2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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.
Did not enter

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
            
 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

Preliminary round

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 — —
Libya Cancelled Djibouti
Report
Djibouti Cancelled Libya
Report

Djibouti won on walkover after Libya withdrew.

Sierra Leone 0–3 Gambia
Report
Referee: Salematou Bah (Guinea)
Gambia Cancelled Sierra Leone
Report
Referee: Aissata Ameyo Amegee (Togo)

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

Zambia 5–2 Botswana
 Report
Referee: Mathabo Maria Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
Botswana 4–0 Zambia
 Report
Referee: Mercy Mziya (Malawi)

Botswana won 6–5 on aggregate.

Ethiopia Cancelled Kenya
Report
Kenya Cancelled Ethiopia
Report

Ethiopia won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.[5]

Mali Cancelled Algeria
Report
Algeria Cancelled Mali
Report

Algeria won on walkover after Mali withdrew.[6]

First round

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 Cancelled Tunisia
Report
Tunisia Cancelled Djibouti
Report

Djibouti won on walkover after Tunisia withdrew.

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

Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.

Botswana 2–5 South Africa
 Report
Referee: Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)
South Africa 6–4 Botswana
 Report
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)

South Africa won 11–6 on aggregate.

Morocco Cancelled Equatorial Guinea
Report
Equatorial Guinea Cancelled Morocco
Report

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

Ethiopia 1–1 Nigeria
 Report
Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)
Nigeria 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)

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

Algeria 0–4 Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Cameroon 7–0 Algeria
 Report

Cameroon won 11–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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
Djibouti 0–9 Ghana
Report
Referee: Khadmallah Elsayed Angato Koko (Sudan)
Ghana 10–0 Djibouti
 Report
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate.

South Africa 5–1 Morocco
 Report
Referee: Mathabo Maria Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
Morocco 0–1 South Africa
Report
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

South Africa won 6–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria 2–2 Cameroon
 Report
Referee: Aurore Christelle Ligan (Benin)
Cameroon 1–1 Nigeria
 Report
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
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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.