African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

Founded	2008
Region	Africa (CAF)
2020 African U-17 Women's WCQ

The African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women is association football tournament for the under 17 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

The next edition is planned for 2020.

History

The tournament was first held in 2008 with 12 teams entering the tournament but several withdrawing before matches were played. Nigeria and Ghana qualified for the world cup. In 2010, ten teams entered but only five played matches. Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified to the world cup.

Results

African U-17 Women's Championship

Only one to have a round robin as last round.

Year	Host nation	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
2008 Details	home & away	Nigeria	Ghana	Cameroon

African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

Year	Host nation		Direct qualifiers				Playoff qualifier
			To World Cup	Score	To World Cup		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup
2010 Details	home & away		Ghana	and	Nigeria		South Africa	1 – 0 1 – 1	Tunisia

Year	Host nation		Qualification 1				Qualification 2				Qualification 3
			To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup		To World Cup	Score	Not to World Cup
2012 Details	home & away		Gambia	1 – 0 2 – 1	Tunisia		Ghana	0 – 0 5 – 1	South Africa		Nigeria	2 – 1 5 – 0	Zambia
2013 Details	home & away		Ghana	2 – 0 3 – 2	Equatorial Guinea		Nigeria	w/o	South Sudan		Zambia	3 – 3 3 – 1	South Africa
2016 Details	home & away		Cameroon	2 – 1 4 – 0	Egypt		Ghana	4 – 0 6 – 0	Morocco		Nigeria	6 – 0 1 – 0	South Africa
2018 Details	home & away		Ghana	9 – 0 10 – 0	Djibouti		South Africa	5 – 1 1 – 0	Morocco		Cameroon	2 – 2 1 – 1	Nigeria
2020 Details	home & away			– –				– –				– –

Results at the World Cup

All editions have qualified six teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Ghana has been the only team to win in the quarter-finals of this tournament, placing 3rd in 2012. Nigeria has reached the quarter-final for three times. All other CAF teams have been eliminated in the group stages.

• QF = World Cup quarter-final
• GS = World Cup group stage

• q = Qualified to world cup
• 3rd = World Cup third Place

World Cup	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	Total
Ghana	GS	GS	3rd	QF	QF	QF	6
Nigeria	GS	QF	QF	QF	GS		5
South Africa		GS				GS	2
Cameroon					GS	GS	2
Gambia			GS				1
Zambia				GS			1
Total	2	3	3	3	3	3

Teams participating

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• Q — Qualified for FIFA WC
• PR — Preliminary Round
• R1 — Round 1

• R2 — Round 2
•  •  — Withdrew
•     — Did not enter
•    — Hosts
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	2008	2010	2012	2013	2016	2018	Total
Algeria						R1	1
Benin	•						0
Botswana	•	R1	R1	R1	PR	R1	5
Cameroon	3rd		R1		Q	Q	4
Congo				• 1			0
DR Congo	•	•			•		0
Djibouti					R1	R2	2
Egypt		•			R2		1
Ethiopia					R1	R1	2
Equatorial Guinea				R2		•	1
Gabon					•		0
Gambia			Q			R1	2
Ghana	2nd	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	6
Guinea	PR		•				1
Kenya		•	R1	•		•	1
Liberia	R1						1
Libya						•	0
Mali					•	•	0
Morocco				•	R2	R2	2
Mozambique			•				0
Namibia	•		R1		R1		2
Nigeria	1st	Q	Q	Q	Q	R2	6
Sierra Leone		•	R1		•	PR	2
South Africa	R1	Q	R2	R2	R2	Q	6
South Sudan					R2		1
Togo			R1				1
Tunisia			R2	R2		•	2
Zambia	PR		R2	Q	•	PR	4
Zimbabwe	R1						1
Total	8	4	12	7	11	12

¹ Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.

See also

• Africa Women Cup of Nations
• African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

External links

• Official website
• African Women U-17 World Cup Qualifying - rsssf.com