The African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth

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qualification competition for the

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organized by the

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for its nations.

History

With the imminent inauguration of the

in 2008, CAF began organizing a qualification competition that year with 12 teams entering its debut edition, but 5 withdrew before playing. On 19 January 2010, CAF released the fixtures for the second edition of this competition. 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. 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, the former whose draw was conducted the following day.

Results

African U-17 Women's Championship

African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

Results at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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

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. Nigeria finished 3rd in the 2022 edition in

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. Tanzania has reached the quarter-final also the same year, with all other qualified CAF nations getting eliminated in the group stages. *QF = Quarter-final *GS = Group stage *q = Qualified *3rd = Third Place/Bronze medalist * = Hosts

Team participation

:¹ Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round. :² Morocco didn't take part in the qualification because it hosts the WC. ;Legend * — Champions * — Runners-up * — Third place * — Fourth place * — Qualified *PR — Preliminary Round *R1 — Round 1 *R2 — Round 2 * — Withdrew * — Did not enter * — Hosts *''q'' — Qualified for upcoming tournament edition

Notes

References

External links

Qualification records and history
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