Africa Cup of Nations Women

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The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, commonly referred to as WAFCON 2026, will be the 14th edition (16th if editions of the tournament without hosts are included) of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international football championship organised by Confederation of African Football for the women's national teams of Africa.

The tournament will be held in Morocco for the third consecutive tournament becoming the first country to achieve this feat. Venues in Casablanca, Fez and Rabat will be used for the tournament.

Despite originally being planned to be a 12 team tournament, CAF decided to expand the tournament to 16 teams after qualification ended. Qualification took place between February and October 2025 to decide who qualified, while hosts Morocco qualified automatically. Cape Verde and Malawi will make their debut.

The tournament also doubled as the African qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil. The top four teams will qualify for the World Cup, and two more teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Nigeria are the defending champions after beating Morocco 3–2 in the 2024 final in Rabat.

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