The African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women is
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
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.
The next edition is planned for 2022.
History
The tournament was first held in 2008 with 12 teams entering the tournament, but five withdrew before playing.
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.
Results
African U-17 Women's Championship
:' A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Results at the World Cup
All editions have qualified three 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.
*QF = World Cup quarter-final
*GS = World Cup group stage
*q = Qualified to world cup
*3rd = World Cup third Place
Teams participating
1 Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.
;Legend
* — Champions
* — Runners-up
* — Third place
* — Fourth place
* — Qualified for FIFA WC
*PR — Preliminary Round
*R1 — Round 1
*R2 — Round 2
* — Withdrew
* — Did not enter
* — Hosts
*''q'' — Qualified for upcoming tournament
See also
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Africa Women Cup of Nations
The Women's Africa Cup of Nations, also called the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons and abbreviated to WAFCON, is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Confe ...
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African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is an association football tournament for the under 20 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
In the first two editions in 2 ...
References
External links
Official website
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Confederation of African Football competitions for women's national teams
Recurring sporting events established in 2008
Under-17 association football