2008 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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2008 African U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Third placeFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored50 (3.57 per match)
2010

The 2008 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification was the 1st 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 1991 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

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two teams, the winners of the tournament Nigeria and the runners-up Ghana, qualified from this tournament for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand as the CAF representatives.

Preliminary round

Of six match pairings, only two were actually played out.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svg w/o 1Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg0–12Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0–50–7
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgw/o2Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svgw/o3Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg0–6Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0–20–4
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svgw/o4Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Liberia  Flag of Liberia.svgw/o1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg3–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2–01–0
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg11–0Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 8–03–0

Second round

In the second round a double-round robin was played. After that the top two teams, Nigeria and Ghana, qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [1]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 421184+47 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 42026716
3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 41124734
Source: [ citation needed ]
1 June 2008
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg1–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Yaounde
6 June 2008
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg4–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Abuja
14 June 2008
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–2Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Accra
22 June 2008
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Abuja
28 June 2008
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Accra
5 July 2008
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg1–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Yaounde

References

  1. "Ghana join Nigeria at NZ 2008". FIFA. 6 July 2008. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.