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)

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.

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

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

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Preliminary round
  •  Botswana
  •  Djibouti
  •  DR Congo
  •  Gabon
  •  Namibia
  •  Sierra Leone
 6
First round
9
Qualifying rounds Total 15

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.[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

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
Report
Sierra Leone Cancelled Gabon
Report

Sierra Leone won on walkover.

Djibouti Cancelled DR Congo
Report
DR Congo Cancelled Djibouti
Report

Djibouti won on walkover.

Botswana 1–2 Namibia
Radiakanyo 45+1' Report Van Wyk 34'
Haoses 84'
Molepololo Sport Complex, Gaborone
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

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
Report
Mali Cancelled Morocco
Report

Morocco won on walkover.

Ghana Cancelled Sierra Leone
Report
Sierra Leone Cancelled Ghana
Report

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
Report
Zambia Cancelled South Africa
Report

South Africa won on walkover.

Second round

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

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Ghana26 March 20164 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Cameroon26 March 20160 (Debut)
 Nigeria26 March 20164 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  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. 1 2 "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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