 teams will qualify for the 3rd round.
- Third round: The 16 qualified teams will play the 3rd round qualifying 8 teams for the 4th round.
- Fourth round: the 8 qualified teams will play the 4th round qualifying 4 teams to the 5th round.
- Fifth Round: the 4 qualified teams will play the last round qualifying 2 teams to the U20 WWC.
