Kenya confirmed for U17, U20 Women’s FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, draw set for Thursday

Kenya is set to return to global football competitions in the U17 Women’s FIFA World Cup and U20 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the draws for the two competitions will take place at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo on Thursday 8 June 2023 at 1 PM to officially kick off the road to the two 2024 women’s football global events.

For the FIFA U17 competition qualifiers, a total of 25 nations will be involved in the draw while 35 have been confirmed for the U20 edition.

Kenya is set to take place in the two qualifiers and is one of the 23 African nations that have confirmed their participation in both.

Qualifiers for both competitions will be contested on a home and away basis.

Recently, Kenya missed the draw for the Olympics qualifiers, with the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) clarifying that confirmation for participation was done when Kenya was still suspended by FIFA.

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Nations confirmed for the u17 qualifiers draw:

Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, DR Congo, Djibouti, Eq. Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, KENYA, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda & Zambia

Nations confirmed for the U20 draw:

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eq. Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, KENYA, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda & Zambia

FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Qualifier Format:

First Round: Composed of two (2) teams. (The 2 teams are determined according to their participation in the last U17 Women’s World Cup editions).

Second Round: The qualified teams from the first round in addition to the twenty-three (23) exempted teams will play in the second round. 12 teams will qualify for the 3rd round.

Third Round: The 12 qualified teams will play the third round qualifying 6 teams for the 4th round.

Fourth Round: The 6 qualified teams will play the fourth round qualifying three (3) teams for the U17 WWC.

FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Qualifier Format:

First Round: Composed of 6 teams. (The 6 teams are determined according to their participation in the last U20 Women’s World Cup editions).

Second Round: The 3 qualified teams from the first round in addition to the 29 exempted teams will play the 2nd round. 16 teams will qualify for the 3rd round.

Third Round: The 16 qualified teams will play the 3rd round qualifying 8 teams for the 4th round.

Fourth Round: the 8 qualified teams will play the 4th round qualifying 4 teams to the 5th round.

Fifth Round: the 4 qualified teams will play the last round qualifying 2 teams to the U20 WWC.