2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

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2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates27 November 2015 – 26 March 2016
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored53 (3.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Noha Tarek
Nigeria Rasheedat Ajibade
(8 goals each)
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The 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CAF representatives.[1]

Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.[2]

Teams[]

A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Preliminary round
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 6
First round
9
Qualifying rounds Total 15

Format[]

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The three winners of the second round qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Schedule[]

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[3]

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 27–29 November 2015
Second leg 11–13 December 2015
First round First leg 8��10 January 2016
Second leg 22–24 January 2016
Second round First leg 11–13 March 2016
Second leg 25–27 March 2016

Preliminary round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  w/o   — —
  w/o   — —
  2–3   1–2 1–1

Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.[4]

 Cancelled 
Report
 Cancelled 
Report

Sierra Leone won on walkover.

 Cancelled 
Report
 Cancelled 
Report

Djibouti won on walkover.

 1–2 
Radiakanyo Goal 45+1' Report Goal 34'
Goal 84'
Referee: Sarah Selemani (Zambia)
 1–1 
Goal 60' Report Abueng Goal 19'
Referee: Marximina Luzia Bernardo (Angola)

Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  w/o   — —
Ghana  w/o   — —
Cameroon  3–3 (5–4 p)   2–1 1–2
  9–0   6–0 3–0
Nigeria  9–0   4–0 5–0
South Africa  w/o  Zambia — —

Note: Sierra Leone, Mali and Zambia withdrew.[5]

 Cancelled 
Report
 Cancelled 
Report

Morocco won on walkover.

Ghana Cancelled 
Report
 Cancelled Ghana
Report

Ghana won on walkover.

Cameroon 2–1 
Goal 59' (pen.), 78' Report Goal 39'
Referee: Aissata Diarra (Mali)
 2–1 Cameroon
Goal 10'
Goal 19'		 Report Takounda Goal 87'
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Akhona Zennith Makalima (South Africa)

3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties.

 6–0 
Goal 16'
Tarek Goal 31', 48', 65', 90+5'
Goal 56'		 Report
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)
 0–3 
Report Tarek Goal 44', 48', 57'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.

Nigeria 4–0 
Ajibade Goal 13', 67'
Aku Goal 35'
Efih Goal 43'		 Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Lamyaa Lourarhi (Morocco)
 0–5 Nigeria
Report Goal 4'
Aku Goal 32', 53'
Ajibade Goal 69'
Goal 85'
Referee: Pearl Katlholo Moremi (Botswana)

Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.

South Africa Cancelled Zambia
Report
Zambia Cancelled South Africa
Report

South Africa won on walkover.

Second round[]

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  0–10  Ghana 0–4 0–6
Cameroon  6–1   2–1 4–0
Nigeria  7–0  South Africa 6–0 1–0
 0–4 Ghana
Report Abdulai Goal 4', 22'
Goal 15'
Owusu-Ansah Goal 71'
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)
Ghana 6–0 
Abdulai Goal 3'
Asuako Goal 39' (pen.)
Goal 64', 79'
Owusu-Ansah Goal 68'
Asantewaa Goal 77'		 Report
Referee: Uloma Nneka Nwogu (Nigeria)

Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.

Cameroon 2–1 
Takounda Goal 12'
Goal 36' (pen.)		 Report Tarek Goal 38'
Referee: Patricia Obone Obiang (Gabon)
 0–4 Cameroon
Report Takounda Goal 7', 11'
Goal 21'
Goal 27'
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)

Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria 6–0 South Africa
Goal 2', 30'
Ajibade Goal 26', 33', 34', 42'		 Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)
South Africa 0–1 Nigeria
Report Ajibade Goal 27'
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[]

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Ghana 26 March 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Cameroon 26 March 2016 0 (Debut)
 Nigeria 26 March 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers[]

8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-17 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
  4. ^ "News in Brief". CAF. 16 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Three tickets to Jordan up for grabs in Africa". CAF. 8 March 2016.

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