2012 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

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2012 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Teams 13 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 50 (3.13 per match)
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The 2012 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 3rd 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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The tournament was played on a home and away knockout basis. 13 teams entered the competition but due to withdrawals only 11 actually played matches. The top three teams of the tournament Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan as the CAF representatives. [1]

Gambia women's national under-17 football team represents Gambia in international youth football competitions.

Ghana womens national under-17 football team National association football team

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Preliminary round

The preliminary round first leg was scheduled to be played on 26 November 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg w/o 1Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique ——

First round

The first round was be held on 20–22 January 2012 (first leg) and 3–5 February 2012 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg1–7Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1–50–2
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg0–5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0–20–3
Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg4–3Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 3–01–3 [3]
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svgw/o1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia ——
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg1–6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–10–5
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg0–5Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0–10–4

Second round

The second round was held on 8 and 24 March 2012. The legs of Gambia and Tunisia were played a week later. [4] The three winning teams qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

2012 FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup

The 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the third edition of the women's football tournament, and was held in Azerbaijan from 22 September to 13 October, following a decision by the Executive Committee on 19 March 2010. Defending champions South Korea failed to qualify for the tournament. France won the title after defeating Korea DPR 1–1.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–7Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–20–5
Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg3–1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–02–1
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–5Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0–01–5

Nigeria and Ghana qualified for their third time. Gambia's qualification is a first. [1]

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.

Team Previous appearances in tournament
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 0
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2 (2008, 2010)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2 (2008, 2010)

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References

  1. 1 2 FIFA (1 April 2012). "Gambia reach finals to make history" . Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Kenya U-17 sail to next round after Mozambique withdrawal". michezoafrika.com/. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Gambia: Women U17 Edge Past Sierra Leone - To Face Tunisia in Next Round". allafrica.com. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. ↑ allafrica.com (16 March 2012). "Gambia: Women U17 Ready for Tunisia" . Retrieved 17 March 2012.
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