Eritrea progress in FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers

The Eritrean team has progressed to the second round of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup™ qualifiers after ejecting Djibouti.

Eritrea humbled Djibouti 3-0 in the return leg played on Wednesday at the Abebe Bikila Stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to qualify on a 6-1 goal aggregate.

The two legs were played on a neutral ground in Ethiopia. Eritrea won the first leg 3-1 on Sunday, before picking a 3-0 win with Diana Estifanos netting a brace and Misgana Mehari scoring the other goal.

“I am happy to score two goals that have helped my team qualify for the next stage,” said Estifanos after the game watched by a fair crowd.

Eritrea will face Tanzania in the second round of the qualifiers that also have Kenya battling Uganda in another clash of teams from the same CECAFA region.

Three more rounds will be played, with two teams representing Africa in the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup™ to take place in Costa Rica.

Exempted teams

Sierra Leone, Gambia, Namibia, Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Guinea - Bissau

First Round Results

1st Leg: Djibouti 1-3 Eritrea

2nd Leg: Eritrea 3-0 Djibouti

1st Leg: Eswatini 0-0 Mozambique

2nd Leg: Mozambique vs Eswatini (21 August)

1st Leg: Niger 1-6 Benin

2nd Leg: Benin vs. Niger (21 August)

1st Leg: DR Congo 5-1 Sao Tome e Principe

2nd Leg: Sao Tome e Principe vs. DR Congo (21 August)

*Rwanda is qualified for the next round following the withdrawal of South Sudan

*Mauritania is qualified for the next round following the withdrawal of Tunisia

*Mali is qualified for the next round following the withdrawal of Togo

*Central African Republic is qualified for the next round following the withdrawal of Equatorial Guinea