2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | January 2025 – 27 April 2025 |
| Teams | TBD (from 1 confederation) |
← 2024 2026 → | |
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
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
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
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
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 16 | 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 2 |  Kenya
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 16 | |
| 3 |  Zambia
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 | |
| 4 |  Morocco
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 3 | +28 | 13 | Fourth round |
| 5 |  Burundi
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 12 | |
| 6 |  Liberia
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 | |
| 7 |  Senegal
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Third round |
| 8 |  Uganda
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | |
| 9 |  Burkina Faso
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | |
| 10 |  Djibouti
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 6 | |
| 11 |  Ethiopia
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 |  Algeria
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | |
| 13 |  Benin
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Second round |
| 14 |  Tanzania
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | |
| 15 |  Cameroon
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
| 16 |  South Africa
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Guinea
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
| 18 |  Botswana
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
| 19 |  Central African Republic
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
| 20 |  Niger
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 | |
| 21 |  DR Congo
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Forfeited the tie |
| 21 |  Equatorial Guinea
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 21 |  Libya
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 21 |  Mali
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 25 |  Mauritius
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Forfeited the tie |
Draw pots
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).
| Lower ranked | ||
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| Pot 1 | Pot 3 | Pot 5 |
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| Higher ranked | ||
| Pot 2 | Pot 4 | Pot 6 |
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Schedule
| 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
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
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| Uganda
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| Kenya
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 Egypt
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| Cameroon
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 Zimbabwe
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| Ethiopia
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| First round | Second round | Third round | |||||||||||||||
 Eswatini
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Tanzania
| — | — | w/o | ||||||||||||||
| Tanzania
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| Zambia
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 Congo
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Benin
| — | — | w/o | ||||||||||||||
| Benin
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| DR Congo
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| Niger
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| First round | Second round | Third round | |||||||||||||||
 Gabon
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| South Africa
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| Nigeria
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| Equatorial Guinea
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| Botswana
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 Tunisia
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| Algeria
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| First round | Second round | Third round | |||||||||||||||
 Ivory Coast
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| Senegal
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| Burundi
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 Sierra Leone
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| Central African Republic
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 Togo
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| Guinea
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First round
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | Uganda | |||
| Egypt | Cameroon | |||
| Zimbabwe | w/o | Ethiopia | — | — |
| Eswatini | w/o | Tanzania | — | — |
| Congo | w/o | Benin | — | — |
| DR Congo | Niger | |||
| Gabon | South Africa | |||
| Equatorial Guinea | Botswana | |||
| Tunisia | Algeria | |||
| Ivory Coast | Senegal | |||
| Sierra Leone | Central African Republic | |||
| Togo | Guinea |
Ethiopia won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Zimbabwe withdrew before the first leg.[4]
Tanzania won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Eswatini withdrew before the first leg.[5]
Benin won on walkover and advanced to the second round after Congo withdrew before the first leg.[6]
| South Africa | v | Gabon |
|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | v | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| Senegal | v | Ivory Coast |
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Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia or Uganda | Kenya | |||
| Egypt or Cameroon | Ethiopia | |||
| Tanzania | Zambia | |||
| Benin | DR Congo or Niger | |||
| Gabon or South Africa | Nigeria | |||
| Eq. Guinea or Botswana | Tunisia or Algeria | |||
| Ivory Coast or Senegal | Burundi | |||
| Sierra Leone or Central Africa | Togo or Guinea |
Qualified teams for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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) |
See also
References
- ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Wosoworld [@karlyboy71] (December 31, 2024). "U17 Women's World Cup 2025 Qualifiers: Ethiopia Advances to Second Round After Zimbabwe's Withdrawal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Serengeti Girls Face Off Against Zambia" (in Swahili). Matukio Muhimu. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Facebook.
- ^ Wosoworld [@karlyboy71] (December 28, 2024). "U17 Women's World Cup 2025 Qualifiers: Benin Advances to Second Round After Congo's Withdrawal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.