# 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

The 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification was the 8th 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 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
three teams qualified from this tournament for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CAF representatives.

## Draw

A total of 29 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 10 May 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draw procedures were as follows:
* In the first round, the 10 teams were drawn into five ties, with teams divided into four pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
* In the second round, the five first round winners and the 19 teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into twelve ties based on the first round tie numbers, with five first round winners playing against the five teams receiving byes, and the other four first round winners playing against each other.
* In the third round, the twelve second round winners were allocated into six ties based on the second round tie numbers.
* In the fourth round, the six third round winners were allocated into three ties based on the third round tie numbers.

### Table

First round entrants (29 teams) :
| Pot A (8 from CECAFA) | Pot B (4 from COSAFA + 1 from CECAFA) | Pot C (2 from UNAF) | Pot D (4 from UNIFFAC) | Pot E (6 from WAFU A) | Pot F (4 from WAFU B) |
| Ethiopia  Uganda  South Sudan  Eritrea  Kenya  Djibouti  Burundi  Rwanda | Zambia  Tanzania  Namibia  Botswana  South Africa | Egypt  Morocco | Equatorial Guinea  DR Congo  São Tomé and Príncipe  Cameroon | Sierra Leone  Senegal  Mauritania  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia | Nigeria  Benin  Niger  Ghana |

#### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the group stage.
* (W): Withdrew after the draw

### Did not enter

* Algeria
* Angola
* Burkina Faso
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Congo
* Zimbabwe
* Eswatini
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ivory Coast
* Lesotho
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Togo
* Tunisia

## 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.

## Schedule

| Round | Leg | Date |
| First round | First leg | 13–15 January 2022 |
| First round | Second leg | 27–29 January 2022 |
| Second round | First leg | 3–5 March 2022 |
| Second round | Second leg | 17–19 March 2022 |
| Third round | First leg | 15–17 April 2022 |
| Third round | Second leg | 29 April–1 May 2022 |
| Fourth round | First leg | 20–22 May 2022 |
| Fourth round | Second leg | 4–5 June 2022 |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Eritrea | w/o | South Sudan | — | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | w/o | Kenya | — | — |
| DR Congo | w/o | Rwanda | — | — |
| Senegal | w/o | Sierra Leone | — | — |
| Benin | w/o | Mauritania | — | — |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Eritrea | w/o | Cameroon | — | — |
| Zambia | w/o | Namibia | — | — |
| Djibouti | w/o | Burundi | — | — |
| Tanzania | 11–0 | Botswana | 7–0 | 4–0 |
| Kenya | w/o | South Africa | — | — |
| Uganda | 3–3 (a) | Ethiopia | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Egypt | w/o | Guinea-Bissau | — | — |
| DR Congo | 0–8 | Nigeria | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| Liberia | 3–9 | Guinea | 2–2 | 1–7 |
| Senegal | 0–4 | Ghana | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Niger | w/o | São Tomé and Príncipe | — | — |
| Benin | 1–3 | Morocco | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Notes:
* ↑ Kenya were disqualified as they were suspended by FIFA.
Tanzania won 11–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on away goals.
Nigeria won 8–0 on aggregate.
Guinea won 9–3 on aggregate.
Ghana won 4–0 on aggregate.
Morocco won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Zambia | 0–5 | Cameroon | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Burundi | 2–5 | Tanzania | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| South Africa | 1–3 | Ethiopia | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Nigeria | 6–0 | Egypt | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Guinea | 1–10 | Ghana | 1–3 | 0–7 |
| Niger | 0–18 | Morocco | 0–11 | 0–7 |
Cameroon won 5–0 on aggregate.
Tanzania won 5–2 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate.
Ghana won 10–1 on aggregate.
Morocco won 18–0 on aggregate.

## Fourth round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cameroon | 1–5 | Tanzania | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Ethiopia | 0–1 | Nigeria | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Ghana | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Morocco | 2–0 | 0–2 |
Tanzania won 5–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Morocco won 4–2 on penalties.

## Qualified teams for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| Nigeria | 4 June 2022 | 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| Morocco | 4 June 2022 | 0 (debut) |
| Tanzania | 5 June 2022 | 0 (debut) |

## Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.
10 goals
* Clara Luvanga
6 goals
* Opeyemi Ajakaye
5 goals
* Yasmine Zouhir
* Neema Paul
4 goals
* Djennah Cherif
3 goals
* Camila Daha
* Nancy Amoh
* Georgina Aoyem
* Fatoumata Samoura
* Doha El Madani
* Omowunmi Bello
* Aisha Juma
2 goals
* Mana Lamine
* Emush Daniel
* Eyrus Wondemu
* Constance Agyemang
* Princess Owusu
* Fanta Sidibé
* Maysane Khelifi
* Kenza Laksiri
* Oluwatunmininu Adeshina
* Hadijah Nandago
1 goal
* Yasminath Djibril
* Rukiya Bizimana
* Estella Gakima
* Bernadette Ngaseh
* Semira Ahmed
* Kumneger Kassa
* Mary Amponsah
* Abdulai Karina
* Dejean Kubura
* Mariam Maltiti
* Stella Nyamekye
* Rasheeda Shahadu
* Mafering Camara
* Nana Camara
* Salematou Diop
* Maman Fancinadouno
* Saran Sidibé
* Hawa Fatomah
* Zeta Kromah
* Jessica Quachie
* Douae Azizi
* Fatima El Ghazouani
* Mina El Hamzaoui
* Iman El Hannachi
* Hiba Karimi
* Samya Masnaoui
* Yasmine Sioui
* Taiwo Afolabi
* Doosur Atume
* Blessing Emmanuel
* Miracle Usani
* Andrielle Mibe
* Veronica Gabriel
* Diana Mnally
* Husna Mpanja
* Shakira Nyinagahirwa