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Uganda’s junior women national teams have on Thursday learnt the teams they will be facing in the qualifiers for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments.
Both the Queen Cranes (Uganda U20 Women’s National Team) and the Teen Queens (Uganda U17 Women’s National Team) were part of the draws conducted at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Teen Cranes (U17)
The Teen Cranes will face Cameroon at the second round on a home and away basis. Both teams got a bye at the first round.
Uganda will host the first leg between 2nd -4th of February next year with the return leg coming a week later.
The winner on aggregate will face either Zambia or Tanzania in the third round.
It should be noted that there are four qualifying rounds with three teams getting the chance to represent Africa.
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 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup.
Queen Cranes (U20)
At the same draw event, the Uganda U20 was pitted against Mozambique in the second qualifying phase after earning a bye at the first round.
The games will be played in October this year with Uganda hosting the first leg between 6th -8th with the return leg coming a week later.
The winner on aggregate will face either Senegal or Benin in the third round in November.
FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup™ Qualifier Format:
First round: 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 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup.
Source:FUFA