| Tourney Name: | African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Num Teams: | 17 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 17 |
| Goals: | 84 |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 6th 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 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Three teams qualify from this tournament for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CAF representatives.[1]
For the first time Nigeria failed to qualify for the Women's World Cup at any age level (senior, U-20 or U-17).
A total of 17 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was announced by the CAF on 7 August 2017.[2]
Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to determine the winner.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.[3]
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | First leg | 13–15 October 2017 |
| Second leg | 27–29 October 2017 | |
| First round | First leg | 1–3 December 2017 |
| Second leg | 15–17 December 2017 | |
| Second round | First leg | 2–4 February 2018 |
| Second leg | 16–18 February 2018 |
The three winners of the second round qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
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Djibouti won on walkover after Libya withdrew.----Gambia won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew prior to the second leg.[4] ----Botswana won 6–5 on aggregate.----Ethiopia won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.[5] ----Algeria won on walkover after Mali withdrew.[6]
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Djibouti won on walkover after Tunisia withdrew.----Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.----South Africa won 11–6 on aggregate.----Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.[7] ----1–1 on aggregate. Nigeria won on away goals.----Cameroon won 11–0 on aggregate.
Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
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Ghana won 19–0 on aggregate.----South Africa won 6–1 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals.
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[8] [9]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) | |||
| 1 (2010) | |||
| 1 (2016) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Alice Kameni Marie Ngah
Nina Norshie Viviane Mefire Fuseina Mumuni Suzzy Teye
Precious Martha Florence Fanta Fatima Kome
Tarikuwa Debiso Adama Alhassan Azuma Bugrie Jacqueline Owusu Millot Pokuaa Barikisu Rahman Victoria Teye Abigail Tutuawaa
Noura Mouadni Osaretin Ikekhua Joy Jerry