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2024 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	8 December 2023 – 16 June 2024
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	136 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harmony Chidi (12 goals)
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The 2024 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification was the 9th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification, 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 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Three teams qualified from this tournament for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 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 8 June 2023 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draw procedures were as follows:

• 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

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
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Ivory Coast
•  Lesotho
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  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.

Schedule

Bracket

The three winners of the fourth round will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

	Second round						Third round						Fourth round
	Djibouti	—	—	w/o
	Equatorial Guinea	—	—
							Djibouti	0	0	0
							Burundi	18	6	24
	Burundi	4	2	6
	Botswana	1	0	1
													Burundi	0	0	0
													Kenya	3	2	5
	Ethiopia	3	0	3
	South Africa	0	0	0
							Ethiopia	0	0	0
							Kenya	0	3	3
	DR Congo	—	—
	Kenya	—	—	w/o

	Second round						Third round						Fourth round
	Zambia	5	0	5
	Tanzania	0	1	1
							Zambia	2	0	2
							Uganda	0	1	1
	Uganda	1	3	4
	Cameroon	1	1	2
													Zambia	3	0	3
													Morocco	1	0	1
	Niger	0	0	0
	Morocco	11	11	22
							Morocco	4	4	8
							Algeria	0	0	0
	Benin	2	0	2 (7)
	Algeria (p)	0	2	2 (8)

	Second round						Third round						Fourth round
	Libya	—	—
	Senegal	—	—	w/o
							Senegal	3	0	3
							Liberia (a)	1	2	3
	Liberia	—	—	w/o
	Mali	—	—
													Liberia	1	0	1
													Nigeria	4	2	6
	Burkina Faso	4	2	6
	Guinea	1	1	2
							Burkina Faso	1	0	1
							Nigeria	1	6	7
	Central African Republic	0	0	0
	Nigeria	6	6	12

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

Central African Republic won on walkover and advanced to the Second round after Mauritius withdrew before the first leg.

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central African Republic	0–12	Nigeria	0–6	0–6
Djibouti	w/o	Equatorial Guinea	—	—
Ethiopia	3–0	South Africa	3–0	0–0
Zambia	5–1	Tanzania	5–0	0–1
Niger	0–22	Morocco	0–11	0–11
Libya	w/o	Senegal	—	—
Burkina Faso	6–2	Guinea	4–1	2–1
Burundi	6–1	Botswana	4–1	2–0
DR Congo	w/o	Kenya	—	—
Uganda	4–2	Cameroon	1–1	3–1
Benin	2–2 (7–8 p)	Algeria	2–0	0–2
Liberia	w/o	Mali	—	—

Central African Republic	0–6	Nigeria
	Report	Chidi 5', 42' Nwachukwu 39' Moshood 45', 72' Etim 57'

Nigeria	6–0	Central African Republic
Chidi 2', 13', 90+3' Ojiyovwi 36' Kareem 55', 85'	Report

Nigeria won 12–0 on aggregate.

Djibouti	Cancelled	Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea	Cancelled	Djibouti

Djibouti won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Equatorial Guinea withdrew before the first leg.

Ethiopia	3–0	South Africa
Tefsaye 10' Kassu 19', 72'	Report

South Africa	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

Ethiopia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Zambia	5–0	Tanzania
Mwanza 23' B. Zulu 27', 45+2' Namute Chileshe 75' Muwowo 90+2'	Report

Tanzania	1–0	Zambia
Juma 2'	Report

Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate.

Niger	0–11	Morocco
	Report Report (FRMF)	Bentahri 19' Senhaji 26' El Ghazouani 31' Mokhtar Jamaï 32', 34', 45+3', 46', 90+5' Aboucharif 51' Bouhouch 55' Dofry 90'

Morocco	11–0	Niger
Layachi 3' El Mesmoudi 8' Kallouch 23', 80' Boushaba 29', 66', 68' Ihssan 36' Erremli 45' (pen.) Djibou 56' (o.g.) Mokhtar Jamaï 78'	Report Report (FRMF)

Morocco won 22–0 on aggregate.

Libya	Cancelled	Senegal

Senegal	Cancelled	Libya

Senegal won on walkover and advanced to the third round after Libya withdrew before the first leg.

Burkina Faso	4–1	Guinea
Kouanda ??', ??', ??' Gloria	Report	Nabe ??'

Guinea	1–2	Burkina Faso
D. Camara 42'	Report	Kouanda ??' Rouamba ??'

Burkina Faso won 6–2 on aggregate.

Burundi	4–1	Botswana
Habonimana ??' R. Nzoyikorera ??', ??' Gakima ??'	Report	Dilelo 76'

Botswana	0–2	Burundi
	Report

Burundi won 6–1 on aggregate.

DR Congo	Cancelled	Kenya

Kenya	Cancelled	DR Congo

Kenya won on walkover and advanced to the third round after DR Congo withdrew before the first leg.

Uganda	1–1	Cameroon
Nabukenya 34'	Report	Heutchou 50'

Cameroon	1–3	Uganda
Lemana 90+2'	Report	Kabene 23' Nangendo 26' Nabukenya 90+5'

Uganda won 4–2 on aggregate

Benin	2–0	Algeria
Honfo 48' Toudonou 83' (pen.)	Report Report (FAF)

Algeria	2–0	Benin
Aït El Kadi 64' Rebbahi 74'	Report Report (FAF)
Penalties
	8–7

2–2 on aggregate. Algeria won 8–7 on penalties.

Liberia	Cancelled	Mali

Mali	Cancelled	Liberia

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

Third round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Djibouti	0–24	Burundi	0–18	0–6
Ethiopia	0–3	Kenya	0–0	0–3
Zambia	2–1	Uganda	2–0	0–1
Morocco	8–0	Algeria	4–0	4–0
Senegal	3–3 (a)	Liberia	3–1	0–2
Burkina Faso	1–7	Nigeria	1–1	0–6

Djibouti	0–18	Burundi
	Report	R. Nzoyikorera 1', 11', 34', 45', 48', 72' Akimana 3', 68' Habonimana 7', 52', 57', 66', 70', 82', 86' Nibogora 15' Majura 61' Kamikazi 90+7'

Burundi	6–0	Djibouti
	Report

Burundi won 24–0 on aggregate.

Ethiopia	0–0	Kenya
	Report

Kenya	3–0	Ethiopia
Ochakaa 44' Awuor 55' Faith 70'	Report

Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate.

Zambia	2–0	Uganda
Namute Chileshe 2' Mukoma 70'	Report

Uganda	1–0	Zambia
Kabene 73'	Report

Zambia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Morocco	4–0	Algeria
Aboucharif 32' Ihssan 41' Bentahri 50' Sehoul 58' (o.g.)	Report Report (FRMF)

Algeria	0–4	Morocco
	Report	Boughazi 6' Mokhtar Jamaï 62', 79' Haizoun 76'

Morocco won 8–0 on aggregate.

Senegal	3–1	Liberia
Sarr 17', 24' Faty 50'	Report	Brown 90+3' (pen.)

Liberia	2–0	Senegal
Brown 45+3' Glao 54'	Report

3–3 on aggregate. Liberia won on away goals.

Burkina Faso	1–1	Nigeria
Oubda 85'	Report	Chidi 55'

Nigeria	6–0	Burkina Faso
Chidi 11', 74', 86' Effiong 34', 90' Kareem 84'	Report

Nigeria won 7–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Burundi	0–5	Kenya	0–3	0–2
Zambia	3–1	Morocco	3–1	0–0
Liberia	1–6	Nigeria	1–4	0–2

Burundi	0–3	Kenya
	Report	Faith 11' Serenge 43' Akoth 71'

Kenya	2–0	Burundi
Serenge 17' Nekesa 21'	Report

Kenya won 5–0 on aggregate.

Zambia	3–1	Morocco
Chileshe 12', 25', 81'	Report	Azraf 37'

Morocco	0–0	Zambia
	Report

Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Liberia	1–4	Nigeria
Gwaikolo 87'	Report	Moshood 19' Effiong 29' Chidi 36' Ifitezue 74'

Nigeria	2–0	Liberia
Chidi 3', 64'	Report

Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

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
Nigeria	14 June 2024	6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022)
Zambia	15 June 2024	1 (2014)
Kenya	16 June 2024	0 (debut)

Goalscorers

There were 136 goals scored in 34 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

12 goals

• Harmony Chidi

8 goals

• Espérance Habonimana
• Roy Nzoyikorera
• Lina Mokhtar Jamaï

3 goals

• Salamatu Kouanda
• Laila Boushaba
• Ramota Kareem
• Shakirat Moshood
• Peace Effiong
• Namute Chileshe

2 goals

• Chanceline Akimana
• Hidat Kassu
• Louise Brown
• Inès Aboucharif
• Ouafae Bentahri
• Romaissa Ihssan
• Amira Kallouch
• Marie Louise Sarr
• Sylvia Kabene
• Agnes Nabukenya
• Bwalya Namute Chileshe
• Blessing Zulu

1 goal

• Nora Aït El Kadi
• Zaza Rebbahi
• Germaine Honfo
• Fidèle Toudonou
• Lebogang Dilelo
• Gloria
• Salamata Kouanda
• Rainata Oubda
• Oumou Rouamba
• Gloris Gakima
• Nellysa Kamikazi
• Joséphine Majura
• Ange Nice Nibogora
•  ??
•  ??
•  ??
•  ??
•  ??
•  ??
•  ??
•  ??
• Ernestine Heutchou
• Sophie Lemana
• Menayesh Tefsaye
• Djenab Camara
• Fanta Nabe
• Velma Awuor
• Lornah Faith
• Elizabeth Ochakaa
• Lorna Faith
• Marion Serenge
• Susan Akoth
• Marion Serenge
• Valerie Nekesa
• Dalphine Glao
• Yassah Gwaikolo
• Chaimae Boughazi
• Siham Bouhouch
• Sara Dofry
• Awatif El Ghazouani
• Dounia El Mesmoudi
• Khadija Erremli
• Dina Nassira Haizoun
• Meyssane Layachi
• Salma Senhaji
• kautar Azraf
• Edidiong Etim
• Prisca Nwachukwu
• Kesiena Tessy Ojiyovwi
• Blessing Ifitezue
• Mariama Faty
• Melkia Juma
• Esther Nangendo
• Ruth Mukoma
• Ruth Muwowo
• Saliya Mwanza

1 own goal

• Hannane Sehoul (against Morocco)
• Zakou Djibou (against Morocco)

See also

• 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• 2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

References

1. ^ "U-17 World Women's Cup qualifiers draw lines up exciting duels". CAFOnline.com. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
2. "Eliminatoires coupe du monde féminine 2024/U17 – Les gazelles qualifiées par forfait" (in French). Djiboutian Football Federation. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
3. Football Kenya Federation (February 4, 2024). "Junior Starlets advanced to the 3rd round of the 2024 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers after RD Congo withdrew from the ongoing qualifiers" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. @karlyboy71 (January 11, 2024). "CAF Women's Under 17 Qualifying – Mali withdrawal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "WORLD U17 QUALIFIERS: A Nigerian Trio to Officiate Morocco-Algeria". faf.dz (in French). Algerian Football Federation. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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