# African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

The African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth women's association football qualification competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football for its nations.

## History

With the imminent inauguration of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2008, CAF began organizing a qualification competition that year with 12 teams entering its debut edition, but 5 withdrew before playing. On 19 January 2010, CAF released the fixtures for the second edition of this competition. Ten teams entered that edition, but only five played matches; Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa qualified for that year's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. On 7 June 2023, CAF revealed the formats for the qualification procedures for the next editions of the FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cups, the former whose draw was conducted the following day.

## Results
### African U-17 Women's Championship

| Year | Hosts | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place |
| 2008 | Home sites | Nigeria | round-robin | Ghana | Cameroon |

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

| Year | Hosts | | Final round | Final round | Final round |
| Year | Hosts | | Winners | Agg. Score | Runners-up |
| 2010 | Home sites | | Ghana | 11–0 | Tunisia |
| 2010 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 7–1 | South Africa |
| 2010 | Home sites | | South Africa | 2–1 | Tunisia |
| 2012 | Home sites | | Gambia | 3–1 | Tunisia |
| 2012 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 7–1 | Zambia |
| 2012 | Home sites | | Ghana | 5–1 | South Africa |
| 2013 | Home sites | | Ghana | 5–2 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2013 | Home sites | | Nigeria | w/o | South Sudan |
| 2013 | Home sites | | Zambia | 6–4 | South Africa |
| 2016 | Home sites | | Ghana | 10–0 | Morocco |
| 2016 | Home sites | | Cameroon | 6–1 | Egypt |
| 2016 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 7–0 | South Africa |
| 2018 | Home sites | | Ghana | 19–0 | Djibouti |
| 2018 | Home sites | | South Africa | 6–1 | Morocco |
| 2018 | Home sites | | Cameroon | 3–3 (a) | Nigeria |
| 2020 | Not completed: The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not completed: The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not completed: The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not completed: The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not completed: The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2022 | Home sites | | Morocco | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Ghana |
| 2022 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 1–0 | Ethiopia |
| 2022 | Home sites | | Tanzania | 5–1 | Cameroon |
| 2024 | Home sites | | Kenya | 5–0 | Burundi |
| 2024 | Home sites | | Zambia | 3–1 | Morocco |
| 2024 | Home sites | | Nigeria | 6–1 | Liberia |
| 2025 | Home sites | | To be played | To be played | To be played |

## Results at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Since its inception in 2008, all editions have qualified three teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Ghana finished 3rd in the 2012 edition in Azerbaijan. Nigeria finished 3rd in the 2022 edition in India. Tanzania has reached the quarter-final also the same year, with all other qualified CAF nations getting eliminated in the group stages.
| World Cup | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| Cameroon | | | | | GS | GS | | | | 2 |
| Gambia | | | GS | | | | | | | 1 |
| Ghana | GS | GS | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | | | | 6 |
| Kenya | | | | | | | | Q | | 1 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | GS | | Q | 2 |
| Nigeria | GS | QF | QF | QF | GS | | 3rd | Q | | 7 |
| South Africa | | GS | | | | GS | | | | 2 |
| Tanzania | | | | | | | QF | | | 1 |
| Zambia | | | | GS | | | | Q | | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |

## Team participation

| Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| Algeria | | | | | | R1 | | | R3 | IP | 3 |
| Benin | • | | | | | | | R1 | R2 | IP | 3 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | | R3 | | 1 |
| Botswana | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | PR | R1 | | R1 | R2 | R2 | 8 |
| Burundi | | | | | | | | R2 | R4 | R2 | 3 |
| Cameroon | 3rd | | R1 | | Q | Q | | R3 | R2 | IP | 7 |
| Central African Republic | | | | | | | | | R2 | R1 | 2 |
| Congo | | | | •$^1$ | | | | | | • | 0 |
| DR Congo | • | • | | | • | | | R1 • | R2 | R2 | 3 |
| Djibouti | | | | | R1 | R2 | | R1 • | R3 | | 4 |
| Egypt | | • | | | R2 | | | R2 | | R1 | 3 |
| Ethiopia | | | | | R1 | R1 | | R3 | R3 | R2 | 5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | | | | R2 | | • | | PR • | R2 | • | 3 |
| Eritrea | | | | | | | | R1 • | | | 1 |
| Gabon | | | | | • | | | | | R1 | 1 |
| Gambia | | | Q | | | R1 | | | | | 2 |
| Ghana | 2nd | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | | R3 | | | 7 |
| Guinea | PR | | • | | | | | R2 | R2 | IP | 4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | | | | | | | | q | | | 1 |
| Kenya | | • | R1 | • | | • | | R1 • | Q | IP | 4 |
| Liberia | R1 | | | | | | | R1 | R4 | | 3 |
| Libya | | | | | | • | | | R2 | | 1 |
| Mali | | | | | • | • | | | R2 | | 1 |
| Mauritania | | | | | | | | PR • | | | 1 |
| Mauritius | | | | | | | | | PR • | | 1 |
| Morocco | | | | • | R2 | R2 | | Q | R4 | Q$^2$ | 4 |
| Mozambique | | | • | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Namibia | • | | R1 | | R1 | | | R1 • | | R1 | 4 |
| Niger | | | | | | | | R2 | R2 | R1 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 1st | Q | Q | Q | Q | R2 | | Q | Q | IP | 9 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | | PR • | | | 1 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | | | | | | | | R1 • | | | 1 |
| Senegal | | | | | | | | R1 | R3 | R1 | 3 |
| Sierra Leone | | • | R1 | | • | PR | | PR • | | R2 | 3 |
| South Africa | R1 | Q | R2 | R2 | R2 | Q | | R2 | R2 | R2 | 9 |
| South Sudan | | | | | R2 | | | PR • | | | 2 |
| Tanzania | | | | | | | | Q | R2 | R2 | 3 |
| Togo | | | R1 | | | | | | | • | 1 |
| Tunisia | | | R2 | R2 | | • | | | | R1 | 3 |
| Uganda | | | | | | | | R1 | R3 | R2 | 3 |
| Zambia | PR | | R2 | Q | • | PR | | R2 | Q | IP | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | R1 | | | | | | | | | • | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | N/A | 29 | 25 | 23 | |
    $^1$ Congo did not show up for the first leg in the first round.
    $^2$ Morocco don't taked part to a qualification because it's hosts the WC.