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

2008 African U-17 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	50 (3.57 per match)
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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.^[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:^{[citation needed]}

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

References

1. "Ghana join Nigeria at NZ 2008". FIFA. 6 July 2008. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Tournament at RSSSF