2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

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2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
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Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored28 (4.67 per match)
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The 2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 4th 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. 10 teams entered the competition. The pairings were released in late June 2013. [1] The first round's many withdrawal of teams was openly criticised by FIFA. [2]

The top three teams of the tournament Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives.

First round

The matches took place in the first week of August and September. Nigeria and South Africa received a bye this round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg w/o 1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya ——
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svgw/o2Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo ——
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg3–8Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2–51–3
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svgw/o3Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan ——
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svgBye
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svgBye

Second round

Nigeria and South Africa were the top seeded teams and received a bye to the first round. Matches were played in November. [5] [6] The three winners qualified to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Nigeria due to withdrawal of South Sudan from the Competition. [7] [8] Ghana on a 5–2 aggregate against Equatorial Guinea. [9] Zambia booked their world cup ticket after a 3–1 win against South Africa. [10]

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg5–2Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 2–03–2
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg6–4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3–33–1
South Sudan  Flag of South Sudan.svgw/o1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria ——

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