Cameroon's U17 women's national football team faces Senegal this Friday, May 22, 2026, in the first leg of the second round of the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup qualifiers, Morocco 2026. The match will take place at the Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium in Dakar at 2 p.m.
The Indomitable Lionesses approach this match with confidence, buoyed by their resounding victory against Algeria in the previous round. They won 5-1 in Blida in the first leg, before confirming their dominance with a 6-0 victory in the return match. This double confrontation allowed the Cameroonians to validate their ticket for the second round with authority.
The stakes are high for this encounter against Senegal: to gain a favorable option before the return match and continue to advance in these qualifiers. This generation of Cameroonian footballers will try to confirm the promises seen since the start of this qualifying campaign. The ultimate goal is to secure one of the four qualifying spots for the U17 World Cup, which will be held in Morocco from October 17 to November 7, 2026.
In total, 31 African teams are involved in these qualifiers, divided into three knockout rounds. At the end of these confrontations, the four best African teams will join Morocco, the host country, for the final phase of the 2026 U17 Women's World Cup. Cameroon, eliminated in the first round in 2025, has great ambitions for this 2026 edition and will have to confirm its good form to continue dreaming of qualifying for the World Cup.
In addition to the Senegal-Cameroon match, other important matches are scheduled as part of this second round of qualifiers. These include the East African derby between Uganda and Kenya, as well as the Guinea-Nigeria, Tanzania-South Africa and Zambia-DR Congo confrontations. These matches promise to be competitive, as all teams are determined to secure their qualification for the next stage.
The U17 Lionesses hope to repeat their performances from 2016 and 2018, where they won the African U17 Championship. They also participated in the U17 World Cup in those same years. The team will try to build on its collective strengths and offensive efficiency to achieve its qualification objective.
The return match between Cameroon and Senegal will be played in the coming days, and will determine which team will advance to the next round of the qualifiers. The Lionesses will have to remain focused and determined to validate their qualification and continue to dream of the Moroccan World Cup. Qualification for the U17 World Cup is a major objective for Cameroonian women's football, which seeks to develop and shine on the international stage.
