2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

The 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament is scheduled to be the 8th 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 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 2022 –
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored96 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Clara Luvanga (7 goals)

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

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:[2]

  • 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)
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Uganda
  •  South Sudan
  •  Eritrea
  •  Kenya
  •  Djibouti
  •  Burundi
  •  Rwanda
  •  Egypt
  •  Morocco
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  DR Congo
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe
  •  Cameroon
  •  Sierra Leone
  •  Senegal
  •  Mauritania
  •  Guinea
  •  Guinea-Bissau
  •  Liberia
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter
  •  Algeria
  •  Angola
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  Cape Verde
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Chad
  •  Comoros
  •  Congo
  •  Zimbabwe
  •  Eswatini
  •  Gabon
  •  Gambia
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Lesotho
  •  Libya
  •  Madagascar
  •  Malawi
  •  Mali
  •  Mauritius
  •  Mozambique
  •  Seychelles
  •  Somalia
  •  Sudan
  •  Togo
  •  Tunisia

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.

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 First leg 2022
Second leg 2022

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eritrea  w/o[5]  South Sudan — —
Equatorial Guinea  w/o[6]  Kenya — —
DR Congo  w/o[7]  Rwanda — —
Senegal  w/o[5]  Sierra Leone — —
Benin  w/o[5]  Mauritania — —

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eritrea  w/o[8]  Cameroon — —
Zambia  w/o  Namibia — —
Djibouti  w/o  Burundi — —
Tanzania  11–0  Botswana 7–0 4–0
Kenya  w/o[upper-alpha 1]  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.[9][10]
Tanzania 7–0 Botswana
  • Paul 3', 33'
  • Luvanga 40', 82'
  • Juma 44', 55', 69'
 Report
Referee: Elizabeth Louis (South Sudan)
Botswana 0–4 Tanzania
Report
  • Paul 32'
  • Luvanga 64', 68', 83'
Referee: Nonjabulo Ndlela (South Africa)

Tanzania won 11–0 on aggregate.

Uganda 2–2 Ethiopia
  • Nandago 68', 72'
 Report
  • Daniel 77'
  • Ahmed 90+1'
Referee: Majda Hajjana (Sudan)
Ethiopia 1–1 Uganda
  • Wondemu 88'
 Report
  • Nyinagahirwa 34'
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

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

DR Congo 0–3 Nigeria
Report
  • Emmanuel 36'
  • Adeshina 66'
  • Ajakaye 76'
Referee: Lamngar Lare (Chad)
Nigeria 5–0 DR Congo
  • Ajakaye 5', 14'
  • Adeshina 23'
  • Atume 62'
  • Afolabi 88'
 Report
Referee: Laurande Offin (Benin)

Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.

Liberia 2–2 Guinea
  • Fatomah 25'
  • Kromah 51'
 Report
  • F. Sidibé 16'
  • Samoura 48' (pen.)
Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)
Guinea 7–1 Liberia
  • Diop 4'
  • Samoura 6', 43'
  • S. Sidibé 48'
  • F. Sidibé 54'
  • Fancinadouno 62'
  • M. Camara ?'
 Report
  • Quachie 33'

Guinea won 9–3 on aggregate.

Senegal 0–1 Ghana
Report
  • Owusu 87'
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)
Ghana 3–0 Senegal
  • Aoyem 49'
  • Owusu 58'
  • Karina 73'
 Report
Referee: Naffisa Sani (Niger)

Ghana won 4–0 on aggregate.

Benin 1–1 Morocco
  • Djibril 23'
 Report
  • Zouhir 12'
Referee: Edoh Kindedji (Togo)
Morocco 2–0 Benin
  • El Hamzaoui 15'
  • Zouhir 25'
 Report
Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt)

Morocco won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round
Team 1 Agg. 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
  • Lamine 48'
  • Daha 68'
Cameroon 3–0 Zambia
  • Daha (23)
  • Lamine 33'
 Report
Referee: Richy Nganda (Gabon)

Cameroon won 5–0 on aggregate.

Burundi 0–4 Tanzania
Report
  • Luvanga 32', 74'
  • Paul 52'
  • Mpanja 88'
Stade Urukundo, Ngozi
Tanzania 1–2 Burundi
  • Gabriel 15'
 Report
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

Tanzania won 5–2 on aggregate.

South Africa 0–3 Ethiopia
Report
  • Wondemu 15'
  • Daniel 58'
  • Kassa 90+2'
Referee: Antsino Ndemugwanitha (Namibia)
Ethiopia 0–1 South Africa
Report
  • Mibe 34'

Ethiopia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria 4–0 Egypt
  • Ajakaye 28'
  • Bello 38', 62'
  • Usani 54'
 Report
Referee: Natacha Konan (Ivory Coast)
Egypt 0–2 Nigeria
Report
  • Ajakaye 5'
  • Bello 14'
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)

Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate.

Guinea 1–3 Ghana
  • N. Camara 38'
 Report
  • Aoyem 13'
  • Shahadu 31'
  • Maltiti 59'
Ghana 7–0 Guinea
  • Amoh 12', 29'
  • Aoyem 18'
  • Kubura 49'
  • Amponsah 53'
  • Agyemang 70', 81'
 Report
Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)

Ghana won 10–1 on aggregate.

Niger 0–11 Morocco
Report
  • Cherif 9', 54', 66', 78'
  • El Madani 20', 30'
  • Zouhir 45', 60', 74'
  • Khelifi 88'
  • Sioui 90+2'
Referee: Hannah Elaigwu (Nigeria)
Morocco 7–0 Niger
  • Karimi 7'
  • Azizi 17'
  • El Madani 24'
  • Laksiri 45+1', 81'
  • Khelifi 70'
  • El Hannachi 87'
 Report
Referee: Joyce Appiah (Ghana)

Morocco won 18–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  M23  Tanzania
Ethiopia  M24  Nigeria
Ghana  M25  Morocco

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

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
TBD2022
TBD2022
TBD2022

Goalscorers

There have been 96 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match (as of 1 May 2022).

7 goals

  • Clara Luvanga

5 goals

  • Yasmine Zouhir
  • Opeyemi Ajakaye

4 goals

  • Djennah Cherif
  • Neema Paul

3 goals

  • Camila Daha
  • Georgina Aoyem
  • Fatoumata Samoura
  • Doha El Madani
  • Omowunmi Bello
  • Aisha Juma

2 goals

  • Mana Lamine
  • Emush Daniel
  • Eyrus Wondemu
  • Constance Agyemang
  • Nancy Amoh
  • Princess Owusu
  • Fanta Sidibé
  • Maysane Khelifi
  • Kenza Laksiri
  • Oluwatunmininu Adeshina
  • Hadijah Nandago

1 goal

  • Yasminath Djibril
  • Rukiya Bizimana
  • Estella Gakima
  • Semira Ahmed
  • Kumneger Kassa
  • Mary Amponsah
  • Abdulai Karina
  • Dejean Kubura
  • Mariam Maltiti
  • Rasheeda Shahadu
  • Mafering Camara
  • Nana Camara
  • Salematou Diop
  • Maman Fancinadouno
  • Saran Sidibé
  • Hawa Fatomah
  • Zeta Kromah
  • Jessica Quachie
  • Douae Azizi
  • Mina El Hamzaoui
  • Iman El Hannachi
  • Hiba Karimi
  • Yasmine Sioui
  • Taiwo Afolabi
  • Doosur Atume
  • Blessing Emmanuel
  • Miracle Usani
  • Andrielle Mibe
  • Veronica Gabriel
  • Husna Mpanja
  • Shakira Nyinagahirwa

See also

References
  1. Ahmadu, Samuel (10 May 2021). "U17 Women's World Cup 2022: African qualifying tournament dates, fixtures released". CAF. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. "Draw Procedures for the U-17 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers". CAF. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. "Second Qualifying Round Schedule – U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022". CAF. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. "Third Qualifying Round Schedule". CAF. 10 April 2022.
  5. "Eritrea progress in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers". CAF. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. "Kenya progress in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers". kick442. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. "Congo progress in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers". CAF. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. Macdella, Eyong (2 March 2022). "Cameroon advance following Eritrea's withdrawl". Kick442. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. Sang, Kiplagat (25 February 2022). "Fifa deletes Kenya from roster as South Africa progress". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. "Kenya, Zimbabwe suspended by FIFA". Reuters. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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