2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
8th African qualification for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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The 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification was the 8th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification, 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 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 January – 5 June |
| Teams | 29 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 107 (3.57 per match) |
| Top scorer |  Clara Luvanga (10 goals) |
← 2020 2024 → | |
Three teams qualified from this tournament for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CAF representatives.[1][2]
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:[1]
- 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) | |||||
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| Pot A (8 from CECAFA) |
Pot B (4 from COSAFA + 1 from CECAFA) |
Pot C (2 from UNAF) |
Pot D (4 from UNIFFAC) |
Pot E (6 from WAFU A) |
Pot F (4 from WAFU B) |
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the group stage.
- (W): Withdrew after the draw
Did not enter
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.[1]
Schedule
First round
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eritrea  |
w/o[9] |  Cameroon |
— | — |
Zambia  |
w/o |  Namibia |
— | — |
Djibouti  |
w/o |  Burundi |
— | — |
| Tanzania |
11–0 |  Botswana |
7–0 | 4–0 |
Kenya  |
w/o[A] |  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:
Tanzania won 11–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on away goals.
Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.
Guinea won 9–3 on aggregate.
Ghana won 4–0 on aggregate.
Morocco won 3–1 on aggregate.
Third round
Cameroon won 5–0 on aggregate.
Tanzania won 5–2 on aggregate.
| South Africa | 0–3 | Ethiopia |
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| Ethiopia | 0–1 | South Africa |
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Ethiopia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate.
Ghana won 10–1 on aggregate.
Morocco won 18–0 on aggregate.
Fourth round
Tanzania won 5–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Morocco won 4–2 on penalties.
Qualified teams for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Goalscorers
There were 107 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.
10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
Yasmine Zouhir
Neema Paul
4 goals
- Djennah Cherif
3 goals
Camila Daha
Nancy Amoh- Georgina Aoyem
Fatoumata Samoura- Doha El Madani
Omowunmi Bello- Aisha Juma
2 goals
- Mana Lamine
Emush Daniel- Eyrus Wondemu
- Constance Agyemang
- Princess Owusu
- Fanta Sidibé
- Maysane Khelifi
- Kenza Laksiri
- Oluwatunmininu Adeshina
Hadijah Nandago
1 goal
Yasminath Djibril
Rukiya Bizimana- Estella Gakima
- Bernadette Ngaseh
- Semira Ahmed
- Kumneger Kassa
- Mary Amponsah
- Abdulai Karina
- Dejean Kubura
- Mariam Maltiti
- Stella Nyamekye
- Rasheeda Shahadu
- Mafering Camara
- Nana Camara
- Salematou Diop
- Maman Fancinadouno
- Saran Sidibé
Hawa Fatomah- Zeta Kromah
- Jessica Quachie
- Douae Azizi
- Fatima El Ghazouani
- Mina El Hamzaoui
- Iman El Hannachi
- Hiba Karimi
- Samya Masnaoui
- Yasmine Sioui
- Taiwo Afolabi
- Doosur Atume
- Blessing Emmanuel
- Miracle Usani
Andrielle Mibe- Veronica Gabriel
- Diana Mnally
- Husna Mpanja
- Shakira Nyinagahirwa
