African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
The African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women is association football tournament for the under 17 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Founded | 2008 |
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Region | Africa (CAF) |
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The next edition is planned for 2020.
History
The tournament was first held in 2008 with 12 teams entering the tournament but several withdrawing before matches were played.[1][2] Nigeria and Ghana qualified for the world cup. In 2010, ten teams entered but only five played matches. Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified to the world cup.[3][4]
Results
African U-17 Women's Championship
Only one to have a round robin as last round.
Year | Host nation | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
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2008 Details |
home & away | ![]() Nigeria |
![]() Ghana |
![]() Cameroon |
African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Year | Host nation | Direct qualifiers | Playoff qualifier | ||||||
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To World Cup | Score | To World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | ||||
2010 Details |
home & away | ![]() Ghana |
and | ![]() Nigeria |
![]() South Africa |
1 – 0 1 – 1 |
![]() Tunisia |
Year | Host nation | Qualification 1 | Qualification 2 | Qualification 3 | |||||||||
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To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | To World Cup | Score | Not to World Cup | |||||
2012 Details |
home & away | ![]() Gambia |
1 – 0 2 – 1 |
![]() Tunisia |
![]() Ghana |
0 – 0 5 – 1 |
![]() South Africa |
![]() Nigeria |
2 – 1 5 – 0 |
![]() Zambia | |||
2013 Details |
home & away | ![]() Ghana |
2 – 0 3 – 2 |
![]() Equatorial Guinea |
![]() Nigeria |
w/o | ![]() South Sudan |
![]() Zambia |
3 – 3 3 – 1 |
![]() South Africa | |||
2016 Details |
home & away | ![]() Cameroon |
2 – 1 4 – 0 |
![]() Egypt |
![]() Ghana |
4 – 0 6 – 0 |
![]() Morocco |
![]() Nigeria |
6 – 0 1 – 0 |
![]() South Africa | |||
2018 Details |
home & away | ![]() Ghana |
9 – 0 10 – 0 |
![]() Djibouti |
![]() South Africa |
5 – 1 1 – 0 |
![]() Morocco |
![]() Cameroon |
2 – 2 1 – 1 |
![]() Nigeria | |||
2020 Details |
home & away | – – |
– – |
– – |
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Results at the World Cup
All editions have qualified six teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Ghana has been the only team to win in the quarter-finals of this tournament, placing 3rd in 2012. Nigeria has reached the quarter-final for three times. All other CAF teams have been eliminated in the group stages.
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World Cup | ![]() 2008 | ![]() 2010 | ![]() 2012 | ![]() 2014 | ![]() 2016 | ![]() 2018 | Total |
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![]() | GS | GS | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | 6 |
![]() | GS | QF | QF | QF | GS | 5 | |
![]() | GS | GS | 2 | ||||
![]() | GS | GS | 2 | ||||
![]() | GS | 1 | |||||
![]() | GS | 1 | |||||
Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Teams participating
- Legend
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Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2016 | 2018 | Total |
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R1 | 1 | |||||
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• | 0 | |||||
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• | R1 | R1 | R1 | PR | R1 | 5 |
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3rd | R1 | Q | Q | 4 | ||
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• 1 | 0 | |||||
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• | • | • | 0 | |||
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R1 | R2 | 2 | ||||
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• | R2 | 1 | ||||
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R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||
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R2 | • | 1 | ||||
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• | 0 | |||||
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Q | R1 | 2 | ||||
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2nd | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | 6 |
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PR | • | 1 | ||||
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• | R1 | • | • | 1 | ||
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R1 | 1 | |||||
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• | 0 | |||||
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• | • | 0 | ||||
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• | R2 | R2 | 2 | |||
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• | 0 | |||||
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• | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||
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1st | Q | Q | Q | Q | R2 | 6 |
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• | R1 | • | PR | 2 | ||
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R1 | Q | R2 | R2 | R2 | Q | 6 |
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R2 | 1 | |||||
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R1 | 1 | |||||
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R2 | R2 | • | 2 | |||
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PR | R2 | Q | • | PR | 4 | |
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R1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
1 Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.
References
- "2008 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-26.
- "2008 tournament results". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- "2010 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Results". cafoline.com. 2011-07-26.
- "2010 tournament results". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2012.