U-17 WWC (Q): Burundi dump Malawi out

The Burundi under-17 women’s national team dumped Malawi out of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (U-17 WWC) after beating them 2-1 on Sunday in Bujumbura.

 

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Nshizahabona Kerene and Kezakimana Ella scored for the hosts in the 10^th and 14^th minutes at Stade Intwari to condemn the Young Scorchers out of the race 4-2 on aggregate.

The Malawians pulled one back in the second half but it was rather too little and too late as they needed a two-goal margin victory to progress through.

Going into the second leg, the Young Scorchers had their backs to the wall as they had lost the first leg 1-2 to Burundi in Lilongwe last Saturday.

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Malawi, just like their seniors who finished the FIFA Series 2026 empty-handed in Kenya last week, are returning home. Burundi are proceeding to the next round to meet either South Sudan or Ethiopia.

There is one more round to produce the finalists for the tenth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The world tournament will take place in Morocco from 17 October to 7 November 2026, with 24 sides set to battle it out.