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Everything you need to know about the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers

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The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers officially get underway for African teams on Friday, 10 January.

A total of four nations will join tournament hosts, Morocco to make up the five African representatives to fly the African flag at the finals set to take place from 17 October to 8 November 2025.

The qualifiers will involve 28 nations and will be played over three rounds of home and away fixtures.

 

Dates of African Qualifiers

First Round

First Leg: January 10–16, 2025
Second Leg: January 17–19, 2025

  • Second RoundFirst Leg: March 7–9, 2025
    Second Leg: March 14–16, 2025
  • Third RoundFirst Leg: April 18–20, 2025
    Second Leg: April 25–27, 2025

Qualification Fixtures(Updated results after the matches)

Third Round:First Leg: 18 April

  • Kenya vs. Cameroon
  • Zambia vs. Benin
  • Nigeria vs. Algeria
  • Côte d'Ivoire vs. Guinea

Second Leg: 25 April

  • Cameroon vs. Kenya
  • Benin vs. Zambia
  • Botswana/Algeria vs. Nigeria
  • Guinea vs. Côte d'Ivoire

Second Round:Second Leg
March 16

  • DR Congo 0–3 Benin (Benin qualified for the 3rd round, 5-0 aggregate score)
  • Kenya 3–0 Uganda (Kenya qualified for the 3rd round, 5-0 aggregate score)
  • Algeria 4–0 Botswana (Algeria qualified for the 3rd round, 5-2 aggregate score)

March 15

  • Nigeria 2–0 South Africa (Nigeria qualified for the 3rd round, 5-1 aggregate score)
  • Guinea 2–1 Sierra Leone (Guinea qualified for the 3rd round, 4-3 aggregate score)
  • Ethiopia 0–1 Cameroon (Cameroon qualified for the 3rd round, 6-2 aggregate score)
  • Zambia 1–0 Tanzania (Zambia qualified for the 3rd round, 4-0 aggregate score)

March 12

  • Burundi 0–3 Côte d'Ivoire (Côte d'Ivoire qualified for the 3rd round, 4-3 aggregate score)

First Leg
March 8

  • South Africa 1–3 Nigeria
  • Uganda 0–2 Kenya
  • Botswana 2–1 Algeria
  • Sierra Leone 2–2 Guinea
  • Cameroon 5–2 Ethiopia

March 9

  • Tanzania 0–3 Zambia
  • Benin 2–0 DR Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire 1–3 Burundi

First Round:
First Leg
January 10

  • Zimbabwe vs. Ethiopia (Ethiopia qualified for the next round)
  • Eswatini vs. Tanzania (Tanzania qualified for the next round)
  • Togo vs. Guinea (Guinea qualified for the next round)

January 11

  • Gabon 1–12 South Africa
  • Sierra Leone 0–0 Central African Republic

January 12

  • Tunisia 0–1 Algeria
  • Equatorial Guinea vs. Botswana (Botswana qualified for the next round)
  • Congo vs. Benin (Benin qualified for the next round)
  • DR Congo 2–0 Niger
  • Egypt 0–5 Cameroon
  • Côte d'Ivoire 1–1 Senegal

January 16

  • Namibia 0–10 Uganda

Second Leg
January 18

  • Cameroon 1–0 Egypt (Cameroon qualified for the next round)
  • South Africa 9–1 Gabon (South Africa qualified for the next round)
  • Central African Republic 0–2 Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone qualified for the next round)

January 19

  • Uganda 8–1 Namibia (Uganda qualified for the next round)
  • Niger 0–2 DR Congo (DR Congo qualified for the next round)
  • Algeria 0–0 Tunisia (Algeria qualified for the next round)
  • Senegal 2–2 Côte d'Ivoire (Côte d'Ivoire qualified for the next round)