The road to Africa’s first ever FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup set to be hosted in Morocco in 2025 was officially mapped out, as the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) conducted the qualifiers Draw at its headquarters in Cairo on Thursday, 12 December.
Twenty-Eight (28) African nations will compete for the four available places that will join tournament hosts Morocco to make up the five African representatives at the global showpiece set to take place between 17 October – 08 November 2025 in Morocco.
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will for the first time be contested by 24 nations following its expansion from 16 teams.
The African qualifiers will be played over three knockout rounds of home and away to determine the qualified nations.
The first leg round of qualifiers will be played between 10 – 12 January 2025 for the first round ahead of the first leg return fixtures between 17 – 19 January.
The second round of qualifiers which will have been narrowed down to 16 nations will take place between 07 – 09 March ahead of the return fixtures set to take place between 14 – 16 March 2025.
The qualifiers officially conclude in April 2025 when the third and final rounds take place for the eight remaining nations.
The third round first legs will take place between 18 – 20 April, with the final round of qualifiers to determine the qualified nations to be decided between 25 – 27 April 2025.
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers Draw Results:
ROUND 1:
ROUND 2:
ROUND 3
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