Kenya goes down-south in preliminary round

janet ndila 15:29 - 13 June 2017

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Kenya under 20 women’s national team will play against Southern African nation Botswana in the preliminary stage of the 2017 African U-20 Womens World Cup qualifying tournament in July and August.

According to fixtures obtained by P Live Confederation of African Football (CAF), the first leg match will be played between July 21 and 23 away.

The return leg will then be staged in Kenya between August 4 and 6 afterwhich the winner will meet Ethiopia in September in the tourney’s first round.

If the Anne Aluoch coached outfit goes past third round which will be played in January 2018, they will book one of the 16 slots in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

The world cup finals will be staged in France between August 7 and 26.