The 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth

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competition organised by the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

(CAF) to determine which women's under-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The tournament is held in even-numbered ye ...

. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CAF representatives.

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

and

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

qualified for the first time.

Teams

A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the

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would be applied, and if still level, the

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would be used to determine the winner (no

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would be played). The three winners of the second round qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

Preliminary round

Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew. ''Sierra Leone won on walkover.'' ---- ''Djibouti won on walkover.'' ---- ''Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.''

First round

Note: Sierra Leone, Mali and Zambia withdrew. ''Morocco won on walkover.'' ---- ''Ghana won on walkover.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties.'' ---- ''Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''South Africa won on walkover.''

Second round

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. ''Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.''

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

;8 goals *

Noha Tarek Noha Tarek Sayed Saber ( ar, نهى طارق; born 1 March 2000), known as Menna Tarek, is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Saudi Arabian club Al Wehda FC (women), Al Wehda and the Egypt women's ...

Rasheedat Ajibade Rasheedat Busayo Ajibade (born 8 December 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Atlético Madrid and the Nigeria women's national team. She is nicknamed "RASH", a shortened form of her firs ...

;4 goals * Alexandra Takounda ;3 goals * Soline Djoubi *

Mukarama Abdulai Mukarama Abdulai (born 16 October 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a forward for Spanish club Deportivo Alavés, the Black Maidens and the Ghana women's national team. College career University for Developme ...

* Cynthia Aku * Yetunde Fajobi ;2 goals * Melat Demeke * Barikisu Abdul Rahman *

Sandra Owusu-Ansah Sandra Owusu-Ansah (born 29 January 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serbian Women's Super League side ZFK Spartak Subotica and the Ghana women's national football team. She represented Ghana at the U17 le ...

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;1 goal *

Michelle Abueng Michelle Abueng (born 6 May 2001) is a Motswana footballer who plays as a forward for Zambian club Yasa FC and the Botswana women's national team. She caught the attention of Zambian club Yasa Queens while playing against Zambia in the 2018 A ...

* Lesego Radiakanyo * Claudia Dabda * Christiana Mpeh Bissong * Nadin Yasser Ezzat * Yara Mostafa * Ymisrach Lakew *

Grace Asantewaa Grace Asantewaa (born 5 December 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club FC Juárez and the Ghana women's national team. International career Asantewaa competed for Ghana at the 2018 Afri ...

* Rafia Alhassan * Philicity Asuako * Ignacia Haoses * Patience Dike *

Peace Efih Peace Ewomazino Efih (born 5 August 2000) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Braga and the Nigeria women's national team. She previously played for Edo Queens and Rivers Angels ...

References

External links

2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup - Qualifiers
CAFonline.com {{DEFAULTSORT:African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament 2016 2016 Women's U-17 World Cup Qualifying Tournament Women's U-17 World Cup Qualifying Tournament African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament 2016 in youth association football