2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
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) Egypt Noha Tarek
Nigeria Rasheedat Ajibade
(8 goals each)

The 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the African 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]

Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.[2]

Teams

A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Preliminary round
  •  Botswana
  •  Djibouti
  •  DR Congo
  •  Gabon
  •  Namibia
  •  Sierra Leone
 6
First round
9
Qualifying rounds Total 15

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be 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 was as follows.[3]

Round Leg Date
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
Gabon  w/o  Sierra Leone — —
Djibouti  w/o  DR Congo — —
Botswana  2–3  Namibia 1–2 1–1

Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.[4]

Gabon  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
Report
Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Gabon
Report

Sierra Leone won on walkover.

Djibouti  Cancelled  DR Congo
Report
DR Congo  Cancelled  Djibouti
Report

Djibouti won on walkover.

Botswana  1–2  Namibia
Radiakanyo  45+1' Report Van Wyk  34'
Haoses  84'
Molepololo Sport Complex, Gaborone
Referee: Sarah Selemani (Zambia)
Namibia  1–1  Botswana
Van Wyk  60' Report Abueng  19'
Referee: Marximina Luzia Bernardo (Angola)

Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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 and Zambia withdrew.[5]

Morocco  Cancelled  Mali
Report
Mali  Cancelled  Morocco
Report

Morocco won on walkover.

Ghana  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
Report
Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Ghana
Report

Ghana won on walkover.

Cameroon  2–1  Ethiopia
Djoubi  59' (pen.), 78' Report Demeke  39'
Referee: Aissata Diarra (Mali)
Ethiopia  2–1  Cameroon
Demeke  10'
Lakew  19'		 Report Takounda  87'
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Akhona Zennith Makalima (South Africa)

3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties.

Egypt  6–0  Djibouti
Mostafa  16'
Tarek  31', 48', 65', 90+5'
Ezzat  56'		 Report
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti  0–3  Egypt
Report Tarek  44', 48', 57'
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.

Nigeria  4–0  Namibia
Ajibade  13', 67'
Aku  35'
Efih  43'		 Report
Referee: Lamyaa Lourarhi (Morocco)
Namibia  0–5  Nigeria
Report Dike  4'
Aku  32', 53'
Ajibade  69'
Fajobi  85'
Referee: Pearl Katlholo Moremi (Botswana)

Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.

South Africa  Cancelled  Zambia
Report
Zambia  Cancelled  South Africa
Report

South Africa won on walkover.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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
Morocco  0–4  Ghana
Report Abdulai  4', 22'
Alhassan  15'
Owusu-Ansah  71'
Referee: Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)
Ghana  6–0  Morocco
Abdulai  3'
Asuako  39' (pen.)
Abdul Rahman  64', 79'
Owusu-Ansah  68'
Asantewaa  77'		 Report
Referee: Uloma Nneka Nwogu (Nigeria)

Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.

Cameroon  2–1  Egypt
Takounda  12'
Djoubi  36' (pen.)		 Report Tarek  38'
Referee: Patricia Obone Obiang (Gabon)
Egypt  0–4  Cameroon
Report Takounda  7', 11'
Dabda  21'
Mpeh Bissong  27'
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)

Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria  6–0  South Africa
Fajobi  2', 30'
Ajibade  26', 33', 34', 42'		 Report
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)
South Africa  0–1  Nigeria
Report Ajibade  27'
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.

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.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Ghana26 March 20164 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Cameroon26 March 20160 (Debut)
 Nigeria26 March 20164 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

8 goals
4 goals
  • Cameroon Alexandra Takounda
3 goals
  • Cameroon Soline Djoubi
  • Ghana Mukarama Abdulai
  • Nigeria Cynthia Aku
  • Nigeria Yetunde Fajobi
2 goals
  • Ethiopia Melat Demeke
  • Ghana Barikisu Abdul Rahman
  • Ghana Sandra Owusu-Ansah
  • Namibia Kylie van Wyk
1 goal
  • Botswana Michelle Abueng
  • Botswana Lesego Radiakanyo
  • Cameroon Claudia Dabda
  • Cameroon Christiana Mpeh Bissong
  • Egypt Nadin Yasser Ezzat
  • Egypt Yara Mostafa
  • Ethiopia Ymisrach Lakew
  • Ghana Grace Asantewaa
  • Ghana Rafia Alhassan
  • Ghana Philicity Asuako
  • Namibia Ignacia Haoses
  • Nigeria Patience Dike
  • Nigeria Peace Efih

References

  1. ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 26 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "FIXTURES AFRICAN PRELIMINARIES OF THE U-17 FIFA WOMEN WORLD CUP" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "News in Brief". CAF. 16 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Three tickets to Jordan up for grabs in Africa". CAF. 8 March 2016.
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