| Tourney Name: | African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 15 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Goals: | 53 |
| Top Scorer: |  Noha Tarek Rasheedat Ajibade |
| Prevseason: | 2013 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
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]
A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[3]
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | 6 | ||
| First round | 9 | ||
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 15 |
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.
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 |
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Note: DR Congo and Gabon withdrew.[4]
Sierra Leone won on walkover.----Djibouti won on walkover.----Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Note: Sierra Leone, Mali and Zambia withdrew.[5]
Morocco won on walkover.----Ghana won on walkover.----3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on penalties.----Egypt won 9–0 on aggregate.----Nigeria won 9–0 on aggregate.----South Africa won on walkover.
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
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Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.----Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.----Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| (Debut) | |||
| (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Soline Djoubi
Mukarama Abdulai Cynthia Aku Yetunde Fajobi
Melat Demeke Barikisu Abdul Rahman Sandra Owusu-Ansah
Kylie van Wyk Claudia Dabda Christiana Mpeh Bissong Nadin Yasser Ezzat Yara Mostafa Ymisrach Lakew Grace Asantewaa Rafia Alhassan Philicity Asuako Ignacia Haoses Patience Dike Peace Efih