African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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.^[1] On 19 January 2010, CAF released the fixtures for the second edition of this competition.^[2] 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.^[3] 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,^[4] the former whose draw was conducted the following day.^[5]

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.

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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

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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

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Legend

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