Preliminary Round Match Day 1: 4-6 January 2008 Match Day 2: 18-20 January 2008 First listed plays first leg at home Liberia - Benin Nigeria - Guinea Cameroon - Namibia South Africa - Botswana Zambia - Ghana Zimbabwe - Congo First Round Match Day 1: 2-4 May 2008 Match Day 2: 16-18 May 2008 First listed plays first leg at home Liberia-Benin winner - Nigeria-Guinea winner Cameroon-Namibia winner - South Africa-Botswana winner Zambia-Ghana winner - Zimbabwe-Congo winner No further information is available, although I believe the three first round winners must be winnowed down to two qualifiers. http://www.cafonline50.com/?lng=1&module=media&idrub=94833&idnews=82134
I was wrong about this; all federations except Oceania will get three slots for the U-17 Women's World Cup.
Ghana's squad will be drawn mainly from their U-14 team. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/artikel.php?ID=133579
5 January Nigeria 7:0 Guinea Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana withdraw. Cameroon, South Africa, and RD Congo advance to first round.
In lieu of these withdrawals in Africa, I understand now why Conmebol made a point of commenting that all 10 Federations had shown up for the South American qualifiers in Chile. These started yesterday with Ecuador and Chile tie 1-1 and Argentina won over Bolivia 5-1. More games today Peru/Paraguay and Brasil/Uruguay.
Liberia - Benin , Benin withdrew Only one of 6 matches were played , one is postponed and 4 withdrawals... Next round : Liberia - Nigeria (if Nigeria dont lose more than 7-0 to Guinea) Cameroon - South Africa Zambia/Ghana - Congo DR Winners will qualify for World Cup.
Guinea - Nigeria 0-5 Zambia - Ghana : One of the team withdrew , I guess it was Zambia... Final round : Liberia - Nigeria Cameroon - South Africa Ghana - Congo DR
Zambia- Ghana was not cancelled. First match : Zambia - Ghana 0-2 Second match this weekend : Ghana - Zambia 4-0 Ghana advance to next round. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/artikel.php?ID=139382
Black Maidens in camp Ghana U-17s have begun preparing for their qualifier against DR Congo. http://www.ghanafa.org/news/200804/2819.asp
Only two African teams to World Cup. FIFA gave one more spot to Europe and one less to Africa. Maybe because of all the withdrawals in Africa. http://www.fifa.com/u17womenworldcup/qualifiers/index.html
The CAF, or at least its press shop, has no inkling of this (or at least it didn't on May 1st). http://cafonline.com/?lng=1&cmpt=83&module=media&ANC=accueil&TNews=1&idrub=97006&idnews=83137 They haven't added any fixtures to whittle the qualifiers from three to two. This has all the makings of a truly prodigious toes-up.
However, the finalisation of the CAF qualifying route to the World Cup, to be staged in New Zealand from October 30 to November 16, remains unsettled after Fifa reduced the qualifying berths for CAF from three to two. Only six African countries entered the qualifiers but Liberia, who were due to play Nigeria, have since withdrawn. “CAF proposed to Fifa to sponsor a round robin of matches, but the world governing body declined to sponsor the matches. It is now up to CAF to decide how the two teams will be determined and, as of now, I am still in the dark. But whatever decision CAF comes up with, FIFA has indicated that they want to know the names of the two qualifiers by May 31 ahead of the draw,” explains Hilton-Smith. Ghana and DR Congo are the other two teams remaining in the contest. Save & Share http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=2998
According to FIFA, the final three teams(Nigeria, Ghana & Cameroon) will play a home & away round robin series to determine the two spots from late May to early July.
The Flamingoes will play Cameroon in Yaounde on Sunday, host Ghana on June 7, hostCameroon on June 21 and then play away to Ghana on June 29. The two top teams among the three at the end of the league series will represent Africa in New Zealand. Flamingoes = Nigeria U17 http://allafrica.com/stories/200805261172.html
CURRENT STANDINGS 1. Nigeria 1-1-0 (5-3) 2. Cameroon 1-1-0 (3-2) 3. Ghana 0-0-2 (3-6) Ghana needs a miracle.
22 June Nigeria 3:0 Cameroon Nigeria qualify, and have nothing to play for in thier last match against Ghana.