The 2024 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification was the 9th edition of the

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, 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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. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Three teams qualified from this tournament for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in

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as the CAF representatives.

Draw

A total of 25 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 8 June 2023 at the CAF headquarters in

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. The draw procedures were as follows: *In the first round, the 2 lowest ranked teams played against each other: * * *In the second round, the first round winner will play against the top ranked team (

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). The 22 other teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into eleven ties. *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

;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the group stage. *(W): Withdrew after the draw

Did not enter

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Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away

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basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the

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was applied, and if still tied, the

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(no

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) was used to determine the winner.

Schedule

Bracket

The three winners of the fourth round will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

First round

Central African Republic won on walkover and advanced to the Second round after Mauritius withdrew before the first leg.

Second round

''Nigeria won 12–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Djibouti won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Equatorial Guinea withdrew before the first leg.'' ---- ''Ethiopia won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Morocco won 22–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Senegal won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Libya withdrew before the first leg.'' ---- ''Burkina Faso won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Burundi won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kenya won on walkover and advanced to the third round after DR Congo withdrew before the first leg.'' ---- ''Uganda won 4–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Algeria won 8–7 on penalties.'' ---- ''Liberia won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Mali withdrew before the first leg.''

Third round

''Burundi won 24–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zambia won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Morocco won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. Liberia won on away goals.'' ---- ''Nigeria won 7–1 on aggregate.''

Fourth round

''Kenya won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.''

Qualified teams for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CAF will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the

Goalscorers

References

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