2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament


The 2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 6th 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 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 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Three teams qualify from this tournament for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CAF representatives.
For the first time Nigeria failed to qualify for the Women's World Cup at any age level.

Teams

A total of 17 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was announced by the CAF on 7 August 2017.
Bye to first round
Preliminary round entrants

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    ;Did not enter

    Format

    Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

    Schedule

    The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.
    RoundLegDate
    Preliminary roundFirst leg13–15 October 2017
    Preliminary roundSecond leg27–29 October 2017
    First roundFirst leg1–3 December 2017
    First roundSecond leg15–17 December 2017
    Second roundFirst leg2–4 February 2018
    Second roundSecond leg16–18 February 2018

    Bracket

    The three winners of the second round qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

    Preliminary round

    First round

    Second round

    Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

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

    The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
    TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[|1]
    5
    1
    1

    Goalscorers

    ;12 goals
    ;5 goals
    ;4 goals
    ;3 goals
    ;2 goals
    ;1 goal
    ;1 own goal