Senegal Qualify As Sierra Leone Withdraw From U17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers

Senegal Qualify As Sierra Leone Withdraw From U17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers By Our Reporter The U17 women's national team of Sierra Leone has withdrawn from the First Round of the African World Cup qualifying matches against Senegal. Sierra Leone was scheduled to face Senegal in the first qualifying round in January 2022. The double header between Sierra Leone and Senegal is therefore canceled and Senegal is automatically qualified for the next round. South Sudan and Mauritania previously announced their withdrawal which resulted in the qualification of Eritrea and Benin. The first round will fixture Equatorial Guinea vs Kenya and DR Congo vs Rwanda. Nineteen (19) teams were exempted from the first round notably Niger, Namibia, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, Sao Tome E. Principe, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Guinea-Bissau.