| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 November 2015 – 26 March 2016 |
| Teams | 15 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 53 (3.79 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Noha Tarek Rasheedat Ajibade(8 goals each) |
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The 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CAF representatives.[1]
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.[2]
- ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.