2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2022; Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2022;
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	2–23 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Runners-up	Morocco
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	63 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ghizlane Chebbak; Rasheedat Ajibade; Hildah Magaia; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Ghizlane Chebbak
Best goalkeeper	Andile Dlamini
Fair play award	South Africa

The 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Arabic: كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2022, French: Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2022), also known as WAFCON 2022. They officially called it the 2022 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations because of sponsorship. It was the 14th time they had this tournament, and it happens every two years. Organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF), and it was held in Morocco from 2nd to 23rd July 2022.^[1]^[2]

This tournament also decided which African teams could go to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top four teams got to go to the World Cup, and two more teams had a chance to get in through play-offs with teams from other parts of the world.^[3]

Before this tournament, Nigeria had won it three times in a row in 2014, 2016, and 2018. But this time, they got knocked out in the semi-finals by Morocco after a penalty shootout. It was the first time that neither Nigeria nor Equatorial Guinea made it to the final match. In the final, Morocco lost to South Africa, and that was the first time South Africa had ever won this tournament. They had tried five times before and never won it. With this win, South Africa became only the second country, after Nigeria, to win both the men's and women's competitions.

This was also the first time they had 12 teams in the tournament because the 2020 edition, which should have been the first one with 12 teams, got canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. The semi-final between Morocco and Nigeria had a record number of people watching, with 45,562 spectators.^[4]

Qualification

Morocco got into the competition because they were the hosts. The other eleven places were decided by the games that teams played to get in.

Team	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Date of qualification	Previous best performance	Previous World Cup appearances	FIFA ranking at start of event
Morocco (hosts)	3rd	2000	15 January 2021	Group stage (1998, 2000)	0	77
Uganda	2nd	2000	28 January 2022	Group stage (2000)	0	156
Burundi	1st	—	21 February 2022	Debut	0	169
Zambia	4th	2018	22 February 2022	Quarter finals (1995)	0	103
Senegal	2nd	2012	22 February 2022	Group stage (2012)	0	89
Togo	1st	—	23 February 2022	Debut	0	118
Nigeria	14th	2018	23 February 2022	Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)	8	39
Tunisia	2nd	2008	23 February 2022	Group stage (2008)	0	72
Burkina Faso	1st	—	23 February 2022	Debut	0	138
Botswana	1st	—	23 February 2022	Debut	0	152
Cameroon	13th	2018	23 February 2022	Runners-up (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016)	2	54
South Africa	13th	2018	23 February 2022	Runners-up (1995, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018)	1	58

Venues

The competition took place in Casablanca and Rabat.

Morocco	Rabat		Casablanca
Rabat Casablanca	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium	Stade Moulay Hassan	Stade Mohammed V
	Capacity: 45,800	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 45,891

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco (H)	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Knockout stage
3	Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Uganda	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

Morocco vs Burkina Faso

2 July 2022