2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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)
2008
2012

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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
  Ghana 2010 1 (2008)
  Nigeria 2010 1 (2008)
  South Africa 2010 0

References

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  1. ^ a b Preliminary Round Matches & Results Retrieved 2010-02-11. Archived 2013-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d Matches & Results Updated for 2nd round, as of 3 May 2010
  3. ^ cafonline.com playoff results
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