2008 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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.

2008 African U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored50 (3.57 per match)
2010

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

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liberia   w/o1   Benin
Guinea   0–12   Nigeria 0–5 0–7
Cameroon   w/o2   Namibia
South Africa   w/o3   Botswana
Zambia   0–6   Ghana 0–2 0–4
Zimbabwe   w/o4   DR Congo
  • 1 Benin withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Liberia qualified for the next round.
  • 2 Namibia withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Cameroon qualified for the next round.
  • 3 Botswana withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, South Africa qualified for the next round.
  • 4 DR Congo withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Zimbabwe qualified for the next round.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liberia   w/o1   Nigeria
Cameroon   3–0   South Africa 2–0 1–0
Ghana   11–0   DR Congo 8–0 3–0
  • 1 Liberia withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Nigeria qualified for the next round.

Second round

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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]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Nigeria 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2   Ghana 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1 6
3   Cameroon 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
Source: [citation needed]
1 June 2008
Cameroon   1–1   Nigeria Yaounde
6 June 2008
Nigeria   4–2   Ghana Abuja
14 June 2008
Ghana   1–2   Cameroon Accra
22 June 2008
Nigeria   3–0   Cameroon Abuja
28 June 2008
Ghana   1–0   Nigeria Accra
5 July 2008
Cameroon   1–2   Ghana Yaounde

References

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