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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
| year           = 2010
| dates          = 
| num_teams      = 10
| confederations = 1
| matches        = 8
| goals          = 45
| attendance     =
| top_scorer     = 
| prevseason     = [[2008 African U-17 Women's Championship|2008]]
| nextseason     = [[2012 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament|2012]]
}}

The '''2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament''' was the second edition of the [[African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women]] and the first edition of this under-17 qualification tournament new format. The biennial international under-17 [[association football|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]].

10 teams entered the competition, but due to many withdrawals, only 5 played matches. The final three teams qualified to the World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament [[Ghana women's national under-17 football team|Ghana]], [[Nigeria women's national under-17 football team|Nigeria]] and [[South Africa women's national under-17 football team|South Africa]] qualified for the [[2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] in Trinidad and Tobago as the CAF representatives.

==Preliminary round==
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Botswana]]'''|Botswana|[[Walkover|w/o]]|[[Kenya]]<sup>1</sup>|Kenya|N/A|N/A|}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Togo]]'''|Togo|[[Walkover|w/o]]|[[Sierra Leone]]<sup>1</sup>|Sierra Leone|N/A|N/A|}}
|}
*1 – Both Kenya and Sierra Leone withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Botswana and Togo qualified for the next round.<ref name="cafresults">[http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-17-women_2010/results Preliminary Round Matches & Results] Retrieved 2010-02-11. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501042530/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-17-women_2010/results|date=2013-05-01}}</ref>

==First round==
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Botswana]]|Botswana|1–22|'''[[South Africa]]'''|South Africa|1–9|0–13|}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Togo]]<sup>2</sup>|Togo|[[Walkover|w/o]]|'''[[Nigeria]]'''|Nigeria|N/A|N/A|}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[RD Congo]]<sup>2</sup>|Democratic Republic of the Congo|[[Walkover|w/o]]|'''[[Tunisia]]'''|Tunisia|N/A|N/A|}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Ghana]]'''|Ghana|[[Walkover|w/o]]|[[Egypt]]<sup>2</sup>|Egypt|N/A|N/A|}}
|}
*2 – Togo, RD Congo, and Egypt withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Ghana qualified for the next round.<ref name=cafresults/>

==Second round==
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Nigeria]]'''|Nigeria|7–1|[[South Africa]]|South Africa|5–0 <ref name=cafresults2>[http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-17-women_2010/results Matches & Results] Updated for 2nd round, as of 3 May 2010</ref>|2–1 <ref name=cafresults2/>|}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Ghana]]'''|Ghana|11–0|[[Tunisia]]|Tunisia|7–0 <ref name=cafresults2/>|4–0 <ref name=cafresults2/>|}}
|}
Nigeria and Ghana qualify for the [[2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] held in [[Trinidad and Tobago]].  South Africa and Tunisia will play in a playoff round to determine the last qualifier.

==Play-off round==
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Tunisia]]|Tunisia|1–2|'''[[South Africa]]'''|South Africa|0–1 <ref name=cafplayoff>[http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-17-women_2010/results cafonline.com playoff results]</ref>|1–1|}}
|}
The winner of the play-off round will qualify for the [[2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] held in [[Trinidad and Tobago]].

==Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup==
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Team
! Qualified on
! Previous appearances in tournament
|-
| {{fbwu|17|GHA}}|| {{sort|01|2010}}|| 1 ([[2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2008]])
|-
| {{fbwu|17|NGR}}|| {{sort|02|2010}}|| 1 ([[2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2008]])
|-
| {{fbwu|17|RSA}}|| {{sort|03|2010}}|| 0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-wom-u17-2010.html African Women U-17 Qualifying Tournament 2010] – ''rsssf.com''

{{African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women}}
{{International women's football}}
{{2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Qualification}}

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