Nine teams, including Nigeria, will contest Africa Qualifier, the most from any of the five regions Indonesia, Scotland and UAE already through to South Africa 2023 via regional qualifiers USA qualified directly as only team eligible to participate from the America’s History beckons for qualifying nations from Africa to book first ever ICC World Cup appearance.
The final qualifying tournament ahead of the ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup will take place in Gaborone, Botswana, from 3-12 September.
Nine African teams will battle it out to be the 16th team to book their tickets to the 2023 tournament to be hosted by South Africa.
They will join fellow qualifiers Indonesia, Scotland, UAE and USA in securing the spots that were left open to regional qualifiers.
Scotland beat the Netherlands convincingly in a three- match series for the European slot. USA qualified by being the only team eligible from the Americas while Indonesia saw off PNG in the EAP region.
UAE emerged victorious from the Asia region, where 6 teams contested that qualifier.
The final slot to be confirmed for South Africa is now left to Africa, which is split into two groups.