2008 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women

The 2008 CAF U-20 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 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/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 or relegation
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

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

External links

• Official website
• Tournament at RSSSF