2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament


The 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th 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 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CAF representatives.
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.

Teams

A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
Preliminary round
6
First round
9
Qualifying roundsTotal15

Did not enter

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 would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
The three winners of the second round qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
RoundLegDate
Preliminary roundFirst leg27–29 November 2015
Preliminary roundSecond leg11–13 December 2015
First roundFirst leg8–10 January 2016
First roundSecond leg22–24 January 2016
Second roundFirst leg11–13 March 2016
Second roundSecond leg25–27 March 2016

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Winners qualified for 2016 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 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1

Goalscorers

;8 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal