2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament 2016 27 November 2015 – 26 March 2016 15 1 14 53 EGY Noha TarekNGA Rasheedat Ajibade(8 goals each) 2013 2018 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.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/38/35/13/circularno.1428-decisionstakenbythefifaexecutivecommitteeconcerningwomenscompetitions2016_neutral.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140712053521/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/38/35/13/circularno.1428-decisionstakenbythefifaexecutivecommitteeconcerningwomenscompetitions2016%5fneutral.pdf dead July 12, 2014 Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016 FIFA 23 June 2014 Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.https://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/news/y=2016/m=3/news=ghana-nigeria-cameroon-qualify-for-jordan-2016-2772725.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160329044933/http://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/news/y=2016/m=3/news=ghana-nigeria-cameroon-qualify-for-jordan-2016-2772725.html dead March 29, 2016 Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon qualify for Jordan 2016 FIFA.com 26 March 2016 Teams A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/afcon%20qualifiers%20squad%20lists/fixtures%20U%2017-final.pdf FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-17 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP CAF 15 April 2015 RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teamsPreliminary round22em 17 BOT 17 DJI 17 COD 17 GAB 17 NAM 17 SLE6First round22em 17 CMR 17 EGY 17 ETH 17 GHA 17 MLI 17 MAR 17 NGA 17 RSA 17 ZAM9Qualifying roundsTotal15 Did not enter22em 17 ALG 17 ANG 17 BEN 17 BFA 17 BDI 17 CPV 17 CTA 17 CHA 17 COM 17 CGO 17 EQG 17 ERI 17 GAM 17 GUI 17 GNB 17 CIV 17 KEN 17 LES 17 LBR 17 LBY 17 MAD 17 MWI 17 MTN 1959 17 MRI 17 MOZ 17 NIG 17 RWA 17 STP 17 SEN 17 SEY 17 SOM 17 SSD 17 SDN 17 SWZ Swaziland 17 TAN 17 TOG 17 TUN 17 UGA 17 ZIM 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. RoundLegDatePreliminary roundFirst leg27–29 November 2015Second leg11–13 December 2015First roundFirst leg8–10 January 2016Second leg22–24 January 2016Second roundFirst leg11–13 March 2016Second leg25–27 March 2016 Preliminary round 17 GAB w/o 17 SLE — — 17 DJI w/o 17 COD — — 17 BOT 2–3 17 NAM 1–2 1–1 |} Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.http://admin.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=kDCimq%2fXJzimuJaodSxW2g%3d%3d News in Brief CAF 16 December 2015 2015 11 27 y 17 GAB Cancelled 17 SLE Report 2015 12 11 y 17 SLE Cancelled 17 GAB Report Sierra Leone won on walkover. 2015 11 27 y 17 DJI Cancelled 17 COD Report 2015 12 11 y 17 COD Cancelled 17 DJI Report Djibouti won on walkover. 2015 11 29 y 16:00 UTC+2 17 BOT 1–2 17 NAM Radiakanyo 45+1 Van Wyk 34Haoses 84 Molepololo Sport Complex, Gaborone Sarah Selemani (Zambia) Report 2015 12 13 y 16:00 UTC+2 17 NAM 1–1 17 BOT Van Wyk 60 Abueng 19 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Marximina Luzia Bernardo (Angola) Report Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate. First round 17 MAR w/o 17 MLI — — 17 GHA w/o 17 SLE — — 17 CMR 3–3 (5–4 p) 17 ETH 2–1 1–2 17 EGY 9–0 17 DJI 6–0 3–0 17 NGA 9–0 17 NAM 4–0 5–0 17 RSA w/o 17 ZAM — — |} Note: Sierra Leone, Mali and Zambia withdrew.http://admin.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=kamDzwE%2FRSXn06pbRC4uUg%3D%3D Three tickets to Jordan up for grabs in Africa CAF 8 March 2016 2016 1 8 y 17 MAR Cancelled 17 MLI Report 2016 1 22 y 17 MLI Cancelled 17 MAR Report Morocco won on walkover. 2016 1 8 y 17 GHA Cancelled 17 SLE Report 2016 1 22 y 17 SLE Cancelled 17 GHA Report Ghana won on walkover. 2016 1 9 y 15:00 UTC+1 17 CMR 2–1 17 ETH Djoubi 59 pen. 78 Demeke 39 Stade de la Réunification, Douala Aissata Diarra (Mali) Report 2016 1 24 y 19:00 UTC+3 17 ETH 2–1 17 CMR Demeke 10Lakew 19 Takounda 87 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Akhona Makalima (South Africa) Report 4–5 3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties. 2016 1 9 y 14:30 UTC+2 17 EGY 6–0 17 DJI Mostafa 16Tarek 31 48 65 90+5Ezzat 56 30 June Stadium, Cairo Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast) Report 2016 1 23 y 16:00 UTC+3 17 DJI 0–3 17 EGY Tarek 44 48 57 Stade du Ville, Djibouti Maria Rivet (Mauritius) Report Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate. 2016 1 9 y 16:00 UTC+1 17 NGA 4–0 17 NAM Ajibade 13 67Aku 35Efih 43 National Stadium, Abuja Lamyaa Lourarhi (Morocco) Report 2016 1 22 y 16:00 UTC+2 17 NAM 0–5 17 NGA Dike 4Aku 32 53Ajibade 69Fajobi 85 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Pearl Katlholo Moremi (Botswana) Report Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate. 2016 1 8 y 17 RSA Cancelled 17 ZAM Report 2016 1 22 y 17 ZAM Cancelled 17 RSA Report South Africa won on walkover. Second round Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. 17 MAR 0–10 17 GHA 0–4 0–6 17 CMR 6–1 17 EGY 2–1 4–0 17 NGA 7–0 17 RSA 6–0 1–0 |} 2016 3 12 y 15:30 UTC±0 17 MAR 0–4 17 GHA Abdulai 4 22Alhassan 15Owusu-Ansah 71 Stade de FUS, Rabat Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt) Report 2016 3 26 y 15:00 UTC±0 17 GHA 6–0 17 MAR Abdulai 3Asuako 39 pen.Abdul Rahman 64 79Owusu-Ansah 68Asantewaa 77 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Uloma Nneka Nwogu (Nigeria) Report Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate. 2016 3 12 y 15:00 UTC+1 17 CMR 2–1 17 EGY Takounda 12Djoubi 36 pen. Tarek 38 Stade de la Réunification, Douala Patricia Obone Obiang (Gabon) Report 2016 3 26 y 17:00 UTC+2 17 EGY 0–4 17 CMR Takounda 7 11Dabda 21Mpeh Bissong 27 30 June Stadium, Cairo Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya) Report Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate. 2016 3 12 y 16:00 UTC+1 17 NGA 6–0 17 RSA Fajobi 2 30Ajibade 26 33 34 42 National Stadium, Abuja Isatou Touray (Gambia) Report 2016 3 26 y 14:00 UTC+2 17 RSA 0–1 17 NGA Ajibade 27 Makhulong Stadium, Johannesburg Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) Report 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 17 GHA 02 26 March 2016 04 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 17 CMR 03 26 March 2016 00 0 (Debut) 17 NGA 01 26 March 2016 04 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Goalscorers 8 goals 22em EGY Noha Tarek NGA Rasheedat Ajibade 4 goals CMR Alexandra Takounda 3 goals 22em CMR Soline Djoubi GHA Mukarama Abdulai NGA Cynthia Aku NGA Yetunde Fajobi 2 goals 22em ETH Melat Demeke GHA Barikisu Abdul Rahman GHA Sandra Owusu-Ansah NAM Kylie van Wyk 1 goal 22em BOT Michelle Abueng BOT Lesego Radiakanyo CMR Claudia Dabda CMR Christiana Mpeh Bissong EGY Nadin Yasser Ezzat EGY Yara Mostafa ETH Ymisrach Lakew GHA Grace Asantewaa GHA Rafia Alhassan GHA Philicity Asuako NAM Ignacia Haoses NGA Patience Dike NGA Peace Efih References External links 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup - Qualifiers, CAFonline.com 2016 U-17 World Cup qualification U-17 World Cup qualification U-17 Women's World Cup qualification U-17 Women's World Cup qualification