The African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth women's association football qualification competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football for its nations.
| Organising body | CAF |
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| Founded | 2008 |
| Region | Africa |
 2025 edition | |
History
editWith the imminent inauguration of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2008, CAF began organizing a qualification competition that year with 12 teams entering its debut edition, but 5 withdrew before playing.[1] On 19 January 2010, CAF released the fixtures for the second edition of this competition.[2] Ten teams entered that edition, but only five played matches; Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified for that year's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3] On 7 June 2023, CAF revealed the formats for the qualification procedures for the next editions of the FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cups,[4] the former whose draw was conducted the following day.[5]
Results
editAfrican U-17 Women's Championship
edit| Year | Hosts | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | ||
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| 2008[a] | .png){kind=small} Home sites
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 Nigeria[6] |
round-robin |  Ghana[7] |
 Cameroon |
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
edit| Year | Hosts | Final round | |||
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| Winners | Agg. Score | Runners-up | |||
| 2010 | Home sites
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 Ghana
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11–0 |  Tunisia
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 Nigeria
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7–1 |  South Africa
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| South Africa[b]
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2–1 | Tunisia
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| 2012 | Home sites
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 Gambia
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3–1 | Tunisia
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| Nigeria
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7–1 |  Zambia
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| Ghana
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5–1 | South Africa
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| 2013 | Home sites
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Ghana
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5–2 |  Equatorial Guinea
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| Nigeria
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w/o |  South Sudan
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| Zambia
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6–4 | South Africa
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| 2016 | Home sites
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Ghana
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10–0 |  Morocco
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 Cameroon
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6–1 |  Egypt
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| Nigeria
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7–0 | South Africa
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| 2018 | Home sites
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Ghana
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19–0 |  Djibouti
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| South Africa
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6–1 | Morocco
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| Cameroon
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3–3 (a) | Nigeria
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| 2020 | Not completed: The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||
| 2022 | Home sites
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Morocco
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2–2 (4–2 p) | Ghana
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| Nigeria
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1–0 |  Ethiopia
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 Tanzania
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5–1 | Cameroon
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| 2024 | Home sites
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 Kenya
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5–0 |  Burundi
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| Zambia
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3–1 | Morocco
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| Nigeria
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6–1 |  Liberia
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| 2025 | Home sites
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To be played | |||
Results at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
editSince its inception in 2008, all editions have qualified three teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Ghana finished 3rd in the 2012 edition in Azerbaijan. Nigeria finished 3rd in the 2022 edition in India. Tanzania has reached the quarter-final also the same year, with all other qualified CAF nations getting eliminated in the group stages.
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| World Cup |  2008 |
 2010 |
 2012 |
 2014 |
 2016 |
 2018 |
 2022 |
 2024 |
2025 |
Total |
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| Cameroon |
GS | GS | 2 | |||||||
| Gambia |
GS | 1 | ||||||||
| Ghana |
GS | GS | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | 6 | |||
| Kenya |
Q | 1 | ||||||||
| Morocco |
GS | Q | 2 | |||||||
| Nigeria |
GS | QF | QF | QF | GS | 3rd | Q | 7 | ||
| South Africa |
GS | GS | 2 | |||||||
| Tanzania |
QF | 1 | ||||||||
| Zambia |
GS | Q | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Team participation
edit| Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
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 Algeria
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R1 | R3 | 2 | ||||||||
 Benin
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• | R1 | R2 | 2 | |||||||
 Burkina Faso
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R3 | 1 | |||||||||
 Botswana
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• | R1 | R1 | R1 | PR | R1 | R1 | R2 | 7 | ||
| Burundi
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R2 | R4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Cameroon
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3rd | R1 | Q | Q | R3 | R2 | 6 | ||||
 Congo
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• 1 | 0 | |||||||||
 Central African Republic
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R2 | 1 | |||||||||
 DR Congo
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• | • | • | R1 • | R2 | 2 | |||||
| Djibouti
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R1 | R2 | R1 • | R3 | 4 | ||||||
| Egypt
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• | R2 | R2 | 2 | |||||||
| Ethiopia
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R1 | R1 | R3 | R3 | 4 | ||||||
| Equatorial Guinea
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R2 | • | PR • | R2 | 3 | ||||||
 Eritrea
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R1 • | 1 | |||||||||
 Gabon
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• | 0 | |||||||||
| Gambia
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Q | R1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ghana
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2nd | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | R3 | 7 | |||
 Guinea
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PR | • | R2 | R2 | 3 | ||||||
 Guinea-Bissau
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q | 1 | |||||||||
| Kenya
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• | R1 | • | • | R1 • | Q | 3 | ||||
| Liberia
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R1 | R1 | R4 | 3 | |||||||
 Libya
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• | R2 | 1 | ||||||||
 Mali
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• | • | R2 | 1 | |||||||
 Mauritania
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PR • | 1 | |||||||||
 Mauritius
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PR • | 1 | |||||||||
| Morocco
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• | R2 | R2 | Q | R4 | Q | 4 | ||||
 Mozambique
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• | 0 | |||||||||
 Namibia
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• | R1 | R1 | R1 • | 3 | ||||||
 Niger
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R2 | R2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Nigeria
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1st | Q | Q | Q | Q | R2 | Q | Q | 8 | ||
 Rwanda
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PR • | 1 | |||||||||
 São Tomé and Príncipe
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R1 • | 1 | |||||||||
 Senegal
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R1 | R3 | 2 | ||||||||
 Sierra Leone
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• | R1 | • | PR | PR • | 3 | |||||
| South Africa
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R1 | Q | R2 | R2 | R2 | Q | R2 | R2 | 8 | ||
| South Sudan
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R2 | PR • | 2 | ||||||||
| Tanzania
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Q | R2 | 2 | ||||||||
 Togo
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R1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tunisia
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R2 | R2 | • | 2 | |||||||
 Uganda
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R1 | R3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Zambia
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PR | R2 | Q | • | PR | R2 | Q | 6 | |||
 Zimbabwe
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R1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | N/A | 29 | 25 |
1 Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.
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See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "African Women U-17 Championship 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "CAF releases women U-17 fixtures - CAN U-17 women 2010". CAFOnline.com. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Matches & results - CAN U-17 women 2010". CAFOnline.com. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "CAF to conduct FIFA U17, U20 Women's World Cup Qualifier Draw on Thursday" (Press release). CAFOnline.com. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "U-17 World Women's Cup qualifiers draw lines up exciting duels". CAFOnline.com. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Flamingoes lead African charge". FIFA.com. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ^ "Ghana join Nigeria at NZ 2008". FIFA.com. 6 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.