Matches played 14 | Goals scored 53 (3.79 per match) | |
Dates 27 November 2015 – 26 March 2016 Teams 15 (from 1 confederation) Top scorer(s) Noha Tarek Rasheedat Ajibade(8 goals each) | ||
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.
Contents
- Teams
- Format
- Schedule
- Preliminary round
- First round
- Second round
- Qualified teams for FIFA U 17 Womens World Cup
- Goalscorers
- References
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CAF representatives.
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.
Teams
A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
Format
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
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
Preliminary round
Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.
Sierra Leone won on walkover.
Djibouti won on walkover.
Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.
First round
Note: Sierra Leone, Mali and Zambia withdrew.
Morocco won on walkover.
Ghana won on walkover.
3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties.
Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.
South Africa won on walkover.
Second round
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.
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.