2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

The 2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the second edition of the African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women and the first edition of this under-17 qualification tournament new format. The biennial international under-17 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.

2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	45 (5.63 per match)
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10 teams entered the competition, but due to many withdrawals, only 5 played matches. The final three teams qualified to the World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago as the CAF representatives.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botswana	w/o	Kenya1	N/A	N/A
Togo	w/o	Sierra Leone1	N/A	N/A

• 1 – Both Kenya and Sierra Leone withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Botswana and Togo qualified for the next round.^[1]

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botswana	1–22	South Africa	1–9	0–13
Togo2	w/o	Nigeria	N/A	N/A
RD Congo2	w/o	Tunisia	N/A	N/A
Ghana	w/o	Egypt2	N/A	N/A

• 2 – Togo, RD Congo, and Egypt withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Ghana qualified for the next round.^[1]

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	7–1	South Africa	5–0 [2]	2–1 [2]
Ghana	11–0	Tunisia	7–0 [2]	4–0 [2]

Nigeria and Ghana qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago. South Africa and Tunisia will play in a playoff round to determine the last qualifier.

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tunisia	1–2	South Africa	0–1 [3]	1–1

The winner of the play-off round will qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago.

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	2010	1 (2008)
Nigeria	2010	1 (2008)
South Africa	2010	0

References

1. Preliminary Round Matches & Results Retrieved 2010-02-11. Archived 2013-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
2. Matches & Results Updated for 2nd round, as of 3 May 2010
3. cafonline.com playoff results

External links

• African Women U-17 Qualifying Tournament 2010 – rsssf.com