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

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.

First round:

First way matches 

10/01

Zimbabwe - Ethiopia (q)(Cancelled, Ethiopia qualifies for the next round)

Eswatini - Tanzania (q) (Cancelled, Tanzania is qualified for the next round)

Togo - Guinea (q) (Cancelled, Guinea is qualified for the next round)

11/01

Gabon1- 12 South Africa

Sierra Leone 0 - 0 Central African Republic

12/01

Tunisia 0 -1 Algeria

Equatorial Guinea - Botswana (q) (cancelled Botswana is qualified for the next round)

Congo - Benin (q) (Cancelled, Benin is qualified for the next round)

DR Congo 2 - 0 Niger

Egypt 0 - 5 Cameroun

Cote d'Ivoire 1 - 1Senegal

16/01

Namibia 0-10 Uganda

Second leg matches

18/01

Cameroon (q) 1 - 0 Egypt

South Africa (q) 9 - 1 Gabon

Central African Republic 0 - 2 Sierra Leone (q)

19/01

Uganda 8 - 1 Namibia

Niger 0 - 2 DR Congo (q)

Algeria (q) 0 - 0 Tunisia 

Senegal 2 - 2 Côte d'Ivoire (q)

Second round:

First way matches

07/03

Cameroon - Ethiopia

Tanzania - Zambia

South Africa - Nigeria

Sierra Leone - Guinea

Benin - DR Congo

Second leg matches

03/14

Zambia - Tanzania

Nigeria - South Africa

Ethiopia - Cameroun

Guinea - Sierra Leone

DR Congo – Benin

M25, 26: Namibia x Uganda - Kenya

M35, 36: Botswana vs Tunisia x Algeria

M37, 38: Ivory Coast x Senegal vs Burundi

Third round:

M41, 42: Winner 25, 26 vs Winner 27, 28

M43, 44: Winner 29, 30 vs Winner 31, 32

M45, 46: Winner 33, 34 vs Winner 35, 36

M47, 48: Winner 37, 38 vs Winner 39, 40