# 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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.
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.

## Teams

A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| Preliminary round | Botswana  Djibouti  DR Congo  Gabon  Namibia  Sierra Leone | 6 |
| First round | Cameroon  Egypt  Ethiopia  Ghana  Mali  Morocco  Nigeria  South Africa  Zambia | 9 |
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 15 |
* Did not enter
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Congo
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Gambia
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Niger
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zimbabwe

## 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.
| Round | Leg | Date |
| Preliminary round | First leg | 27–29 November 2015 |
| Preliminary round | Second leg | 11–13 December 2015 |
| First round | First leg | 8–10 January 2016 |
| First round | Second leg | 22–24 January 2016 |
| Second round | First leg | 11–13 March 2016 |
| Second round | Second leg | 25–27 March 2016 |

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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.
Sierra Leone won on walkover.
Djibouti won on walkover.
Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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.
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.

## Second round

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |
Ghana won 10–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 6–1 on aggregate.
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 tournament |
| 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

* Noha Tarek
* Rasheedat Ajibade

### 4 goals

* Alexandra Takounda

### 3 goals

* Soline Djoubi
* Mukarama Abdulai
* Cynthia Aku
* Yetunde Fajobi

### 2 goals

* Melat Demeke
* Barikisu Abdul Rahman
* Sandra Owusu-Ansah
* Kylie van Wyk

### 1 goal

* Michelle Abueng
* Lesego Radiakanyo
* Claudia Dabda
* Christiana Mpeh Bissong
* Nadin Yasser Ezzat
* Yara Mostafa
* Ymisrach Lakew
* Grace Asantewaa
* Rafia Alhassan
* Philicity Asuako
* Ignacia Haoses
* Patience Dike
* Peace Efih