2023 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates8 December 2023 – 16 June 2024
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is currently organizing a qualification competition from 8 December 2023 to 16 June 2024 for its nations consisting of players born on or after 1 January 2007 to secure one of 3 qualification spots on offer for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic, as the CAF representatives.

Draw

A total of 25 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 10 May 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draw procedures were as follows:[1]

  • In the first round, the 2 lowest ranked teams played against each other:
  •  Mauritius
  •  Central African Republic
  • In the second round, the first round winner will play against the top ranked team (Nigeria). The 22 other teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into eleven ties.
  • In the third round, the twelve second round winners were allocated into six ties based on the second round tie numbers.
  • In the fourth round, the six third round winners were allocated into three ties based on the third round tie numbers.

Table

First round entrants (22 teams)
Pot A
(6 from CECAFA)		 Pot B
(3 from COSAFA) and (3 from UNIFFAC)		 Pot C
(3 from UNAF)		 Pot E
(7 from WAFU)
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  Niger
  •  Benin
  •  Guinea
  •  Liberia
  •  Senegal
  •  Mali
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the group stage.
  • (W): Withdrew after the draw

Did not enter

  •  Angola
  •  Cape Verde
  •  Chad
  •  Comoros
  •  Congo
  •  Egypt
  •  Eritrea
  •  Eswatini
  •  Gabon
  •  Gambia
  •  Ghana
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Lesotho
  •  Madagascar
  •  Mauritania
  •  Mozambique
  •  Namibia
  •  Rwanda
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe
  •  Seychelles
  •  Sierra Leone
  •  Somalia
  •  South Sudan
  •  Sudan
  •  Togo
  •  Tunisia
  •  Zimbabwe

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 was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.[1]

Schedule

Round Leg Date
First round First leg 8–10 December 2023
Second leg 15–17 December 2023
Second round First leg 2–4 February 2024
Second leg 9–11 February 2024
Third round First leg 10–12 May 2024
Second leg 17–19 May 2024
Fourth round First leg 7–9 June 2024
Second leg 14–16 June 2024

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central African Republic  w/o  Mauritius – –
Central African Republic Cancelled Mauritius
Mauritius Cancelled Central African Republic

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central African Republic  M2  Nigeria – –
Djibouti  M3  Equatorial Guinea – –
Ethiopia  M4  South Africa – –
Zambia  M5  Tanzania – –
Niger  M6  Morocco – –
Libya  M7  Senegal – –
Burkina Faso  M8  Guinea – –
Burundi  M9  Botswana – –
DR Congo  M10  Kenya – –
Uganda  M11  Cameroon – –
Benin  M12  Algeria – –
Liberia  w/o  Mali — —
Central African Republic v Nigeria
TBC
Nigeria v Central African Republic
TBC, Nigeria
Djibouti v Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea v Djibouti
TBC, Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia v South Africa
TBC, Ethiopia
South Africa v Ethiopia
TBC, South Africa
Zambia v Tanzania
TBC, Zambia
Tanzania v Zambia
TBC, Tanzania
Niger v Morocco
TBC
Morocco v Niger
TBC, Morocco
Libya v Senegal
TBC
Senegal v Libya
TBC, Senegal
Burkina Faso v Guinea
TBC
Guinea v Burkina Faso
TBC
Burundi v Botswana
TBC (Botswana)
Botswana v Burundi
TBC, Botswana
DR Congo v Kenya
TBC, DR Congo
Kenya v DR Congo
TBC, Kenya
Uganda v Cameroon
TBC, Uganda
Cameroon v Uganda
TBC, Cameroon
Benin v Algeria
TBC, Benin
Algeria v Benin
TBC, Algeria
Liberia Cancelled Mali
Mali Cancelled Liberia

Liberia won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Mali withdrew before the first leg.[2]

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner Match 3 M 14 Winner Match 9 – –
Winner Match 4 M15 Winner Match 10 – –
Winner Match 5 M16 Winner Match 11 – –
Winner Match 6 M17 Winner Match 12 – –
Winner Match 7 M18  Liberia – –
Winner Match 8 M19 Winner Match 2 – –

Fourth round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner Match 14 – Winner Match 15 – –
Winner Match 16 – Winner Match 17 – –
Winner Match 18 – Winner Match 19 – –

Qualified teams for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CAF will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
16 June 2024
16 June 2024
16 June 2024

Goalscorers

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "U-17 World Women's Cup qualifiers draw lines up exciting duels". CAFOnline.com. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. ↑ @karlyboy71 (January 11, 2024). "CAF Women's Under 17 Qualifying – Mali withdrawal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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