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| Host country | Morocco |
| Dates | 5–26 July 2025[1] |
| Teams | 12 |
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The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Arabic: كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2024, French: Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2024), officially known as the 2024 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes and as WAFCON 2024 for short, will be the 15th edition of the biennial African women's football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. It will be hosted by Morocco in consecutive editions, having hosted the previous edition two years before.[2]
South Africa are the defending champions.
Host selection
[edit]CAF retained Morocco as hosts on 10 August 2022,[3][2] thus becoming the first country to host back-to-back WAFCON editions.
Qualification
[edit]Morocco qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining spots will be determined by the qualification rounds, whose draw was conducted on 6 July 2023 at the Mohammed VI Complex in Rabat, Morocco and will commence in August.[4]
Qualified teams
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The following teams have qualified for this edition of the tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Morocco | Hosts | 10 August 2022 | 4th | 2022 | Runners-up (2022) | |
 South Africa | Second round winners | 4 December 2023 | 14th | 2022 | Champions (2022) | |
 Algeria | 6th | 2018 | Group stage (2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) | |||
 Ghana | 5 December 2023 | 13th | 2018 | Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006) | ||
 Botswana | 2nd | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2022) | |||
 DR Congo | 4th | 2012 | Third place (1998) | |||
 Tunisia | 3rd | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2022) | |||
 Senegal | 3rd | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2022) | |||
 Zambia | 5th | 2022 | Third place (2022) | |||
 Tanzania | 2nd | 2010 | Group stage (2010) | |||
 Mali | 8th | 2018 | Fourth place (2018) | |||
 Nigeria | 15th | 2022 | Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
Draw
[edit]The final draw will be 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.[5]
| Seeds | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco (59) (hosts) Nigeria (36) South Africa (50) (title holders) | Zambia (62) Ghana (66) Tunisia (78) | Mali (81) Senegal (83) Algeria (84) | DR Congo (102) Tanzania (145) Botswana (153) |
Group stage
[edit]Tiebreakers
[edit]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):[6]
- 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
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ranking of third-placed teams
[edit]| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | B | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | C | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.
References
[edit]- ^ "CAF Executive Committee announces dates of CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations ("AFCON") Morocco 2025 and CAF TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2024". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Again, CAF approves Morocco as WAFCON host In 2024". Blueprint Newspapers. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "WAFCON 2024: Morocco still host country". Sport News Africa. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2024 qualifiers draw concluded". CAFOnline.com. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Draw Procedure for TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2024, Announced". cafonline.com. CAF. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Nassar, Khaled (21 October 2021). "Regulations of the Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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