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2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates13 January – 5 June
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored107 (3.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Tanzania Clara Luvanga (10 goals)
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The 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification was the 8th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification, 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 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

three teams qualified from this tournament for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CAF representatives.[1][2]

Draw

A total of 29 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 10 May 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draw procedures were as follows:[1]

  • In the first round, the 10 teams were drawn into five ties, with teams divided into four pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
  • In the second round, the five first round winners and the 19 teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into twelve ties based on the first round tie numbers, with five first round winners playing against the five teams receiving byes, and the other four first round winners playing against each other.
  • In the third round, the twelve second round winners were allocated into six ties based on the second round tie numbers.
  • In the fourth round, the six third round winners were allocated into three ties based on the third round tie numbers.

Table

First round entrants (29 teams)
Pot A
(8 from CECAFA) 		Pot B
(5 from COSAFA) 		Pot C
(2 from UNAF) 		Pot D
(4 from UNIFFAC) 		Pot E
(6 from WAFU A) 		Pot F
(4 from WAFU B)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the group stage.
  • (W): Withdrew after the draw

Did not enter

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 was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.[1]

Schedule

Round Leg Date
First round First leg 13–15 January 2022
Second leg 27–29 January 2022
Second round[3] First leg 3–5 March 2022
Second leg 17–19 March 2022
Third round[4] First leg 15–17 April 2022
Second leg 29 April–1 May 2022
Fourth round[5] First leg 20–22 May 2022
Second leg 4–5 June 2022

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eritrea  w/o[6]  South Sudan — —
Equatorial Guinea  w/o[7]  Kenya — —
DR Congo  w/o[8]  Rwanda — —
Senegal  w/o[6]  Sierra Leone — —
Benin  w/o[6]  Mauritania — —

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eritrea  w/o[9]  Cameroon — —
Zambia  w/o  Namibia — —
Djibouti  w/o  Burundi — —
Tanzania  11–0  Botswana 7–0 4–0
Kenya  w/o[A]  South Africa — —
Uganda  3–3 (a)  Ethiopia 2–2 1–1
Egypt  w/o  Guinea-Bissau — —
DR Congo  0–8  Nigeria 0–3 0–5
Liberia  3–9  Guinea 2–2 1–7
Senegal  0–4  Ghana 0–1 0–3
Niger  w/o  São Tomé and Príncipe — —
Benin  1–3  Morocco 1–1 0–2

Notes:

  1. ^ Kenya were disqualified as they were suspended by FIFA.[10][11]
Tanzania 7–0 Botswana
 Report
Referee: Elizabeth Louis (South Sudan)
Botswana 0–4 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Nonjabulo Ndlela (South Africa)

Tanzania won 11–0 on aggregate.

Uganda 2–2 Ethiopia
 Report
Referee: Majda Hajjana (Sudan)
Ethiopia 1–1 Uganda
 Report
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

3–3 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on away goals.

DR Congo 0–3 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Lamngar Lare (Chad)
Nigeria 5–0 DR Congo
 Report
Referee: Laurande Offin (Benin)

Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.

Liberia 2–2 Guinea
 Report
Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)
Guinea 7–1 Liberia
 Report

Guinea won 9–3 on aggregate.

Senegal 0–1 Ghana
Report
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)
Ghana 3–0 Senegal
 Report
Referee: Naffisa Sani (Niger)

Ghana won 4–0 on aggregate.

Benin 1–1 Morocco
 Report
Referee: Edoh Kindedji (Togo)
Morocco 2–0 Benin
 Report
Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt)

Morocco won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zambia  0–5  Cameroon 0–2 0–3
Burundi  2–5  Tanzania 0–4 2–1
South Africa  1–3  Ethiopia 0–3 1–0
Nigeria  6–0  Egypt 4–0 2–0
Guinea  1–10  Ghana 1–3 0–7
Niger  0–18  Morocco 0–11 0–7
Zambia 0–2 Cameroon
Report
Cameroon 3–0 Zambia
 Report
Referee: Richy Nganda (Gabon)

Cameroon won 5–0 on aggregate.

Burundi 0–4 Tanzania
Report
Stade Urukundo, Ngozi
Tanzania 1–2 Burundi
 Report
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

Tanzania won 5–2 on aggregate.

South Africa 0–3 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
Ethiopia 0–1 South Africa
Report

Ethiopia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria 4–0 Egypt
 Report
Referee: Natacha Konan (Ivory Coast)
Egypt 0–2 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)

Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate.

Guinea 1–3 Ghana
 Report
Ghana 7–0 Guinea
 Report
Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)

Ghana won 10–1 on aggregate.

Niger 0–11 Morocco
Report
Referee: Hannah Elaigwu (Nigeria)
Morocco 7–0 Niger
 Report
Referee: Joyce Appiah (Ghana)

Morocco won 18–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  1–5  Tanzania 1–4 0–1
Ethiopia  0–1  Nigeria 0–1 0–0
Ghana  2–2 (2–4 p)  Morocco 2–0 0–2
Cameroon 1–4 Tanzania
 Report
Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)
Tanzania 1–0 Cameroon
 Report
Referee: Aurore Ligan (Benin)

Tanzania won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ethiopia 0–1 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
Nigeria 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Mame Coumba Faye (Senegal)

Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.

Ghana 2–0 Morocco
 Report
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)
Morocco 2–0 Ghana
 Report
Penalties
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Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)

2–2 on aggregate. Morocco won 4–2 on penalties.

Qualified teams for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India.[2]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
 Nigeria 4 June 2022 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Morocco 4 June 2022 0 (debut)
 Tanzania 5 June 2022 0 (debut)

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Thrilling encounters in CAF draw for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022". CAFOnline.com. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Debutante duo, Nigeria round off India 2022 line-up". FIFA. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Second Qualifying Round Schedule – U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022". CAFOnline.com. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Third Qualifying Round Schedule". CAFOnline.com. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Last Qualifying Round Schedule". CAFOnline.com. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Eritrea progress in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers". CAFOnline.com. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Kenya progress in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers". kick442. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Congo progress in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers". CAFOnline.com. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ^ Macdella, Eyong (2 March 2022). "FIFA U17 WWQs: Cameroon advance following Eritrea's withdrawal". KICK442. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. ^ Sang, Kiplagat (25 February 2022). "Fifa deletes Kenya from roster as South Africa progress". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Kenya, Zimbabwe suspended by FIFA". Reuters. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_African_U-17_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification

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