2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored45 (5.63 per match)
2008
2012

The 2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the second edition of the African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women and the first edition of this under-17 qualification tournament new format. The biennial international under-17 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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10 teams entered the competition, but due to many withdrawals, only 5 played matches. The final three teams qualified to the World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago as the CAF representatives.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Botswana Flag of Botswana.svg w/o Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1N/AN/A
Togo Flag of Togo.svg w/o Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 1N/AN/A

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Botswana Flag of Botswana.svg 1–22 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1–90–13
Togo 2 Flag of Togo.svg w/o Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria N/AN/A
RD Congo 2 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg w/o Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia N/AN/A
Ghana Flag of Ghana.svg w/o Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2N/AN/A

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Nigeria Flag of Nigeria.svg 7–1 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5–0 [2] 2–1 [2]
Ghana Flag of Ghana.svg 11–0 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 7–0 [2] 4–0 [2]

Nigeria and Ghana qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago. South Africa and Tunisia will play in a playoff round to determine the last qualifier.

Play-off round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Tunisia Flag of Tunisia.svg 1–2 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0–1 [3] 1–1

The winner of the play-off round will qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago.

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

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 20101 (2008)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20101 (2008)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20100

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References

  1. 1 2 Preliminary Round Matches & Results Retrieved 2010-02-11
  2. 1 2 3 4 Matches & Results Updated for 2nd round, as of 3 May 2010
  3. cafonline.com playoff results