Tournament details | |
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Dates | 27 November 2015 – 26 March 2016 |
Teams | 15 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 53 (3.79 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (8 goals each) |
The 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th 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. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CAF representatives. [1]
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time. [2]
A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. [3]
Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
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Preliminary round | 6 | |
First round | 9 | |
Qualifying rounds | Total | 15 |
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The three winners of the second round qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows. [3]
Round | Leg | Date |
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Preliminary round | First leg | 27–29 November 2015 |
Second leg | 11–13 December 2015 | |
First round | First leg | 8–10 January 2016 |
Second leg | 22–24 January 2016 | |
Second round | First leg | 11–13 March 2016 |
Second leg | 25–27 March 2016 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Gabon | w/o | — | — | |
Djibouti | w/o | — | — | |
Botswana | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew. [4]
Gabon | Cancelled | |
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Report |
Sierra Leone | Cancelled | |
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Report |
Sierra Leone won on walkover.
Djibouti won on walkover.
Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Morocco | w/o | — | — | |
Ghana | w/o | — | — | |
Cameroon | 3–3 (5–4 p) | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
Egypt | 9–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | |
Nigeria | 9–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
South Africa | w/o | — | — |
Note: Sierra Leone, Mali and Zambia withdrew. [5]
Morocco won on walkover.
Ghana | Cancelled | |
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Report |
Sierra Leone | Cancelled | |
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Report |
Ghana won on walkover.
Ethiopia | 2–1 | |
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Demeke Lakew | Report | Takounda |
Penalties | ||
4–5 |
3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties.
Egypt | 6–0 | |
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Mostafa Tarek Ezzat | Report |
Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.
Namibia | 0–5 | |
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Report | Dike Aku Ajibade Fajobi |
Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.
South Africa | Cancelled | |
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Report |
Zambia | Cancelled | |
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Report |
South Africa won on walkover.
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Morocco | 0–10 | 0–4 | 0–6 | |
Cameroon | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
Nigeria | 7–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
Morocco | 0–4 | |
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Report | Abdulai Alhassan Owusu-Ansah |
Ghana | 6–0 | |
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Abdulai Asuako Abdul Rahman Owusu-Ansah Asantewaa | Report |
Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon | 2–1 | |
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Takounda Djoubi | Report | Tarek |
Egypt | 0–4 | |
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Report | Takounda Dabda Mpeh Bissong |
Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria | 6–0 | |
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Fajobi Ajibade | Report |
South Africa | 0–1 | |
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Report | Ajibade |
Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament 1 |
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26 March 2016 | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |
26 March 2016 | 0 (Debut) | |
26 March 2016 | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
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