2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

The 2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 6th 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.

2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates14 October 2017 – 18 February 2018
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored84 (4.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mukarama Abdulai (12 goals)

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Three teams qualify from this tournament for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CAF representatives.[1]

For the first time Nigeria failed to qualify for the Women's World Cup at any age level (senior, U-20 or U-17).

Teams

A total of 17 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was announced by the CAF on 7 August 2017.[2]

Bye to first round
(7 teams)		 Preliminary round entrants
(10 teams)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the World Cup.
Did not enter
  •  Angola
  •  Benin
  •  Burundi
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  Cape Verde
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Chad
  •  Comoros
  •  Congo
  •  DR Congo
  •  Egypt
  •  Eritrea
  •  Gabon
  •  Guinea
  •  Guinea-Bissau
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Lesotho
  •  Liberia
  •  Madagascar
  •  Malawi
  •  Mauritania
  •  Mauritius
  •  Mozambique
  •  Namibia
  •  Niger
  •  Rwanda
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe
  •  Senegal
  •  Seychelles
  •  Somalia
  •  South Sudan
  •  Sudan
  •  Eswatini
  •  Tanzania
  •  Togo
  •  Uganda
  •  Zimbabwe

Format

Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.[3]

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 13–15 October 2017
Second leg 27–29 October 2017
First round First leg 1–3 December 2017
Second leg 15–17 December 2017
Second round First leg 2–4 February 2018
Second leg 16–18 February 2018

Bracket

The three winners of the second round qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

  Preliminary round First round Second round
                                   
 Libya — —  
 Djibouti — — w/o  
   Djibouti — — w/o  
   Tunisia — —  
 Tunisia Bye
 
   Djibouti 0 0 0
   Ghana 9 10 19
 Sierra Leone 0 —  
 Gambia 3 — w/o  
   Gambia 1 0 1
   Ghana 5 2 7  
 Ghana Bye
 
  Preliminary round First round Second round
                                   
 Zambia 5 0 5  
 Botswana 2 4 6  
   Botswana 2 4 6  
   South Africa 5 6 11  
 South Africa Bye
 
   South Africa 5 1 6
   Morocco 1 0 1
 Morocco Bye  
 
   Morocco — — w/o
   Equatorial Guinea — —  
 Equatorial Guinea Bye
 
  Preliminary round First round Second round
                                   
 Ethiopia — — w/o  
 Kenya — —  
   Ethiopia 1 0 1 (a)  
   Nigeria 1 0 1 (a)  
 Nigeria Bye
 
   Nigeria 2 1 3 (a)
   Cameroon 2 1 3 (a)
 Mali — —  
 Algeria — — w/o  
   Algeria 0 0 0
   Cameroon 4 7 11  
 Cameroon Bye
 

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya  w/o  Djibouti — —
Sierra Leone  w/o  Gambia 0–3 —
Zambia  5–6  Botswana 5–2 0–4
Ethiopia  w/o  Kenya — —
Mali  w/o  Algeria — —
Libya Cancelled Djibouti
Report
Djibouti Cancelled Libya
Report

Djibouti won on walkover after Libya withdrew.

Sierra Leone 0–3 Gambia
Report
  • Jatta  14'
  • Camara  17'
  • Buwaro  26'
Referee: Salematou Bah (Guinea)
Gambia Cancelled Sierra Leone
Report
Referee: Aissata Ameyo Amegee (Togo)

Gambia won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew prior to the second leg.[4]

Zambia 5–2 Botswana
  • Phiri  21', 27', 53', 85'
  • Mubanga  31'
 Report
Referee: Mathabo Maria Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
Botswana 4–0 Zambia
  • Abueng  11', 29', 87'
  • Gaofetoge  64'
 Report
Referee: Mercy Mziya (Malawi)

Botswana won 6–5 on aggregate.

Ethiopia Cancelled Kenya
Report
Kenya Cancelled Ethiopia
Report

Ethiopia won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.[5]

Mali Cancelled Algeria
Report
Algeria Cancelled Mali
Report

Algeria won on walkover after Mali withdrew.[6]

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti  w/o  Tunisia — —
Gambia  1–7  Ghana 1–5 0–2
Botswana  6–11  South Africa 2–5 4–6
Morocco  w/o  Equatorial Guinea — —
Ethiopia  1–1 (a)  Nigeria 1–1 0–0
Algeria  0–11  Cameroon 0–4 0–7
Djibouti Cancelled Tunisia
Report
Tunisia Cancelled Djibouti
Report

Djibouti won on walkover after Tunisia withdrew.

Gambia 1–5 Ghana
  • Sowe  43'
 Report
  • Norshie  2'
  • Abdulai  12', 26', 29', 87'
Referee: Vincentia Enyonam Amedome (Togo)
Ghana 2–0 Gambia
 Report
Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.

Botswana 2–5 South Africa
  • Senwelo  16', 88'
 Report
  • Dhlamini  1'
  • Mzoneli  14'
  • Mosotho  41' (o.g.)
  • Minnies  56'
  • Wade  70'
Referee: Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)
South Africa 6–4 Botswana
  • Dhlamini  21'
  • Mzoneli  24'
  • Minnies  32', 39'
  • T. Shamase  42'
  • Jordaan  77'
 Report
  • Rathari  30', 90+2'
  • Botlhale  50', 80'
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)

South Africa won 11–6 on aggregate.

Morocco Cancelled Equatorial Guinea
Report
Equatorial Guinea Cancelled Morocco
Report

Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.[7]

Ethiopia 1–1 Nigeria
  • Debiso  62'
 Report
  • Jerry  21'
Referee: Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakama (Tanzania)
Nigeria 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Letticia Antonella Viana (Swaziland)

1–1 on aggregate. Nigeria won on away goals.

Algeria 0–4 Cameroon
Report
  • Ngah  17', 75'
  • Kome  22'
  • Kameni  61'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Cameroon 7–0 Algeria
  • Kameni  3', 55'
  • Fanta  8'
  • Ngah  15', 88'
  • Mefire  18', 64'
 Report
Referee: Akhona Zennith Makalima (South Africa)

Cameroon won 11–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti  0–19  Ghana 0–9 0–10
South Africa  6–1  Morocco 5–1 1–0
Nigeria  3–3 (a)  Cameroon 2–2 1–1
Djibouti 0–9 Ghana
Report
  • S. Teye  27'
  • Abdulai  40', 42', 46'
  • Tutuawaa  44'
  • Owusu  48'
  • Mumuni  78'
  • Pokuaa  79'
  • Alhassan  88'
Referee: Khadmallah Elsayed Angato Koko (Sudan)
Ghana 10–0 Djibouti
  • Mumuni  10'
  • Abdulai  6', 13', 22', 49'
  • Norshie  65', 78'
  • Rahman  84'
  • V. Teye  86'
  • Bugrie  90+1'
 Report
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate.

South Africa 5–1 Morocco
  • Mzoneli  9'
  • Dhlamini  12', 25'
  • Minnies  40'
  • S. Shamase  64'
 Report
  • Mouadni  72'
Referee: Mathabo Maria Kolokotoane (Lesotho)
Morocco 0–1 South Africa
Report
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

South Africa won 6–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria 2–2 Cameroon
  • Martha  2'
  • Ikekhua  54'
 Report
  • Ngah  8'
  • Kameni  43'
Referee: Aurore Christelle Ligan (Benin)
Cameroon 1–1 Nigeria
  • Kameni  31'
 Report
  • Martha  76'
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[8][9]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 Ghana18 February 20185 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 South Africa17 February 20181 (2010)
 Cameroon18 February 20181 (2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers
12 goals
5 goals
  • Alice Kameni
  • Marie Ngah
4 goals
3 goals
  • Nina Norshie
  • Thambolinye Mzoneli
2 goals
  • Letso Botlhale
  • Lone Gaofetoge
  • Obonetse Oratile Rathari
  • Leungo Senwelo
  • Viviane Mefire
  • Fuseina Mumuni
  • Suzzy Teye
  • Precious Martha
1 goal
  • Florence Fanta
  • Fatima Kome
  • Tarikuwa Debiso
  • Ola Buwaro
  • Aminata Camara
  • Cathrine Jatta
  • Fatoumata Sowe
  • Adama Alhassan
  • Azuma Bugrie
  • Jacqueline Owusu
  • Millot Pokuaa
  • Barikisu Rahman
  • Victoria Teye
  • Abigail Tutuawaa
  • Noura Mouadni
  • Osaretin Ikekhua
  • Joy Jerry
  • Sibulele Holweni
  • Kaylin Jordaan
  • Sphumelele Shamase
  • Thubelihle Shamase
  • Jessica Wade
  • Lydia Mubanga
1 own goal
  • Tshegofatso Mosotho (against South Africa)

References
  1. "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  2. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018: Fixtures of the qualifiers". CAF. 7 August 2017.
  3. "FIXTURES PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-17 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". CAF.
  4. Fajah Barrie, Mohamed (28 October 2017). "African U17 Women's World cup qualifiers hit by withdrawals". BBC Sport. Freetown. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  5. Olobulu, Timothy. "Kenya pulls out of U17 World Cup Qualifiers". CAPITAFM SPORTS. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. "Élim. CM 2017 : Forfait du Mali". dzfoot.com. 12 October 2017.
  7. University Press (30 November 2017). "Match of the national women under 17 football team against Equatorial Guinea cancelled". www.frmf.ma (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  8. "South Africa secure berth at Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 17 February 2018.
  9. "Cameroon, Ghana book tickets to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 18 February 2018.
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