African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
The African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women is association football tournament for the under 17 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Founded | 2008 |
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Region | Africa (CAF) |
2022 African U-17 Women's WCQ |
The next edition is planned for 2022.
History
The tournament was first held in 2008 with 12 teams entering the tournament but several withdrawing before matches were played.[1][2] Nigeria and Ghana qualified for the world cup. In 2010, ten teams entered but only five played matches. Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified to the world cup.[3][4]
Results
African U-17 Women's Championship
Only one to have a round robin as last round.
Year | Host nation | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place |
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2008 Details |
home & away | Nigeria |
n/a | Ghana |
Cameroon |
- ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Year | Host nation | Direct qualifiers | Playoff qualifier | ||||||
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To World Cup | Score | To World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | ||||
2010 Details |
home & away | Ghana |
and | Nigeria |
South Africa |
1–0 | Tunisia | ||
1–1 |
Year | Host nation | Qualification 1 | Qualification 2 | Qualification 3 | |||||||||
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To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | |||||
2012 Details |
home & away | Gambia |
1–0 | Tunisia |
Ghana |
0–0 | South Africa |
Nigeria |
2–1 | Zambia | |||
2–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | |||||||||||
2013 Details |
home & away | Ghana |
2–0 | Eq. Guinea |
Nigeria |
w/o | South Sudan |
Zambia |
3–3 | South Africa | |||
3–2 | 3–1 | ||||||||||||
2016 Details |
home & away | Cameroon |
2–1 | Egypt |
Ghana |
4–0 | Morocco |
Nigeria |
6–0 | South Africa | |||
4–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||
2018 Details |
home & away | Ghana |
9–0 | Djibouti |
South Africa |
5–1 | Morocco |
Cameroon |
2–2 | Nigeria | |||
10–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
2020 Details |
home & away | Not completed as 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||
2022 Details |
home & away | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Results at the World Cup
All editions have qualified six teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Ghana has been the only team to win in the quarter-finals of this tournament, placing 3rd in 2012. Nigeria has reached the quarter-final for three times. All other CAF teams have been eliminated in the group stages.
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World Cup | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | Total |
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Ghana | GS | GS | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | 6 | |
Nigeria | GS | QF | QF | QF | GS | 5 | ||
South Africa | GS | GS | 2 | |||||
Cameroon | GS | GS | 2 | |||||
Gambia | GS | 1 | ||||||
Zambia | GS | 1 | ||||||
Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Teams participating
Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | Total |
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Algeria | R1 | 1 | |||||||
Benin | • | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Botswana | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | PR | R1 | q | R1 | 6 |
Burundi | q | q | 1 | ||||||
Cameroon | 3rd | R1 | Q | Q | q | q | 5 | ||
Congo | • 1 | 0 | |||||||
DR Congo | • | • | • | • | R1 • | 1 | |||
Djibouti | R1 | R2 | q | R1 • | 3 | ||||
Egypt | • | R2 | q | 2 | |||||
Ethiopia | R1 | R1 | q | q | 3 | ||||
Equatorial Guinea | R2 | • | PR • | 2 | |||||
Eritrea | R1 • | 1 | |||||||
Gabon | • | 0 | |||||||
Gambia | Q | R1 | 2 | ||||||
Ghana | 2nd | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | q | q | 7 |
Guinea | PR | • | q | q | 2 | ||||
Guinea-Bissau | q | q | 1 | ||||||
Kenya | • | R1 | • | • | R1 • | 2 | |||
Liberia | R1 | q | R1 | 2 | |||||
Libya | • | 0 | |||||||
Mali | • | • | 0 | ||||||
Mauritania | PR • | 1 | |||||||
Morocco | • | R2 | R2 | q | q | 3 | |||
Mozambique | • | 0 | |||||||
Namibia | • | R1 | R1 | • | R1 • | 3 | |||
Niger | q | q | 1 | ||||||
Nigeria | 1st | Q | Q | Q | Q | R2 | q | q | 7 |
Rwanda | PR • | 1 | |||||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | q | R1 • | 1 | ||||||
Senegal | R1 | 1 | |||||||
Sierra Leone | • | R1 | • | PR | PR • | 3 | |||
South Africa | R1 | Q | R2 | R2 | R2 | Q | q | q | 7 |
South Sudan | R2 | PR • | 2 | ||||||
Tanzania | q | q | 1 | ||||||
Togo | R1 | 1 | |||||||
Tunisia | R2 | R2 | • | 2 | |||||
Uganda | q | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Zambia | PR | R2 | Q | • | PR | q | q | 5 | |
Zimbabwe | R1 | q | 1 | ||||||
Total | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 29 |
1 Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.
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References
- "2008 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-26.
- "2008 tournament results". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- "2010 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-26.
- "2010 tournament results". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.