The Tanzania women's national under-17 football team represents

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

in international women's under-17

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. The team is controlled by the governing body for

football in Tanzania Tanzanian football league system The Tanzania Football Federation is the governing body mandated to run The sport of football (soccer), football in Tanzania. It oversees the Tanzania national football team, national football team, Tanzanian Prem ...

, the

Tanzania Football Federation The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF; ) previously the Football Association of Tanzania, is the governing body of football in the United Republic of Tanzania. It oversees operations of the Tanzania national football team, Tanzania women's natio ...

(TFF). The team and federation is currently a member of the

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(CAF) and the regional

Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (, , , ; officially abbreviated as CECAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in mostly East Africa and parts of Central Africa. An affiliate of the Confederation of Afr ...

(CECAFA). The team finished as runners-up in the 2021 edition of

CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship The CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship is a football (soccer) tournament in Africa. It is organised by the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), and includes women's national under 17 teams from Central and East Africa ...

and also qualified for the

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the multinational–international women's youth football championship, contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, si ...

becoming the first Tanzanian team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup event.

Fixtures and results

;Legend

2022

Competitive records

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

References

External links

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