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2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 2025 – 27 April 2025
TeamsTBD (from 1 confederation)
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The 2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification will be the 10th 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 2008 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Four teams will qualify from this tournament for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco as the CAF representatives alongside Morocco being the hosts of the World Cup.[1]

Format

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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.

Entrants

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A total of 52 CAF member associations remained eligible to enter the qualification after Morocco automatically qualified as the World Cup host and Ghana was barred from competing in this age category due to a ban imposed for cheating during the 2022 qualifiers.[2]

Only 28 teams including nine teams who did not participate in the previous edition, entered the competition. Teams that did not enter the qualification were listed below. The following teams with asterisks are the teams that never entered the qualification.

Draw

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The draw for the qualifiers was held on 12 December 2024 at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3]

28 teams were seeded into six pots based on their performance at the qualifying tournament of the previous edition (the round each team reached in the last edition, and in case of a tie in the round reached, the number of points obtained in that particular round, the best goal difference, the highest goals scored, and the away goals). Geographical conditions were also considered, grouping neighboring zones together.

Qualification rankings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Round reached
1  Nigeria 6 5 1 0 24 2 +22 16 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Kenya 6 5 1 0 14 0 +14 16
3  Zambia 6 3 1 2 10 3 +7 10
4  Morocco 6 4 1 1 31 3 +28 13 Fourth round
5  Burundi 6 4 0 2 30 6 +24 12
6  Liberia 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 9
7  Senegal 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 9 Third round
8  Uganda 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
9  Burkina Faso 4 2 1 1 7 9 −2 7
10  Djibouti 4 2 0 2 6 24 −18 6
11  Ethiopia 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
12  Algeria 4 1 0 3 2 10 −8 3
13  Benin 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Second round
14  Tanzania 2 1 0 1 1 5 −4 3
15  Cameroon 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
16  South Africa 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
17  Guinea 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
18  Botswana 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
19  Central African Republic 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
20  Niger 2 0 0 2 0 22 −22 0
21  DR Congo 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0 Forfeited the tie
21  Equatorial Guinea 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
21  Libya 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
21  Mali 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
25  Mauritius 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0 Forfeited the tie
Source: CAF

Draw pots

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The three teams that qualified for the World Cup were exempt from the first round along with the highest-ranked non-qualified team Burundi, and were automatically seeded into ties in the second round. The qualification rankings from the previous edition are shown in parentheses, except for teams that did not participate which will be denoted by (–), and teams that participated but withdrew before playing are denoted by (w/o).

Teams exempted from the first round
  1.  Nigeria
  2.  Kenya
  3.  Zambia
  4.  Burundi (best ranked non-qualified team for the World Cup)
Teams entering the qualification first round
Lower ranked
Pot 1 Pot 3 Pot 5
Higher ranked
Pot 2 Pot 4 Pot 6

Schedule

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Round Leg Date
First round First leg 10–12 January 2025
Second leg 17–19 January 2025
Second round First leg 7–9 March 2025
Second leg 14–16 March 2025
Third round First leg 18–20 April 2025
Second leg 25–27 April 2025

Bracket

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The four winners of the third round will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

First round Second round Third round
            
 Namibia 0 1 1
 Uganda 10 8 18
 Uganda
 Kenya
 
 
 Egypt 0 0 0
 Cameroon 5 1 6
 Cameroon
 Ethiopia
 Zimbabwe — —
 Ethiopia — — w/o
First round Second round Third round
            
 Eswatini — —
 Tanzania — — w/o
 Tanzania
 Zambia
 
 
 Congo — —
 Benin — — w/o
 Benin
 DR Congo
 DR Congo 2 2 4
 Niger 0 0 0
First round Second round Third round
            
 Gabon 1 1 2
 South Africa 12 9 21
 South Africa
 Nigeria
 
 
 Equatorial Guinea — —
 Botswana — — w/o
 Botswana
 Algeria
 Tunisia 0 0 0
 Algeria 1 0 1
First round Second round Third round
            
 Ivory Coast (a) 1 2 3
 Senegal 1 2 3
 Ivory Coast
 Burundi
 
 
 Sierra Leone 0 2 2
 Central African Republic 0 0 0
 Sierra Leone
 Guinea
 Togo — —
 Guinea — — w/o

First round

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Namibia 1–18 Uganda0–101–8
Egypt 0–6 Cameroon0–50–1
Zimbabwe w/o Ethiopia——
Eswatini w/o Tanzania——
Congo w/o Benin——
DR Congo 4–0 Niger2–02–0
Gabon 2–21 South Africa1–12[note 1]1–9
Equatorial Guinea w/o Botswana——
Tunisia 0–1 Algeria0–10–0
Ivory Coast 2–2 (a) Senegal1–12–2
Sierra Leone 2–0 Central African Republic0–02–0
Togo w/o Guinea——
Namibia 0–10 Uganda
Report
Uganda 8–1 Namibia
 Report

Uganda won 18–1 on aggregate.

Egypt 0–5 Cameroon
Report
Cameroon 1–0 Egypt
Ntsongo 4' Report

Cameroon won 6–0 on aggregate.

Zimbabwe Cancelled Ethiopia
Report
Ethiopia Cancelled Zimbabwe
Report

Ethiopia won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Zimbabwe withdrew before the first leg.[4]

Eswatini Cancelled Tanzania
Report
Tanzania Cancelled Eswatini
Report

Tanzania won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Eswatini withdrew before the first leg.[5]

Congo Cancelled Benin
Report
Benin Cancelled Congo
Report

Benin won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Congo withdrew before the first leg citing financial and institutional constraints beyond their federation control.[6]

DR Congo 2–0 Niger
 Report
Niger 0–2 DR Congo
Report
Gabon 1–12
(Abandoned)[note 1]		 South Africa
11' Report
South Africa 9–1 Gabon
 Report Mbassi 39'

South Africa won 21–2 on aggregate.

Equatorial Guinea Cancelled Botswana
Report
Botswana Cancelled Equatorial Guinea
Report

Botswana won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Equatorial Guinea withdrew before the first leg.[7]

Tunisia 0–1 Algeria
Report Akkouche 58'
Referee: Yacine Samassa (Mauritania)
Algeria 0–0 Tunisia
Report
Referee: Aurore Christelle Ligan (Benin)

Algeria won 1–0 on aggregate.

Ivory Coast 1–1 Senegal
Kouame Appoh 5' Report Sangouthé 90'
Senegal 2–2 Ivory Coast
Sarr 6', 33' Report
Sierra Leone 0–0 Central African Republic
Report
Central African Republic 0–2 Sierra Leone
Report

Sierra Leone won 2–0 on aggregate.

Togo Cancelled Guinea
Report
Guinea Cancelled Togo
Report

Guinea won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Togo withdrew before the first leg.

Second round

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Uganda  Kenya
Cameroon  Ethiopia
Tanzania  Zambia
Benin  DR Congo
South Africa  Nigeria
Botswana  Algeria
Ivory Coast  Burundi
Sierra Leone  Guinea

Third round

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Uganda  or  KenyaCameroon  or  Ethiopia
Tanzania  or  ZambiaBenin  or  DR Congo
South Africa  or  NigeriaBotswana  or  Algeria
Ivory Coast  or  BurundiSierra Leone  or  Guinea

Qualified teams for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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The following four teams from CAF will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco alongside Morocco who automatically qualified as host.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
 Morocco 14 March 2024 1 (2022)

Goalscorers

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b With the score 12–1 in favor of South Africa at half time the match was abandoned as Gabon were was unable to field the minimum of 6 players, Gabon started the match with a total of 10 players, including substitutes, due to most of their squad being ineligible for the qualifiers because of age restriction rules. During the first half, their goalkeeper sustained an injury, further reducing the team to 9 players.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
  2. ^ "CAF bans Ghana from U-17 Women's World Cup African qualifiers due to age fraud". ghanasoccernet.com. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. ^ "CAF to conduct FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers Draw on Thursday". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  4. ^ Wosoworld [@karlyboy71] (December 31, 2024). "U17 Women's World Cup 2025 Qualifiers: Ethiopia Advances to Second Round After Zimbabwe's Withdrawal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Serengeti Girls Face Off Against Zambia" (in Swahili). Matukio Muhimu. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Facebook.
  6. ^ "Éliminatoires de la Coupe du monde féminine U17 : Le Congo se retire, voici les raisons". africafootunited.com (in French). Frejus Hounvio. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Botswana Advances in the 2025 U-17 Women's World Cup Qualification Journey". Botswana Football Association. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Facebook.
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