2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

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2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates14 October 2017 – 18 February 2018
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored84 (4.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Mukarama Abdulai (12 goals)
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The 2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 6th 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 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Three teams qualify from this tournament for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CAF representatives.[1]

For the first time Nigeria failed to qualify for the Women's World Cup at any age level (senior, U-20 or U-17).

Teams[]

A total of 17 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was announced by the CAF on 7 August 2017.[2]

Bye to first round
(7 teams) 		Preliminary round entrants
(10 teams)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the World Cup.
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Format[]

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

Schedule[]

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

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 13–15 October 2017
Second leg 27–29 October 2017
First round First leg 1–3 December 2017
Second leg 15–17 December 2017
Second round First leg 2–4 February 2018
Second leg 16–18 February 2018

Bracket[]

The three winners of the second round qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

  Preliminary round First round Second round
                                   
  — —  
  — — w/o  
    — — w/o  
   Tunisia — —  
 Tunisia Bye
 
    0 0 0
   Ghana 9 10 19
  0 —  
 Gambia 3 — w/o  
   Gambia 1 0 1
   Ghana 5 2 7  
 Ghana Bye
 
  Preliminary round First round Second round
                                   
 Zambia 5 0 5  
  2 4 6  
    2 4 6  
   South Africa 5 6 11  
 South Africa Bye
 
   South Africa 5 1 6
    1 0 1
  Bye  
 
    — — w/o
    — —  
  Bye
 
  Preliminary round First round Second round
                                   
  — — w/o  
 Kenya — —  
    1 0 1 (a)  
   Nigeria 1 0 1 (a)  
 Nigeria Bye
 
   Nigeria 2 1 3 (a)
   Cameroon 2 1 3 (a)
  — —  
 Algeria — — w/o  
   Algeria 0 0 0
   Cameroon 4 7 11  
 Cameroon Bye
 

Preliminary round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  w/o   — —
  w/o  Gambia 0–3 —
Zambia  5–6   5–2 0–4
  w/o  Kenya — —
  w/o  Algeria — —
 Cancelled 
Report
 Cancelled 
Report

Djibouti won on walkover after Libya withdrew.

 0–3 Gambia
Report
  • Goal 14'
  • Goal 17'
  • Goal 26'
Referee: Salematou Bah (Guinea)
Gambia Cancelled 
Report
Referee: Aissata Ameyo Amegee (Togo)

Gambia won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew prior to the second leg.[4]

Zambia 5–2 
  • Goal 21', 27', 53', 85'
  • Goal 31'
 Report
Referee: Mathabo Maria Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
 4–0 Zambia
 Report
Referee: Mercy Mziya (Malawi)

Botswana won 6–5 on aggregate.

 Cancelled Kenya
Report
Kenya Cancelled 
Report

Ethiopia won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.[5]

 Cancelled Algeria
Report
Algeria Cancelled 
Report

Algeria won on walkover after Mali withdrew.[6]

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  w/o  Tunisia — —
Gambia  1–7  Ghana 1–5 0–2
  6–11  South Africa 2–5 4–6
  w/o   — —
  1–1 (a)  Nigeria 1–1 0–0
Algeria  0–11  Cameroon 0–4 0–7
 Cancelled Tunisia
Report
Tunisia Cancelled 
Report

Djibouti won on walkover after Tunisia withdrew.

Gambia 1–5 Ghana
  • Goal 43'
 Report
Referee: Vincentia Enyonam Amedome (Togo)
Ghana 2–0 Gambia
 Report
Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.

 2–5 South Africa
  • Goal 16', 88'
 Report
Referee: Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)
South Africa 6–4 
 Report
  • Goal 30', 90+2'
  • Goal 50', 80'
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)

South Africa won 11–6 on aggregate.

 Cancelled 
Report
 Cancelled 
Report

Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.[7]

 1–1 Nigeria
  • Goal 62'
 Report
  • Goal 21'
Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)
Nigeria 0–0 
Report
Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)

1–1 on aggregate. Nigeria won on away goals.

Algeria 0–4 Cameroon
Report
  • Goal 17', 75'
  • Goal 22'
  • Goal 61'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Cameroon 7–0 Algeria
  • Goal 3', 55'
  • Goal 8'
  • Goal 15', 88'
  • Goal 18', 64'
 Report
Referee: Akhona Zennith Makalima (South Africa)

Cameroon won 11–0 on aggregate.

Second round[]

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  0–19  Ghana 0–9 0–10
South Africa  6–1   5–1 1–0
Nigeria  3–3 (a)  Cameroon 2–2 1–1
 0–9 Ghana
Report
  • Goal 27'
  • Abdulai Goal 40', 42', 46'
  • Goal 44'
  • Goal 48'
  • Goal 78'
  • Pokuaa Goal 79'
  • Goal 88'
Referee: Khadmallah Elsayed Angato Koko (Sudan)
Ghana 10–0 
 Report
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate.

South Africa 5–1 
 Report
  • Goal 72'
Referee: Mathabo Maria Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
 0–1 South Africa
Report
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

South Africa won 6–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria 2–2 Cameroon
  • Goal 2'
  • Goal 54'
 Report
  • Goal 8'
  • Goal 43'
Referee: Aurore Christelle Ligan (Benin)
Cameroon 1–1 Nigeria
  • Goal 31'
 Report
  • Goal 76'
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals.

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

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[8][9]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 Ghana 18 February 2018 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 South Africa 17 February 2018 1 (2010)
 Cameroon 18 February 2018 1 (2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers[]

12 goals
5 goals
  • Cameroon
  • Cameroon
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Botswana (against South Africa)

References[]

  1. ^ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018: Fixtures of the qualifiers". CAF. 7 August 2017.
  3. ^ "FIXTURES PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-17 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". CAF.
  4. ^ Fajah Barrie, Mohamed (28 October 2017). "African U17 Women's World cup qualifiers hit by withdrawals". BBC Sport. Freetown. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  5. ^ Olobulu, Timothy. "Kenya pulls out of U17 World Cup Qualifiers". CAPITAFM SPORTS. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Élim. CM 2017 : Forfait du Mali". dzfoot.com. 12 October 2017.
  7. ^ University Press (30 November 2017). "Match of the national women under 17 football team against Equatorial Guinea cancelled". www.frmf.ma (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  8. ^ "South Africa secure berth at Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 17 February 2018. Archived from the original on February 17, 2018.
  9. ^ "Cameroon, Ghana book tickets to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018.

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