2008 African U-17 Women's Championship

The 2008 African U-17 Women's Championship was the first edition of the African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women that served as the African qualifying tournament to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The winners of the tournament Nigeria and the runners-up Ghana have qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

2008 African U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored50 (3.57 per match)

Preliminary round

Of six match pairings, only two were actually played out.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liberia  w/o1  Benin
Guinea  0–12  Nigeria 0–5 0–7
Cameroon  w/o2  Namibia
South Africa  w/o3  Botswana
Zambia  0–6  Ghana 0–2 0–4
Zimbabwe  w/o4  DR Congo
  • 1 Benin withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Liberia qualified for the next round.
  • 2 Namibia withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Cameroon qualified for the next round.
  • 3 Botswana withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, South Africa qualified for the next round.
  • 4 DR Congo withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Zimbabwe qualified for the next round.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liberia  w/o1  Nigeria
Cameroon  3–0  South Africa 2–0 1–0
Ghana  11–0  DR Congo 8–0 3–0
  • 1 Liberia withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Nigeria qualified for the next round.

Second round

In the second round a double-round robin was played. After that the top two teams, Nigeria and Ghana, qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Ghana 4 2 0 2 6 7 1 6
3  Cameroon 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 4
Source:
1 June 2008
Cameroon 1–1 NigeriaYaounde
6 June 2008
Nigeria 4–2 GhanaAbuja
14 June 2008
Ghana 1–2 CameroonAccra
22 June 2008
Nigeria 3–0 CameroonAbuja
28 June 2008
Ghana 1–0 NigeriaAccra
5 July 2008
Cameroon 1–2 GhanaYaounde

References

  1. "Ghana join Nigeria at NZ 2008". FIFA. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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