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]

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Gabon  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
Report

11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)
Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Gabon
Report

Sierra Leone won on walkover.

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Djibouti  Cancelled  DR Congo
Report

11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)
DR Congo  Cancelled  Djibouti
Report

Djibouti won on walkover.

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)
16:00 UTC+2
Botswana  1–2  Namibia
Radiakanyo  45+1' Report Van Wyk  34'
Haoses  84'
Molepololo Sport Complex, Gaborone
Referee: Sarah Selemani (Zambia)

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)
16:00 UTC+2
Namibia  1–1  Botswana
Van Wyk  60' Report Abueng  19'
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
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]

8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)
Morocco  Cancelled  Mali
Report

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
Mali  Cancelled  Morocco
Report

Morocco won on walkover.

8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)
Ghana  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
Report

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Ghana
Report

Ghana won on walkover.

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09)
15:00 UTC+1
Cameroon  2–1  Ethiopia
Djoubi  59' (pen.), 78' Report Demeke  39'
Stade de la Réunification, Douala
Referee: Aissata Diarra (Mali)

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)
19:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  2–1  Cameroon
Demeke  10'
Lakew  19'		 Report Takounda  87'
  Penalties  
4–5
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Akhona Zennith Makalima (South Africa)

3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties.

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09)
14:30 UTC+2
Egypt  6–0  Djibouti
Mostafa  16'
Tarek  31', 48', 65', 90+5'
Ezzat  56'		 Report
30 June Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
16:00 UTC+3
Djibouti  0–3  Egypt
Report Tarek  44', 48', 57'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09)
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  4–0  Namibia
Ajibade  13', 67'
Aku  35'
Efih  43'		 Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Lamyaa Lourarhi (Morocco)

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
16:00 UTC+2
Namibia  0–5  Nigeria
Report Dike  4'
Aku  32', 53'
Ajibade  69'
Fajobi  85'
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Pearl Katlholo Moremi (Botswana)

Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.

8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)
South Africa  Cancelled  Zambia
Report

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
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

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)
15:30 UTC±0
Morocco  0–4  Ghana
Report Abdulai  4', 22'
Alhassan  15'
Owusu-Ansah  71'
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: Neama Mohamed Rashad (Egypt)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  6–0  Morocco
Abdulai  3'
Asuako  39' (pen.)
Abdul Rahman  64', 79'
Owusu-Ansah  68'
Asantewaa  77'		 Report
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Referee: Uloma Nneka Nwogu (Nigeria)

Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)
15:00 UTC+1
Cameroon  2–1  Egypt
Takounda  12'
Djoubi  36' (pen.)		 Report Tarek  38'
Stade de la Réunification, Douala
Referee: Patricia Obone Obiang (Gabon)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)
17:00 UTC+2
Egypt  0–4  Cameroon
Report Takounda  7', 11'
Dabda  21'
Mpeh Bissong  27'
30 June Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)

Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  6–0  South Africa
Fajobi  2', 30'
Ajibade  26', 33', 34', 42'		 Report
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Isatou Touray (Gambia)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)
14:00 UTC+2
South Africa  0–1  Nigeria
Report Ajibade  27'
Makhulong Stadium, Johannesburg
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
 Ghana 26 March 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Cameroon 26 March 2016 0 (Debut)
 Nigeria 26 March 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

8 goals
  • Egypt Noha Tarek
  • Nigeria Rasheedat Ajibade
4 goals
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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