2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 28 (4.67 per match)

The 2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 4th 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.

The tournament was played on a home and away knockout basis. 10 teams entered the competition. The pairings were released in late June 2013.[1] The first round's many withdrawal of teams was openly criticised by FIFA.[2]

The top three teams of the tournament Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives.

First round

Matches are played in the first week of August and September. Nigeria and South Africa received a bye this round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Equatorial Guinea  w/o1  Kenya
Ghana  w/o2  Congo
Botswana  3–8  Zambia 2–5 1–3
Morocco  w/o3  South Sudan

Second round

Nigeria and South Africa were the top seeded teams and received a bye to the first round. Matches were played in November.[5][6] The three winners qualified to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Nigeria due to withdrawal of South Sudan from the Competition.[7][8] Ghana on a 5–2 aggregate against Equatorial Guinea.[9] Zambia booked their world cup ticket after a 3–1 win against South Africa.[10]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana  5–2  Equatorial Guinea 2–0 3–2
Zambia  6–4  South Africa 3–3 3–1
South Sudan  w/o1  Nigeria

References

  1. "FIFA U17 Women's World Cup qualifiers fixtures released". safa.net. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "FIFA unhappy with African countries". ngrguardiannews.com. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. "Kenya withdraws from U17 WCQ". supersport.com. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. "Ghana qualifies to next stage of U-17 women world cup". news.xinhuanet.com. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. "Sports focus, your ultimate source for sports news - FIFA U17 Women's World Cup qualifiers fixtures released". web.archive.org. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  6. "CAF releases draw for Women U17 qualifiers | Futaa.com". futaa.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. "Nigeria Female U-17 team qualify for Costa Rica 2014, as South Sudan withdraws - Premium Times Nigeria". premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. "Flamingos qualify for Costa Rica 2014, as South Sudan withdraws - Vanguard News". vanguardngr.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  9. "Ghana's Black Maidens reach 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup finals after Malabo win". web.archive.org. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  10. "ZamFoot | The fans' perspective". zambianfootball.co.zm. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  11. "U17 Women World Cup: Nigeria qualify as South Sudan withdraws". en.starafrica.com. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

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