2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup: No Ghana as road to Morocco mapped out for African teams

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has completed the draw for the African qualifiers for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup.Excluding Ghana, 28 African nations will compete for five spots in the tournament, which is scheduled to take place in Morocco from October 17 to November 8, 2025.The Black Maidens of Ghana were disqualified from the qualifiers following a ban imposed by CAF due to age-cheating allegations filed by the Moroccan Federation after the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.The draw, conducted on December 12, 2024, revealed that 24 nations will compete in the first round, with the winners advancing to the second round to face higher-ranked CAF teams such as Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, and Burundi.The victors of the second round will then progress to the final qualification phase, where they will battle for the limited spots available in the tournament hosted on African soil.FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup Qualifiers Draw Results:ROUND 1:

M1, 2: Namibia vs Uganda M3, 4: Egypt vs Cameroon M5, 6: Zimbabwe vs Ethiopia M7, 8: Eswatini vs Tanzania M9, 10: Congo vs Benin M11, 12: DR Congo vs Niger M13, 14: Gabon vs South Africa M15, 16: Equatorial Guinea vs Botswana M17, 18: Tunisia vs Algeria M19, 20: Cote dIvoire vs Senegal M21, 22: Sierra Leone vs Central Africa Republic M23, 24: Togo vs Guinea

ROUND 2:

M25, 26: Namibia x Uganda vs Kenya M27, 28: Egypt X Cameroon vs Zimbabwe x Ethiopia M29, 30: Eswatini x Tanzania vs Zambia M31, 32: Congo x Benin vs DR Congo x Niger M33, 34: Gabon x South Africa vs Nigeria M35, 36: Equatorial Guinea x Botswana vs Tunisia x Algeria M37, 38: Cote dIvoire x Senegal vs Burundi M39, 40: Sierra Leone x Central Africa Republic vs Togo x Guinea

ROUND 3

M41, 42: Winner 25, 26 vs Winner 27, 28 M43, 44: Winner 29, 30 vs Winner 31, 32 M45, 46: Winner 33, 34 vs Winner 35, 36 M47, 48: Winner 37, 38 vs Winner 39, 40