2008 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
# 2008 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

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 qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

## Preliminary round

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

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Liberia | $w/o^1$ | Benin | — | — |
| Guinea | 0–12 | Nigeria | 0–5 | 0–7 |
| Cameroon | $w/o^2$ | Namibia | — | — |
| South Africa | $w/o^3$ | Botswana | — | — |
| Zambia | 0–6 | Ghana | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Zimbabwe | $w/o^4$ | 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 | $w/o^1$ | 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.

| 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 | 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 3 | Cameroon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 1 June 2008 |
| Cameroon | 1–1 | Nigeria | Yaounde |
| 6 June 2008 |
| Nigeria | 4–2 | Ghana | Abuja |
| 14 June 2008 |
| Ghana | 1–2 | Cameroon | Accra |
| 22 June 2008 |
| Nigeria | 3–0 | Cameroon | Abuja |
| 28 June 2008 |
| Ghana | 1–0 | Nigeria | Accra |
| 5 July 2008 |
| Cameroon | 1–2 | Ghana | Yaounde |
