2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
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.
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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) | |
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) |
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- 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
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 |
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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.
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0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
9 | 10 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
0 | — | ||||||||||||||||
3 | — | w/o | |||||||||||||||
1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
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2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
5 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
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5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
1 | 0 | 1 (a) | |||||||||||||||
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
2 | 1 | 3 (a) | |||||||||||||||
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— | — | w/o | |||||||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
4 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Bye | |||||||||||||||||
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Libya |
w/o | — | — | |
Sierra Leone |
w/o | 0–3 | — | |
Zambia |
5–6 | 5–2 | 0–4 | |
Ethiopia |
w/o | — | — | |
Mali |
w/o | — | — |
Libya | Cancelled | |
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Djibouti | Cancelled | |
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Djibouti won on walkover after Libya withdrew.
Gambia won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew prior to the second leg.[4]
Zambia | 5–2 | |
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Botswana won 6–5 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.[5]
Algeria won on walkover after Mali withdrew.[6]
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Djibouti |
w/o | — | — | |
Gambia |
1–7 | 1–5 | 0–2 | |
Botswana |
6–11 | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
Morocco |
w/o | — | — | |
Ethiopia |
1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Algeria |
0–11 | 0–4 | 0–7 |
Djibouti won on walkover after Tunisia withdrew.
Gambia | 1–5 | |
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Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.
Botswana | 2–5 | |
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South Africa | 6–4 | |
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South Africa won 11–6 on aggregate.
Morocco | Cancelled | |
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Equatorial Guinea | Cancelled | |
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Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.[7]
1–1 on aggregate. Nigeria won on away goals.
Cameroon | 7–0 | |
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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 |
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Djibouti |
0–19 | 0–9 | 0–10 | |
South Africa |
6–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | |
Nigeria |
3–3 (a) | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Djibouti | 0–9 | |
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Ghana | 10–0 | |
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Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate.
South Africa | 5–1 | |
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Morocco | 0–1 | |
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South Africa won 6–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria | 2–2 | |
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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 |
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18 February 2018 | 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) | |
17 February 2018 | 1 (2010) | |
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
Michelle Abueng Karabo Dhlamini Miche Minnies Christabel Phiri
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 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
References
- "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
- "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018: Fixtures of the qualifiers". CAF. 7 August 2017.
- "FIXTURES PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-17 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". CAF.
- 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.
- "Cameroon, Ghana book tickets to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 18 February 2018.
External links
- African Qualifiers FIFA U-17 WWC-URUGUAY 2018, CAFonline.com