2015–16 CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 27 November 2015 – 26 March 2016 |
Teams | 15 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 53 (3.79 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Rasheedat Ajibade (7 goals) |
The 2015–16 CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. 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.[1]
Contents
Teams
A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[2]
Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
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First round | <templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> | 9 |
Qualifying rounds | Total | 15 |
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Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (no extra time is 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 is as follows.[2]
Round | Leg | Date |
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Preliminary round | First leg | 27–29 November 2015 |
Second leg | 11–13 December 2015 | |
First round | First leg | 8–10 January 2016 |
Second leg | 22–24 January 2016 | |
Second round | First leg | 11–13 March 2016 |
Second leg | 25–27 March 2016 |
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Gabon | w/o | Sierra Leone | — | — |
Djibouti | w/o | DR Congo | — | — |
Botswana | 2–3 | Namibia | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.[3]
Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Morocco | w/o | Mali | — | — |
Ghana | w/o | Sierra Leone | — | — |
Cameroon | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Ethiopia | 2–1 | 1–2 |
Egypt | 9–0 | Djibouti | 6–0 | 3–0 |
Nigeria | 9–0 | Namibia | 4–0 | 5–0 |
South Africa | w/o | Zambia | — | — |
Note: Sierra Leone, Mali & Zambia withdrew.
3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won 5–4 on penalties.
Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Winners qualify for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Morocco | 0–10 | Ghana | 0–4 | 0–6 |
Cameroon | 6–1 | Egypt | 2–1 | 4–0 |
Nigeria | 7–0 | South Africa | 6–0 | 1–0 |
26 March 2016
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Ghana | 6–0 | Morocco |
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Abdulai 4' Asuako 40' Abdul Rahman 69', 79' Owusu-Ansah 77' Acheampong 78' |
Report |
Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate and qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Qualified teams for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Cameroon | 26 March 2016 | 0 (Debut) |
Ghana | 26 March 2016 | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
Nigeria | 26 March 2016 | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
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- 5 goals
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- 4 goals
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- 3 goals
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- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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References
External links
- 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup - Qualifiers, CAFonline.com
- Futbol24 African Women's U-17, futbol24.com