2018_African_U-17_Women's_World_Cup_Qualifying_Tournament
2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
International football competition
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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 October 2017 – 18 February 2018 |
| Teams | 17 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 17 |
| Goals scored | 84 (4.94 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Mukarama Abdulai (12 goals) |
← 2016 2020 → | |
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).
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.
- Did not enter
Angola
Benin
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
DR Congo
Egypt
Eritrea
Gabon
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Eswatini
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zimbabwe
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.
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 |
The three winners of the second round qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Preliminary round | First round | Second round | |||||||||||||||
 Libya
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
 Djibouti
| — | — | w/o | ||||||||||||||
| Djibouti
| — | — | w/o | ||||||||||||||
 Tunisia
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Djibouti
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana
| 9 | 10 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
 Sierra Leone
| 0 | — | |||||||||||||||
 Gambia
| 3 | — | w/o | ||||||||||||||
| Gambia
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana
| 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | Second round | |||||||||||||||
 Zambia
| 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Botswana
| 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Botswana
| 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 South Africa
| 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa
| 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Morocco
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Morocco
| — | — | w/o | ||||||||||||||
 Equatorial Guinea
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | Second round | |||||||||||||||
 Ethiopia
| — | — | w/o | ||||||||||||||
 Kenya
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Nigeria (a)
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Cameroon (a)
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Mali
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
 Algeria
| — | — | w/o | ||||||||||||||
| Algeria
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cameroon
| 4 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libya |
w/o | Djibouti |
— | — |
| Sierra Leone |
w/o | Gambia |
0–3 | — |
| Zambia |
5–6 | Botswana |
5–2 | 0–4 |
| Ethiopia |
w/o | Kenya |
— | — |
| Mali |
w/o | Algeria |
— | — |
Djibouti won on walkover after Libya withdrew.
Gambia won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew prior to the second leg.[4]
Botswana won 6–5 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.[5]
Algeria won on walkover after Mali withdrew.[6]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti |
w/o | Tunisia |
— | — |
| Gambia |
1–7 | Ghana |
1–5 | 0–2 |
| Botswana |
6–11 | South Africa |
2–5 | 4–6 |
| Morocco |
w/o | Equatorial Guinea |
— | — |
| Ethiopia |
1–1 (a) | Nigeria |
1–1 | 0–0 |
| Algeria |
0–11 | Cameroon |
0–4 | 0–7 |
Djibouti won on walkover after Tunisia withdrew.
Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.
| South Africa | 6–4 | Botswana |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
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South Africa won 11–6 on aggregate.
Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.[7]
1–1 on aggregate. Nigeria won on away goals.
Cameroon won 11–0 on aggregate.
Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti |
0–19 | Ghana |
0–9 | 0–10 |
| South Africa |
6–1 | Morocco |
5–1 | 1–0 |
| Nigeria |
3–3 (a) | Cameroon |
2–2 | 1–1 |
Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate.
| South Africa | 5–1 | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
|
South Africa won 6–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals.
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.
- 12 goals
- 5 goals
Alice Kameni- Marie Ngah
- 4 goals
Michelle Abueng
Karabo Dhlamini- Miche Minnies
Christabel Phiri
- 3 goals
Nina Norshie- Thambolinye Mzoneli
- 2 goals
- Letso Botlhale
- Lone Gaofetoge
- Obonetse Oratile Rathari
- Leungo Senwelo
- Viviane Mefire
- Fuseina Mumuni
- Suzzy Teye
Precious Martha
- 1 goal
- Florence Fanta
- Fatima Kome
Tarikuwa Debiso
Ola Buwaro- Aminata Camara
- Cathrine Jatta
- Fatoumata Sowe
- Adama Alhassan
- Azuma Bugrie
- Jacqueline Owusu
- Millot Pokuaa
- Barikisu Rahman
- Victoria Teye
- Abigail Tutuawaa
Noura Mouadni- Osaretin Ikekhua
- Joy Jerry
- Sibulele Holweni
- Kaylin Jordaan
- Sphumelele Shamase
- Thubelihle Shamase
- Jessica Wade
- Lydia Mubanga
- 1 own goal
- Tshegofatso Mosotho (against South Africa)
- "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2016.
- "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018: Fixtures of the qualifiers". CAF. 7 August 2017.
- Fajah Barrie, Mohamed (28 October 2017). "African U17 Women's World cup qualifiers hit by withdrawals". BBC Sport. Freetown. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- Olobulu, Timothy. "Kenya pulls out of U17 World Cup Qualifiers". CAPITAFM SPORTS. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- "Élim. CM 2017 : Forfait du Mali". dzfoot.com. 12 October 2017.
- 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.
- "South Africa secure berth at Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 17 February 2018. Archived from the original on February 17, 2018.
- "Cameroon, Ghana book tickets to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018.
- African Qualifiers FIFA U-17 WWC-URUGUAY 2018, CAFonline.com