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.

African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
Organising bodyCAF
Founded2008
RegionAfrica
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 five withdrew before playing.[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
Year Host nation Champion Score Runner-up Third place
2008
Details		 Home sites
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 sites
Ghana		 and
Nigeria
South Africa		 1–0
Tunisia
1–1
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 sites
Gambia		 1–0
Tunisia
Ghana		 0–0
South Africa
Nigeria		 2–1
Zambia
2–1 5–1 5–0
2013
Details		 Home sites
Ghana		 2–0
Eq. Guinea
Nigeria		 w/o
South Sudan
Zambia		 3–3
South Africa
3–2 3–1
2016
Details		 Home sites
Cameroon		 2–1
Egypt
Ghana		 4–0
Morocco
Nigeria		 6–0
South Africa
4–0 6–0 1–0
2018
Details		 Home sites
Ghana		 9–0
Djibouti
South Africa		 5–1
Morocco
Cameroon		 2–2
Nigeria
10–0 1–0 1–1
2020
Details		 Home sites Not completed: 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details		 Home sites
Tanzania		 4–1
Cameroon
Nigeria		 1–0
Ethiopia
Morocco		 0–2
Ghana
1–0 0–0 2–0

Results at the World Cup

All editions have qualified three 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.

World CupNew Zealand
2008		Trinidad and Tobago
2010		Azerbaijan
2012		Costa Rica
2014		Jordan
2016		Uruguay
2018		India
2022		Total
 CameroonGSGS 2
 GambiaGS 1
 GhanaGSGS3rdQFQFQF 6
 MoroccoGS 1
 NigeriaGSQFQFQFGS3rd 6
 South AfricaGSGS 2
 TanzaniaQF 1
 ZambiaGS 1
Total2333333

Teams participating
Team 2008 2010 2012 2013 2016 2018 2020 2022 Total
 Algeria R1 1
 Benin •R1 1
 Botswana •R1R1R1PRR1R1 6
 Burundi R2 1
 Cameroon 3rdR1QQR3 5
 Congo • 1 0
 DR Congo •••R1 • 1
 Djibouti R1R2R1 • 3
 Egypt •R2R2 2
 Ethiopia R1R1R3 3
 Equatorial Guinea R2•PR • 2
 Eritrea R1 • 1
 Gabon • 0
 Gambia QR1 2
 Ghana 2ndQQQQQR3 7
 Guinea PR•R2 2
 Guinea-Bissau q 1
 Kenya •R1••R1 • 2
 Liberia R1R1 2
 Libya • 0
 Mali •• 0
 Mauritania PR • 1
 Morocco •R2R2Q 3
 Mozambique • 0
 Namibia •R1R1R1 • 3
 Niger R2 1
 Nigeria 1stQQQQR2Q 7
 Rwanda PR • 1
 São Tomé and Príncipe R1 • 1
 Senegal R1 1
 Sierra Leone •R1•PRPR • 3
 South Africa R1QR2R2R2QR2 7
 South Sudan R2PR • 2
 Tanzania Q 1
 Togo R1 1
 Tunisia R2R2• 2
 Uganda R1 1
 Zambia PRR2Q•PRR2 5
 Zimbabwe R1 1
Total84127111229

1 Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.

Legend

See also

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.
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