African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
| Organising body | CAF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Region | Africa |
The African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth women's association football qualification competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football for its nations.
History
With the imminent inauguration of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2008, CAF began organizing a qualification competition that year with 12 teams entering its debut edition, but 5 withdrew before playing.[1] On 19 January 2010, CAF released the fixtures for the second edition of this competition.[2] Ten teams entered that edition, but only five played matches; Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified for that year's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3] On 7 June 2023, CAF revealed the formats for the qualification procedures for the next editions of the FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cups,[4] the former whose draw was conducted the following day.[5]
Results
African U-17 Women's Championship
| Year | Hosts | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | ||
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| 2008[a] | Nigeria[6] | round-robin | Ghana[7] | Cameroon |
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
| Year | Hosts | Final round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Agg. Score | Runners-up | |||
| 2010 | 11–0 | ||||
| 7–1 | |||||
| 2–1 | |||||
| 2012 | 3–1 | ||||
| 7–1 | |||||
| 5–1 | |||||
| 2013 | 5–2 | ||||
| w/o | |||||
| 6–4 | |||||
| 2016 | 10–0 | ||||
| 6–1 | |||||
| 7–0 | |||||
| 2018 | 19–0 | ||||
| 6–1 | |||||
| 3–3 (a) | |||||
| 2020 | Not completed: The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||
| 2022 | 2–2 (4–2 p) | ||||
| 1–0 | |||||
| 5–1 | |||||
| 2024 | 5–0 | ||||
| 3–1 | |||||
| 6–1 | |||||
| 2025 | 4–0 | ||||
| 2–2 (a) | |||||
| 4–1 | |||||
| 6–2 | |||||
Results at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Since its inception in 2008, all editions have qualified three teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Ghana finished 3rd in the 2012 edition in Azerbaijan. Nigeria finished 3rd in the 2022 edition in India. Tanzania has reached the quarter-final also the same year, with all other qualified CAF nations getting eliminated in the group stages.
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| World Cup | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | GS | Q | 3 | |||||||
| GS | 1 | |||||||||
| GS | GS | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | 6 | ||||
| Q | 1 | |||||||||
| Q | 1 | |||||||||
| GS | Q | 2 | ||||||||
| GS | QF | QF | QF | GS | 3rd | Q | Q | 8 | ||
| GS | GS | 2 | ||||||||
| QF | 1 | |||||||||
| GS | Q | Q | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Team participation
| Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R3 | R3 | 3 | ||||||||
| • | R1 | R2 | R3 | 3 | |||||||
| R3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| • | R1 | R1 | R1 | PR | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | 8 | ||
| R2 | R4 | R2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3rd | R1 | Q | Q | R3 | R2 | Q | 7 | ||||
| R2 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||
| •1 | • | 0 | |||||||||
| • | • | • | R1 • | R2 | R2 | 3 | |||||
| R1 | R2 | R1 • | R3 | 4 | |||||||
| • | R2 | R2 | R1 | 3 | |||||||
| R1 | R1 | R3 | R3 | R2 | 5 | ||||||
| R2 | • | PR • | R2 | • | 3 | ||||||
| R1 • | 1 | ||||||||||
| • | R1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Q | R1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2nd | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | R3 | 7 | ||||
| PR | • | R2 | R2 | R3 | 4 | ||||||
| q | 1 | ||||||||||
| Q | 1 | ||||||||||
| • | R1 | • | • | R1 • | Q | R3 | 4 | ||||
| R1 | R1 | R4 | 3 | ||||||||
| • | R2 | 1 | |||||||||
| • | • | R2 | 1 | ||||||||
| PR • | 1 | ||||||||||
| PR • | 1 | ||||||||||
| • | R2 | R2 | Q | R4 | Q2 | 4 | |||||
| • | 0 | ||||||||||
| • | R1 | R1 | R1 • | R1 | 4 | ||||||
| R2 | R2 | R1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1st | Q | Q | Q | Q | R2 | Q | Q | Q | 9 | ||
| PR • | 1 | ||||||||||
| R1 • | 1 | ||||||||||
| R1 | R3 | R1 | 3 | ||||||||
| • | R1 | • | PR | PR • | R2 | 3 | |||||
| R1 | Q | R2 | R2 | R2 | Q | R2 | R2 | R2 | 9 | ||
| R2 | PR • | 2 | |||||||||
| Q | R2 | R2 | 3 | ||||||||
| R1 | • | 1 | |||||||||
| R2 | R2 | • | R1 | 3 | |||||||
| R1 | R3 | R2 | 3 | ||||||||
| PR | R2 | Q | • | PR | R2 | Q | Q | 7 | |||
| R1 | • | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | N/A | 29 | 25 | 23 |
- 1 Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.
- 2 Morocco didn't take part in the qualification because it hosts the WC.
- Legend
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See also
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations
- CAF Women's Champions League
- African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
Notes
References
- ^ "African Women U-17 Championship 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "CAF releases women U-17 fixtures - CAN U-17 women 2010". CAFOnline.com. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Matches & results - CAN U-17 women 2010". CAFOnline.com. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "CAF to conduct FIFA U17, U20 Women's World Cup Qualifier Draw on Thursday" (Press release). CAFOnline.com. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "U-17 World Women's Cup qualifiers draw lines up exciting duels". CAFOnline.com. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Flamingoes lead African charge". FIFA.com. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ^ "Ghana join Nigeria at NZ 2008". FIFA.com. 6 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
