2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
13th edition of the WAFCON
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The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Arabic: كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2024), officially known as the 2024 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes and as WAFCON 2024 for short, was the 13th edition (15th if editions of the tournament without hosts are included) of the biennial African women's football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football. This was the second consecutive time for Morocco hosting the tournament, having also hosted the previous edition two years before.[3] The tournament was delayed and took place between 5 and 26 July 2025.[1]
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| Host country | Morocco |
| Dates | 5–26 July 2025[1] |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venues | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria[2] (10th title) |
| Runners-up |  Morocco |
| Third place |  Ghana |
| Fourth place |  South Africa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.54 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ghizlane Chebbak (5 goals) |
| Best player | Rasheedat Ajibade |
| Best goalkeeper | Chiamaka Nnadozie |
| Fair play award | South Africa |
← 2022 2026 → | |
South Africa were the defending champions but were eliminated by record champions Nigeria in the semi-finals. Nigeria went on to beat Morocco 3–2 in the final to win the tournament for the record-extending 10th time.
Host selection
Qualification
Morocco qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining spots were determined by the qualification rounds, whose draw was conducted on 6 July 2023 at the Mohammed VI Complex in Rabat, Morocco and commenced in August.[6]
Qualified teams
The following 12 teams have qualified for this edition of the tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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| Morocco | Hosts | 10 August 2022 | 4th | 2022 | Runners-up (2022) | 60 |
| South Africa | Second round winners | 4 December 2023 | 13th | 2022 | Champions (2022) | 54 |
 Algeria | 6th | 2018 | Group stage (2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) | 82 | ||
| Ghana | 5 December 2023 | 11th | 2018 | Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006) | 66 | |
 Botswana | 2nd | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2022) | 153 | ||
 DR Congo | 4th | 2012 | Third place (1998) | 109 | ||
 Tunisia | 3rd | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2022) | 89 | ||
 Senegal | 3rd | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2022) | 81 | ||
 Zambia | 4th | 2022 | Third place (2022) | 65 | ||
 Tanzania | 2nd | 2010 | Group stage (2010) | 137 | ||
 Mali | 8th | 2018 | Fourth place (2018) | 78 | ||
| Nigeria | 13th | 2022 | Champions (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) | 36 |
- Teams's FIFA Women's World Ranking at the start of the event, according to the ranking released on 12 June 2025.[7]
Venues
Rabat, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Oujda and Berkane were the five cities chosen to host the competition.[8]
| Rabat | Casablanca | |
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| Rabat Olympic Stadium (Stade Olympique de Rabat) |
Larbi Zaouli Stadium (Stade Larbi Zaouli) |
Père Jégo Stadium (Stade Père Jégo) |
| Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 10,000 |
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| Mohammedia | Oujda | Berkane |
| El Bachir Stadium (Stade El Bachir) |
Honneur Stadium (Stade d’Honneur d’Oujda) |
Berkane Stadium (Stade Municipal de Berkane) |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 12,000 |
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Draw
The final draw was held at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Salé on 22 November 2024. The 12 qualified teams were seeded into four levels based on their FIFA rankings from August 2024. Host nation Morocco will automatically be assigned position A1, while defending champions South Africa will occupy position C1. Nigeria, the third team in Level 1, will take position B1.[9]
Squads
Match officials
A total of 18 referees, 18 assistant referees and 10 VAR referees were appointed for the tournament.[10]
- Referees
Ghada Mehat
Awa Ilboudo
Suavis Iratunga
Aline Guimbang Etong
Shahenda El Maghrabi
Akissi Konan
Josephine Wanjiku
Yacine Samassa
Bouchra Karboubi- Sabah Sadir
Twanyanyukwa Antsino
Yemisi Akintoye
Aline Umutoni
Aminata Fullah
Akhona Makalima
Vincentia Amedome
Dorsaf Ganouati
Shamirah Nabadda
- Assistant referees
- Asma Feriel Ouahab
Nafissatou Yekini- Fides Bangourabona
- Carine Atezambong Fomo
Mireille Kanjinga- Yara Atef
Mahawa Kourouma
Hannah Moses
Fanta Kone- Mariem Chedad
- Fathia Jermoumi
- Ishsane Nouajli
Sakina Hamidou Alfa- Alice Umutesi
Tabara Mbodji- Houda Afine
Diana Chikotesha- Nancy Kasitu
- Video assistant referees
- Lamia Atman
- Hossam Haggag
Letticia Viana
Pierre Atcho
Daniel Nii Laryea
Abdulrazg Ahmed- Babacar Sarr
Maria Rivet- Salima Mukansanga
Abdalaziz Yasir Ahmed
Group stage
CAF released the official match schedule for the tournament on 29 May 2025.[11][12] The top two teams of each group, along with the best two third-placed teams, advanced to the quarter-finals.
Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss).
If two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):[13]
- Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots.
If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead:
- Points in matches between the tied teams;
- Goal difference in matches between the tied teams;
- Goals scored in matches between the tied teams;
- If after applying all criteria above, two teams were still tied, the above criteria were again applied to matches played between the two teams in question. If this did not resolve the tie, the next three criteria were applied;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Morocco (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zambia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Senegal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | DR Congo |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
| Zambia | 1–0 | DR Congo |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Algeria |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Botswana |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tunisia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Tunisia | 1–2 | Botswana |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Mali |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Tanzania |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| South Africa | 2–0 | Ghana |
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| Tanzania | 1–1 | South Africa |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 18 July – Rabat | ||||||||||
| Morocco | 3 | |||||||||
| 22 July– Rabat | ||||||||||
| Mali | 1 | |||||||||
| Morocco (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 19 July – Berkane | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Algeria | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| 26 July – Rabat | ||||||||||
| Ghana (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| Morocco | 2 | |||||||||
| 18 July – Casablanca (LZ) | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 5 | |||||||||
| 22 July – Casablanca (LZ) | ||||||||||
| Zambia | 0 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
| 19 July – Oujda | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 1 | Third place match | ||||||||
| South Africa (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 25 July – Casablanca (LZ) | ||||||||||
| Senegal | 0 (1) | |||||||||
| Ghana (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| South Africa | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers
There were 66 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.54 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Ghoutia Karchouni
Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse- Lesego Radiakanyo
- Merveille Kanjinga
- Flavine Mawete
- Princella Adubea
- Evelyn Badu
- Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah
- Stella Nyamekye
- Saratou Traoré
- Kenza Chapelle
- Sanaâ Mssoudy
- Sakina Ouzraoui
- Rasheedat Ajibade
- Michelle Alozie
- Rinsola Babajide
- Oluwatosin Demehin
- Jennifer Echegini
- Osinachi Ohale
- Asisat Oshoala
- Ronnel Donnelly
- Refiloe Jane
- Hildah Magaia
- Bambanani Mbane
- Nonhlanhla Mthandi
- Lebohang Ramalepe
- Jermaine Seoposenwe
Stumai Athumani- Opah Clement
- Yesmin Khanchouch
1 own goal
- Andile Dlamini (against Ghana)
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[14]
| Award | Winner |
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| Best player | Rasheedat Ajibade |
| Best goalkeeper | Chiamaka Nnadozie |
| Top scorer | Ghizlane Chebbak |
| Fair Play | South Africa[15] |
| Best coach | Justine Madugu[16] |
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Chiamaka Nnadozie |