Update on already qualified teams, after the 2017 Women's Junior (U19) African Nations Championships ended in Abidjan (CIV) tonight.
Teams from seven countries participated. Behind the two main favs (ANG & EGY), a huge fight was seen for the bronze medal, meaning also the last WCh spot. In the end, all five teams ranked 3rd-7th earned 4 points, therefore the goal difference from their h2h matches had to decide. Both Mali and DR Congo could not convert their "matchpoints" into a necessary win, and with that, hosts have become the lucky team.
List of already qualified teams (11 out of 24):
Hungary (qualified as: organiser)
Russia (qualified as: Winner of the
2016 Youth U18 WCh)
South Korea (qualified as: winner of the 2017 Junior U19 Asian Championships)
China (runner-up of the 2017 Junior U19 Asian Championships)
Japan (3rd place at the 2017 Junior U19 Asian Championships)
Kazakhstan (4th place at the 2017 Junior U19 Asian Championships)
France (qualified as: winner of the
2017 Junior U19 EURO)
Denmark (3rd place at the
2017 Junior U19 EURO)
Angola (qualified as: winner of the 2017 Junior U19 African Nations Championships)
Egypt (runner-up of the 2017 Junior U19 African Nations Championships)
Ivory Coast (3rd place at the 2017 Junior U19 African Nations Championships)
Road for remaining (13) teams to qualify: >>
3 teams: ranked 1st-3rd at the
2018 Junior U20 Panamerican Championships (to be held in Bolivia, preliminary date: March 2018)
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9 teams: successful teams from the
2018 European qualification (to be played on 23-25 March 2018)
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1 team: winner of the
2017-2018 Oceania U19-U20 Junior Championships. Most likely this event won't take place, so the spot should be given to the top ranked continent at the preceding Junior U20 WCh (held in 2016), which is Europe => one more team to qualify from the European qualification^