The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (), 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. The tournament was delayed and took place between 5 and 26 July 2025.
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 CAF retained Morocco as hosts on 10 August 2022, thus becoming the first country to host back-to-back WAFCON editions. South Africa had stated an interest in hosting.https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/soccer/local-soccer/safa-sets-out-to-host-2024-womens-africa-cup-of-nations/
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.
Qualified teams The following 12 teams have qualified for this edition of the tournament.
Team Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformanceWR 4th 2022 (2022) 60 13th 2022 (2022) 54 6th 2018 (2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) 82 11th 2018 (1998, 2002, 2006) 66 2nd 2022 (2022) 153 4th 2012 (1998) 109 3rd 2022 (2022) 89 3rd 2022 (2022) 81 4th 2022 (2022) 65 2nd 2010 (2010) 137 8th 2018 (2018) 78 13th 2022 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) 36
Venues Rabat, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Oujda and Berkane were the five cities chosen to host the competition.
+2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations venuesRabatCasablanca Rabat Olympic Stadium Larbi Zaouli Stadium Père Jégo Stadium Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,000 MohammediaOujdaBerkaneEl Bachir StadiumHonneur StadiumBerkane StadiumCapacity: 15,000Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 12,000
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. SeedsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (60) (hosts) (36) (title holders) (66) (78) (81) (84) (102) (145)
Squads
Match officials A total of 18 referees, 18 assistant referees and 10 VAR referees were appointed for the tournament. 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
Salima Mukansanga Abdalaziz Yasir Ahmed
Group stage
CAF released the official match schedule for the tournament on 29 May 2025. 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):
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
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
AwardWinnerBest player Rasheedat AjibadeBest goalkeeper Chiamaka NnadozieTop scorer Ghizlane ChebbakFair PlayBest coach Justine Madugu +Best XIGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Chiamaka Nnadozie
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