2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	13 January – 5 June
Teams	29 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	107 (3.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Clara Luvanga (10 goals)
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The 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification was the 8th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification, 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 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

three teams qualified from this tournament for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CAF representatives.[1][2]

Draw

A total of 29 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 10 May 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draw procedures were as follows:[1]

• In the first round, the 10 teams were drawn into five ties, with teams divided into four pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
• In the second round, the five first round winners and the 19 teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into twelve ties based on the first round tie numbers, with five first round winners playing against the five teams receiving byes, and the other four first round winners playing against each other.
• In the third round, the twelve second round winners were allocated into six ties based on the second round tie numbers.
• In the fourth round, the six third round winners were allocated into three ties based on the third round tie numbers.

Table

First round entrants (29 teams)
Pot A (8 from CECAFA)	Pot B (5 from COSAFA)	Pot C (2 from UNAF)	Pot D (4 from UNIFFAC)	Pot E (6 from WAFU A)	Pot F (4 from WAFU B)
Ethiopia  Uganda  South Sudan  Eritrea  Kenya  Djibouti  Burundi  Rwanda	Zambia  Tanzania  Namibia  Botswana  South Africa	Egypt  Morocco	Equatorial Guinea  DR Congo  São Tomé and Príncipe  Cameroon	Sierra Leone  Senegal  Mauritania  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia	Nigeria  Benin  Niger  Ghana

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the group stage.
• (W): Withdrew after the draw

Did not enter

•  Algeria
•  Angola
•  Burkina Faso
•  Cape Verde
•  Central African Republic
•  Chad
•  Comoros
•  Congo
•  Zimbabwe
•  Eswatini
•  Gabon
•  Gambia
•  Ivory Coast
•  Lesotho
•  Libya
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  Mali
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  Seychelles
•  Somalia
•  Sudan
•  Togo
•  Tunisia

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 was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.[1]

Schedule

Round	Leg	Date
First round	First leg	13–15 January 2022
	Second leg	27–29 January 2022
Second round[3]	First leg	3–5 March 2022
	Second leg	17–19 March 2022
Third round[4]	First leg	15–17 April 2022
	Second leg	29 April–1 May 2022
Fourth round[5]	First leg	20–22 May 2022
	Second leg	4–5 June 2022

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eritrea	w/o[6]	South Sudan	—	—
Equatorial Guinea	w/o[7]	Kenya	—	—
DR Congo	w/o[8]	Rwanda	—	—
Senegal	w/o[6]	Sierra Leone	—	—
Benin	w/o[6]	Mauritania	—	—

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eritrea	w/o[9]	Cameroon	—	—
Zambia	w/o	Namibia	—	—
Djibouti	w/o	Burundi	—	—
Tanzania	11–0	Botswana	7–0	4–0
Kenya	w/o[A]	South Africa	—	—
Uganda	3–3 (a)	Ethiopia	2–2	1–1
Egypt	w/o	Guinea-Bissau	—	—
DR Congo	0–8	Nigeria	0–3	0–5
Liberia	3–9	Guinea	2–2	1–7
Senegal	0–4	Ghana	0–1	0–3
Niger	w/o	São Tomé and Príncipe	—	—
Benin	1–3	Morocco	1–1	0–2

Notes:

1. Kenya were disqualified as they were suspended by FIFA.[10][11]

6 March 2022 (2022-03-06)

16:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	7–0	Botswana
Paul 3', 33' Luvanga 40', 82' Juma 44', 55', 69'	Report

Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City

Referee: Elizabeth Louis (South Sudan)

20 March 2022 (2022-03-20)

16:00 UTC+2

Botswana	0–4	Tanzania
	Report	Paul 32' Luvanga 64', 68', 83'

Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Nonjabulo Ndlela (South Africa)

Tanzania won 11–0 on aggregate.

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4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)

16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	2–2	Ethiopia
Nandago 68', 72'	Report	Daniel 77' Ahmed 90+1'

St Mary's Stadium, Entebbe

Referee: Majda Hajjana (Sudan)

20 March 2022 (2022-03-20)

16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	1–1	Uganda
Wondemu 88'	Report	Nyinagahirwa 34'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

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

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6 March 2022 (2022-03-06)

15:30 UTC+1

DR Congo	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Emmanuel 36' Adeshina 66' Ajakaye 76'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Lamngar Lare (Chad)

19 March 2022 (2022-03-19)

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	5–0	DR Congo
Ajakaye 5', 14' Adeshina 23' Atume 62' Afolabi 88'	Report

Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City

Referee: Laurande Offin (Benin)

Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.

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6 March 2022 (2022-03-06)

16:00 UTC±0

Liberia	2–2	Guinea
Fatomah 25' Kromah 51'	Report	F. Sidibé 16' Samoura 48' (pen.)

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)

20 March 2022 (2022-03-20)

16:00 UTC±0

Guinea	7–1	Liberia
Diop 4' Samoura 6', 43' S. Sidibé 48' F. Sidibé 54' Fancinadouno 62' M. Camara ?'	Report	Quachie 33'

General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry

Guinea won 9–3 on aggregate.

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5 March 2022 (2022-03-05)

16:30 UTC±0

Senegal	0–1	Ghana
	Report	Owusu 87'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)

20 March 2022 (2022-03-20)

15:00 UTC±0

Ghana	3–0	Senegal
Aoyem 49' Owusu 58' Karina 73'	Report

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Naffisa Sani (Niger)

Ghana won 4–0 on aggregate.

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6 March 2022 (2022-03-06)

17:00 UTC+1

Benin	1–1	Morocco
Djibril 23'	Report	Zouhir 12'

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Edoh Kindedji (Togo)

19 March 2022 (2022-03-19)

17:00 UTC+1

Morocco	2–0	Benin
El Hamzaoui 15' Zouhir 25'	Report

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt)

Morocco won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zambia	0–5	Cameroon	0–2	0–3
Burundi	2–5	Tanzania	0–4	2–1
South Africa	1–3	Ethiopia	0–3	1–0
Nigeria	6–0	Egypt	4–0	2–0
Guinea	1–10	Ghana	1–3	0–7
Niger	0–18	Morocco	0–11	0–7

15 April 2022 (2022-04-15)

15:00 UTC+2

Zambia	0–2	Cameroon
	Report	Lamine 48' Daha 68'

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)

15:30 UTC+1

Cameroon	3–0	Zambia
Daha 23', 88' Lamine 33'	Report

Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé

Referee: Richy Nganda (Gabon)

Cameroon won 5–0 on aggregate.

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16 April 2022 (2022-04-16)

15:00 UTC+2

Burundi	0–4	Tanzania
	Report	Luvanga 32', 74' Paul 52' Mpanja 88'

Stade Urukundo, Ngozi

1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)

20:30 UTC+3

Tanzania	1–2	Burundi
Gabriel 15'	Report	Gakima 22' Bizimana 86'

Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City

Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

Tanzania won 5–2 on aggregate.

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15 April 2022 (2022-04-15)

15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	0–3	Ethiopia
	Report	Wondemu 15' Daniel 58' Kassa 90+2'

Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)

1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)

16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Mibe 34'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Ethiopia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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17 April 2022 (2022-04-17)

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	4–0	Egypt
Ajakaye 28' Bello 38', 62' Usani 54'	Report

Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja

Referee: Natacha Konan (Ivory Coast)

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)

22:00 UTC+2

Egypt	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Ajakaye 5' Bello 14'

Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)

Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate.

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16 April 2022 (2022-04-16)

16:00 UTC±0

Guinea	1–3	Ghana
N. Camara 38'	Report	Aoyem 13' Shahadu 31' Maltiti 59'

General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)

15:00 UTC±0

Ghana	7–0	Guinea
Amoh 12', 29' Aoyem 18' Kubura 49' Amponsah 53' Agyemang 70', 81'	Report

Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast

Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)

Ghana won 10–1 on aggregate.

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16 April 2022 (2022-04-16)

17:00 UTC+1

Niger	0–11	Morocco
	Report	Cherif 9', 54', 66', 78' El Madani 20', 30' Zouhir 45', 60', 74' Khelifi 88' Sioui 90+2'

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

Referee: Hannah Elaigwu (Nigeria)

29 April 2022 (2022-04-29)

21:30 UTC±0

Morocco	7–0	Niger
Karimi 7' Azizi 17' El Madani 24' Laksiri 45+1', 81' Khelifi 70' El Hannachi 87'	Report

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Joyce Appiah (Ghana)

Morocco won 18–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cameroon	1–5	Tanzania	1–4	0–1
Ethiopia	0–1	Nigeria	0–1	0–0
Ghana	2–2 (2–4 p)	Morocco	2–0	0–2

22 May 2022 (2022-05-22)

15:30 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–4	Tanzania
Ngaseh 21'	Report	Mnally 4' Luvanga 27', 64', 72'

Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé

Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)

15:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	1–0	Cameroon
Paul 50'	Report

Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar

Referee: Aurore Ligan (Benin)

Tanzania won 5–1 on aggregate.

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20 May 2022 (2022-05-20)

16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	0–1	Nigeria
	Report	Ajakaye 36'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja

Referee: Mame Coumba Faye (Senegal)

Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.

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20 May 2022 (2022-05-20)

15:00 UTC±0

Ghana	2–0	Morocco
Nyamekye 18' Amoh 65'	Report

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)

20:00 UTC+1

Morocco	2–0	Ghana
El Ghazouani 15' Masnaoui 47'	Report
Penalties
	4–2

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)

2–2 on aggregate. Morocco won 4–2 on penalties.

Qualified teams for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India.[2]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Nigeria	4 June 2022	5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Morocco	4 June 2022	0 (debut)
Tanzania	5 June 2022	0 (debut)

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.

10 goals

• Clara Luvanga

6 goals

• Opeyemi Ajakaye

5 goals

• Yasmine Zouhir
• Neema Paul

4 goals

• Djennah Cherif

3 goals

• Camila Daha
• Nancy Amoh
• Georgina Aoyem
• Fatoumata Samoura
• Doha El Madani
• Omowunmi Bello
• Aisha Juma

2 goals

• Mana Lamine
• Emush Daniel
• Eyrus Wondemu
• Constance Agyemang
• Princess Owusu
• Fanta Sidibé
• Maysane Khelifi
• Kenza Laksiri
• Oluwatunmininu Adeshina
• Hadijah Nandago

1 goal

• Yasminath Djibril
• Rukiya Bizimana
• Estella Gakima
• Bernadette Ngaseh
• Semira Ahmed
• Kumneger Kassa
• Mary Amponsah
• Abdulai Karina
• Dejean Kubura
• Mariam Maltiti
• Stella Nyamekye
• Rasheeda Shahadu
• Mafering Camara
• Nana Camara
• Salematou Diop
• Maman Fancinadouno
• Saran Sidibé
• Hawa Fatomah
• Zeta Kromah
• Jessica Quachie
• Douae Azizi
• Fatima El Ghazouani
• Mina El Hamzaoui
• Iman El Hannachi
• Hiba Karimi
• Samya Masnaoui
• Yasmine Sioui
• Taiwo Afolabi
• Doosur Atume
• Blessing Emmanuel
• Miracle Usani
• Andrielle Mibe
• Veronica Gabriel
• Diana Mnally
• Husna Mpanja
• Shakira Nyinagahirwa

See also

• 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

References

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