African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

Organiser(s)	CAF
Founded	2008
Region	Africa
2026 edition

The African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth women's association football qualification competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football for its nations.

History

With the imminent inauguration of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2008, CAF began organizing a qualification competition that year with 12 teams entering its debut edition, but 5 withdrew before playing. On 19 January 2010, CAF released the fixtures for the second edition of this competition. Ten teams entered that edition, but only five played matches; Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified for that year's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. On 7 June 2023, CAF revealed the formats for the qualification procedures for the next editions of the FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cups, the former whose draw was conducted the following day.

Results

African U-17 Women's Championship

Year	Hosts		Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place
2008	Home sites		Nigeria	round-robin	Ghana		Cameroon

African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

Year	Hosts		Final round
			Winners	Agg. Score	Runners-up
2010	Home sites		Ghana	11–0	Tunisia
			Nigeria	7–1	South Africa
			South Africa	2–1	Tunisia
2012	Home sites		Gambia	3–1	Tunisia
			Nigeria	7–1	Zambia
			Ghana	5–1	South Africa
2013	Home sites		Ghana	5–2	Equatorial Guinea
			Nigeria	w/o	South Sudan
			Zambia	6–4	South Africa
2016	Home sites		Ghana	10–0	Morocco
			Cameroon	6–1	Egypt
			Nigeria	7–0	South Africa
2018	Home sites		Ghana	19–0	Djibouti
			South Africa	6–1	Morocco
			Cameroon	3–3 (a)	Nigeria
2020	Not completed: The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022	Home sites		Morocco	2–2 (4–2 p)	Ghana
			Nigeria	1–0	Ethiopia
			Tanzania	5–1	Cameroon
2024	Home sites		Kenya	5–0	Burundi
			Zambia	3–1	Morocco
			Nigeria	6–1	Liberia
2025	Home sites		Nigeria	4–0	Algeria
			Ivory Coast	2–2 (a)	Guinea
			Cameroon	4–1	Kenya
			Zambia	6–2	Benin

Results at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Since its inception in 2008, all editions have qualified three teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Ghana finished 3rd in the 2012 edition in Azerbaijan. Nigeria finished 3rd in the 2022 edition in India. Tanzania has reached the quarter-final also the same year, with all other qualified CAF nations getting eliminated in the group stages.

• QF = Quarter-final
• GS = Group stage

• q = Qualified
• 3rd = Third Place/Bronze medalist
•    = Hosts

World Cup	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	2024	2025	Total
Cameroon					GS	GS			Q	3
Gambia			GS							1
Ghana	GS	GS	3rd	QF	QF	QF				6
Ivory Coast									Q	1
Kenya								GS		1
Morocco							GS		Q	2
Nigeria	GS	QF	QF	QF	GS		3rd	QF	Q	8
South Africa		GS				GS				2
Tanzania							QF			1
Zambia				GS				GS	Q	3
Total	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5

Team participation

Team	2008	2010	2012	2013	2016	2018	2022	2024	2025	2026	Total
Algeria	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	R3	R3	p	4
Benin	•	×	×	×	×	×	R2	R2	R3	p	4
Botswana	•	R1	R1	R1	PR	R1	R2	R2	R2	p	9
Burkina Faso	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R3	×	p	2
Burundi	×	×	×	×	×	×	R3	R4	R2	p	4
Cameroon	3rd	×	R1	×	Q	Q	R4	R2	Q	p	8
Central African Republic	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R2	R1	p	3
Congo	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	0
DR Congo	R1	•	×	×	•	×	R2	•	R2	p	4
Djibouti	×	×	×	×	R1	R2	•	R3	×	p	4
Egypt	×	•	×	×	R2	×	R3	×	R1	×	3
Equatorial Guinea	×	×	×	R2	×	•	•	•	•	×	1
Eritrea	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	0
Eswatini	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	0
Ethiopia	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	R4	R3	R2	p	6
Gabon	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	R1	×	1
Gambia	×	×	Q	×	×	R1	×	×	×	×	2
Ghana	2nd	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	R4			p	8
Guinea	PR	×	•	×	×	×	R3	R2	R3	p	5
Guinea-Bissau	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	0
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	Q	p	2
Kenya	×	•	R1	•	×	•	•	Q	R3	p	4
Liberia	•	×	×	×	×	×	R2	R4	×	p	3
Libya	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	p	1
Malawi	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	p	1
Mali	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	0
Mauritania	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	0
Mauritius	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	0
Morocco	×	×	×	•	R2	R2	Q	R4	Hosts		4
Mozambique	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	0
Namibia	•	×	R1	×	R1	×	•	×	R1	p	4
Niger	×	×	×	×	×	×	R3	R2	R1	p	4
Nigeria	1st	Q	Q	Q	Q	R2	Q	Q	Q	p	10
Rwanda	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	p	1
São Tomé and Príncipe	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	0
Senegal	×	×	×	×	×	×	R2	R3	R1	p	4
Sierra Leone	×	•	R1	×	•	••	•	×	R2	p	4
South Africa	R1	Q	R2	R2	R2	Q	R3	R2	R2	p	10
South Sudan	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	p	1
Tanzania	×	×	×	×	×	×	Q	R2	R2	p	4
Togo	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	p	1
Tunisia	×	R2	R2	×	×	•	×	×	R1	p	4
Uganda	×	×	×	×	×	×	R2	R3	R2	p	4
Zambia	PR	×	R2	Q	•	PR	R3	Q	Q	p	8
Zimbabwe	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	p	1
Total	7	5	11	6	10	11	18	20	23	31

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• Q — Qualified
• PR — Preliminary Round
• R1 — Round 1
• R2 — Round 2

• R3 — Round 3
• R4 — Round 4
•  •  — Withdrew
•  ••  — Withdrew after playing one or more matches.
•  ×  — Did not enter
•    — Hosts
• p — Participating in the upcoming tournament edition

See also

• Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• CAF Women's Champions League
• African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

External links

• Qualification records and history via RSSSF