African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women

The African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women is association football tournament for the under 17 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
Founded2008
RegionAfrica (CAF)
2020 African U-17 Women's WCQ

The next edition is planned for 2020.

History

The tournament was first held in 2008 with 12 teams entering the tournament but several withdrawing before matches were played.[1][2] Nigeria and Ghana qualified for the world cup. In 2010, ten teams entered but only five played matches. Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified to the world cup.[3][4]

Results

African U-17 Women's Championship

Only one to have a round robin as last round.

Year Host nation Champion Runner-up Third place
2008
Details		 home & away
Nigeria
Ghana
Cameroon

African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Year Host nation Direct qualifiers Playoff qualifier
To World Cup Score To World Cup To World Cup Score Not to World Cup
2010
Details		 home & away
Ghana		 and
Nigeria
South Africa		 1 – 0
1 – 1
Tunisia
Year Host nation Qualification 1 Qualification 2 Qualification 3
To World Cup Score Not to World Cup To World Cup Score Not to World Cup To World Cup Score Not to World Cup
2012
Details		 home & away
Gambia		 1 – 0
2 – 1
Tunisia
Ghana		 0 – 0
5 – 1
South Africa
Nigeria		 2 – 1
5 – 0
Zambia
2013
Details		 home & away
Ghana		 2 – 0
3 – 2
Equatorial Guinea
Nigeria		 w/o
South Sudan
Zambia		 3 – 3
3 – 1
South Africa
2016
Details		 home & away
Cameroon		 2 – 1
4 – 0
Egypt
Ghana		 4 – 0
6 – 0
Morocco
Nigeria		 6 – 0
1 – 0
South Africa
2018
Details		 home & away
Ghana		 9 – 0
10 – 0
Djibouti
South Africa		 5 – 1
1 – 0
Morocco
Cameroon		 2 – 2
1 – 1
Nigeria
2020
Details		 home & away Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results at the World Cup

All editions have qualified six teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Ghana has been the only team to win in the quarter-finals of this tournament, placing 3rd in 2012. Nigeria has reached the quarter-final for three times. All other CAF teams have been eliminated in the group stages.

World Cup
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018		Total
 GhanaGSGS3rdQFQFQF 6
 NigeriaGSQFQFQFGS 5
 South AfricaGSGS 2
 CameroonGSGS 2
 GambiaGS 1
 ZambiaGS 1
Total233333

Teams participating
Legend
Team 2008 2010 2012 2013 2016 2018 Total
 Algeria R1 1
 Benin • 0
 Botswana •R1R1R1PRR1 5
 Cameroon 3rdR1QQ 4
 Congo • 1 0
 DR Congo ••• 0
 Djibouti R1R2 2
 Egypt •R2 1
 Ethiopia R1R1 2
 Equatorial Guinea R2• 1
 Gabon • 0
 Gambia QR1 2
 Ghana 2ndQQQQQ 6
 Guinea PR• 1
 Kenya •R1•• 1
 Liberia R1 1
 Libya • 0
 Mali •• 0
 Morocco •R2R2 2
 Mozambique • 0
 Namibia •R1R1 2
 Nigeria 1stQQQQR2 6
 Sierra Leone •R1•PR 2
 South Africa R1QR2R2R2Q 6
 South Sudan R2 1
 Togo R1 1
 Tunisia R2R2• 2
 Zambia PRR2Q•PR 4
 Zimbabwe R1 1
Total841271112

1 Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.

See also

References
  1. "2008 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-26.
  2. "2008 tournament results". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  3. "2010 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-26.
  4. "2010 tournament results". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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