2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

The 2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the second edition of the African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women and the first edition of this under-17 qualification tournament new format. The biennial international under-17 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.

2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored45 (5.63 per match)

10 teams entered the competition, but due to many withdrawals, only 5 played matches. The final three teams qualified to the World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago as the CAF representatives.

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botswana w/o Kenya1 N/A N/A
Togo w/o Sierra Leone1 N/A N/A
  • 1 – Both Kenya and Sierra Leone withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Botswana and Togo qualified for the next round.[1]

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botswana 1–22 South Africa 1–9 0–13
Togo2 w/o Nigeria N/A N/A
RD Congo2 w/o Tunisia N/A N/A
Ghana w/o Egypt2 N/A N/A
  • 2 – Togo, RD Congo, and Egypt withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Ghana qualified for the next round.[1]

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria 7–1 South Africa 5–0 [2] 2–1 [2]
Ghana 11–0 Tunisia 7–0 [2] 4–0 [2]

Nigeria and Ghana qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago. South Africa and Tunisia will play in a playoff round to determine the last qualifier.

Play-off round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia 1–2 South Africa 0–1 [3] 1–1

The winner of the play-off round will qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago.

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 Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
 Ghana20101 (2008)
 Nigeria20101 (2008)
 South Africa20100

References
  1. Preliminary Round Matches & Results Retrieved 2010-02-11
  2. Matches & Results Updated for 2nd round, as of 3 May 2010
  3. cafonline.com playoff results
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