The 2012 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 3rd edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth

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competition organised by the

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

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. The tournament was played on a home and away knockout basis. 13 teams entered the competition but due to withdrawals only 11 actually played matches. The top three teams of the tournament

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and

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qualified for the

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in Azerbaijan as the CAF representatives.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round first leg was scheduled to be played on 26 November 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya. *¹ Mozambique withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Kenya qualified for the next round.

First round

The first round was held on 20–22 January 2012 (first leg) and 3–5 February 2012 (second leg). *¹ Guinea withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Tunisia qualified for the next round.

Second round

The second round was held on 8 and 24 March 2012. The legs of Gambia and Tunisia were played a week later. The three winning teams qualified to the

. Nigeria and Ghana qualified for their third time. Gambia's qualification is a first.

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.

References

External links

African Women U-17 Qualifying Tournament 2012
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