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Junior Starlets to face Uganda in 2025 World Cup qualifier

Mildred Cheche

Kenya U-17 women's team coach Mildred Cheche issues instructions to her players from the touchline during a 2024 Fifa U-17 World Cup qualifying match against Burundi in Nairobi on June 16, 2024. 

Photo credit: Chris Omollo | Nation Media Group
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By  Toto Arege

Correspondent

NMG Sport

What you need to know:

  • Several withdrawals in the first round—Zimbabwe vs Ethiopia, Eswatini vs Tanzania, Congo vs Benin, and Togo vs Guinea—saw Ethiopia, Tanzania, Guinea, and Benin advance to the second round.
  • From 2025, the U17 competition will be held annually with 24 participating nations. Morocco will host the tournament from 2025 through 2029, with the first African edition scheduled for October 16 to November 3, 2025.

Kenya’s Junior Starlets will face Uganda in the second round of the 2025 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in March.

The first leg is scheduled between March 7-9, with the second leg set for March 14-16.

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