African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women

African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
Founded 2008
Region Africa (CAF)
2015–16 CAF U-17 Women's WCQ

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.

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 10 teams entered but only 5 actually played matches. Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified to the world cup.[3] · [4]

Results

African U-17 Women's Championship

Year Host nation Champion Third Place
Winner Score Runner-up
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
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
1 – 1
Tunisia
Year Host nation Qualification 1 Qualification 2 Qualification 3
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
2 – 1
Tunisia
Ghana		 0 – 0
5 – 1
South Africa
Nigeria		 2 – 1
5 – 0
Zambia
2013
Details		 home & away
Ghana		 2 – 0
3 – 2
Equatorial Guinea
Nigeria		 w/o
South Sudan
Zambia		 3 – 3
3 – 1
South Africa

CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

Year Host nation Qualification 1 Qualification 2 Qualification 3
To World Cup Score Not to World Cup To World Cup Score Not to World Cup To World Cup Score Not to World Cup
2015–16
Details		 home & away
Cameroon		 2 – 1
4 – 0
Egypt
Ghana		 4 – 0
6 – 0
Morocco
Nigeria		 6 – 0
1 – 0
South Africa

Performances by countries

Performances in African Championship by countries

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Nigeria 1 (2008)
 Ghana 1 (2008)
 Cameroon 1 (2008)

FIFA World Cup qualification and results

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.

  • QF = World Cup quarter-final
  • GS = World Cup group stage
  • q = Qualified to world cup
  • 3rd = World Cup third Place

World Cup 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Total
 Ghana GS GS 3rd QF q 5
 Nigeria GS QF QF QF q 5
 Cameroon q 1
 Gambia GS 1
 South Africa GS 1
 Zambia GS 1

Teams participating

Legend

  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • Q — Qualified for FIFA WC
  • PR — Preliminary Round
  • R1 — Round 1
  • R2 — Round 2
  •  •  — Withdrew
  •     — Did not enter
  •    — Hosts
  • q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team 2008
(8)		 2010
(6)		 2012
(11)		 2013
(7)		 2015–16
(15)		 Total
 Benin • 0
 Botswana •R1R1R1PR4
 Cameroon 3rd R1 Q3
 Congo • 0
 DR Congo •• •0
 Djibouti R11
 Egypt • R21
 Ethiopia R11
 Equatorial Guinea R2 1
 Gabon •0
 Gambia Q 1
 Ghana 2ndQQQQ5
 Guinea PR • 1
 Kenya •R1• 1
 Liberia R1 1
 Mali •0
 Morocco •R21
 Mozambique • 0
 Namibia • R1 R12
 Nigeria 1stQQQQ5
 Sierra Leone •R1 •1
 South Africa R1QR2R2R25
 South Sudan R21
 Togo R1 1
 Tunisia R2R2 2
 Zambia PR R2Q•3
 Zimbabwe R1 1

References

  1. ↑ "2008 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-26.
  2. ↑ "2008 tournament results". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "2010 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-26.
  4. ↑ "2010 tournament results". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

External links

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