2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

The 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th 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. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates27 November 2015 – 26 March 2016
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored53 (3.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Noha Tarek
Nigeria Rasheedat Ajibade
(8 goals each)
2013
2018

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CAF representatives.[1]

Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.[2]

Teams

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A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Preliminary round 6
First round
9
Qualifying rounds Total 15

Format

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

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

Schedule

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

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 27–29 November 2015
Second leg 11–13 December 2015
First round First leg 8–10 January 2016
Second leg 22–24 January 2016
Second round First leg 11–13 March 2016
Second leg 25–27 March 2016

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gabon   w/o   Sierra Leone
Djibouti   w/o   DR Congo
Botswana   2–3   Namibia 1–2 1–1

Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.[4]

Gabon  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Gabon
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Sierra Leone won on walkover.


Djibouti  Cancelled  DR Congo
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DR Congo  Cancelled  Djibouti
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Djibouti won on walkover.


Botswana  1–2  Namibia
Radiakanyo   45+1' Report Van Wyk   34'
Haoses   84'
Referee: Sarah Selemani (Zambia)
Namibia  1–1  Botswana
Van Wyk   60' Report Abueng   19'
Referee: Marximina Luzia Bernardo (Angola)

Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco   w/o   Mali
Ghana   w/o   Sierra Leone
Cameroon   3–3 (5–4 p)   Ethiopia 2–1 1–2
Egypt   9–0   Djibouti 6–0 3–0
Nigeria   9–0   Namibia 4–0 5–0
South Africa   w/o   Zambia

Note: Sierra Leone, Mali and Zambia withdrew.[5]

Morocco  Cancelled  Mali
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Mali  Cancelled  Morocco
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Morocco won on walkover.


Ghana  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Ghana
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Ghana won on walkover.


Cameroon  2–1  Ethiopia
Djoubi   59' (pen.), 78' Report Demeke   39'
Referee: Aissata Diarra (Mali)
Ethiopia  2–1  Cameroon
Demeke   10'
Lakew   19'
Report Takounda   87'
Penalties
4–5

3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties.


Egypt  6–0  Djibouti
Mostafa   16'
Tarek   31', 48', 65', 90+5'
Ezzat   56'
Report
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti  0–3  Egypt
Report Tarek   44', 48', 57'
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.


Nigeria  4–0  Namibia
Ajibade   13', 67'
Aku   35'
Efih   43'
Report
Referee: Lamyaa Lourarhi (Morocco)
Namibia  0–5  Nigeria
Report Dike   4'
Aku   32', 53'
Ajibade   69'
Fajobi   85'
Referee: Pearl Katlholo Moremi (Botswana)

Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.


South Africa  Cancelled  Zambia
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Zambia  Cancelled  South Africa
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South Africa won on walkover.

Second round

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Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco   0–10   Ghana 0–4 0–6
Cameroon   6–1   Egypt 2–1 4–0
Nigeria   7–0   South Africa 6–0 1–0
Morocco  0–4  Ghana
Report Abdulai   4', 22'
Alhassan   15'
Owusu-Ansah   71'
Referee: Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)
Ghana  6–0  Morocco
Abdulai   3'
Asuako   39' (pen.)
Abdul Rahman   64', 79'
Owusu-Ansah   68'
Asantewaa   77'
Report
Referee: Uloma Nneka Nwogu (Nigeria)

Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.


Cameroon  2–1  Egypt
Takounda   12'
Djoubi   36' (pen.)
Report Tarek   38'
Referee: Patricia Obone Obiang (Gabon)
Egypt  0–4  Cameroon
Report Takounda   7', 11'
Dabda   21'
Mpeh Bissong   27'
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)

Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.


Nigeria  6–0  South Africa
Fajobi   2', 30'
Ajibade   26', 33', 34', 42'
Report
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)
South Africa  0–1  Nigeria
Report Ajibade   27'
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.

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 tournament1
  Ghana 26 March 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Cameroon 26 March 2016 0 (Debut)
  Nigeria 26 March 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

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8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-17 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
  4. ^ "News in Brief". CAF. 16 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Three tickets to Jordan up for grabs in Africa". CAF. 8 March 2016.
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