African 2008 U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers

Preliminary Round
Match Day 1: 11-13 January 2008
Match Day 2: 25-27 January 2008

First listed plays first leg at home

Cameroon - Benin
Nigeria - Congo
Ghana - Guinea
Lesotho - Botswana
Zambia - Egypt
Namibia - RD Congo
Zimbabwe - Mauritius
South Africa - Mozambique


First Round
Match Day 1: 4-6 April 2008
Match Day 2: 18-20 April 2008

First listed plays first leg at home

Cameroon-Benin winner - Nigeria-Congo winner
Ghana-Guinea winner - Lesotho-Botswana winner
Zambia-Egypt winner - Namibia-RD Congo winner
Zimbabwe-Mauritius winner - South Africa-Mozambique winner


Second Round
Match Day 1: 30 May - 1 June 2008
Match Day 2: 13-15 June 2008

First listed plays first leg at home

winner from Cameroon-Benin-Nigeria-Congo - winner from Ghana-Guinea-Lesotho-Botswana
winner from Zambia-Egypt -Namibia-RD Congo - winner from Zimbabwe-Mauritius-South Africa-Mozambique

http://www.cafonline50.com/?lng=1&module=media&idrub=94831&idnews=82133

 

Controversy in Nigeria camp.

Coaches of the U-20 and U-17 teams are accused of pressuring players to switch to their own club teams.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200711270305.html

 

12 January

Ghana 4:0 Guinea

Diana Ankomah 21, 43 , 73, Silla Owusu 38


Also, Congo withdrew, so Nigeria will advance to the first round.

 

Guinea 0:3 Ghana

Ghana advance to the first round.

 

Well, that makes qualification doubtful for Nigeria.

I suppose that minimizing travel costs was a consideration in arranging the draw for this competition. That's understandable, considering the poverty of the federations. But it's still a shame that Cameroon, Nigeria, and Ghana are all competing for the same slot.

 

Nigeria's U-20 women's side, the Falconets, got a scare when the plane taking them to their return leg match at Cameroon had to make an emergency landing.

http://www.kickoffnigeria.com/static/news/article.php?id=1666

The match has been delayed one day, until Sunday, because of the time it took the Falconets to get to Douala, the site of the match.

http://www.kickoffnigeria.com/static/news/article.php?id=1670