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WAFCON 2026: Malawi beat Nigeria on their tournament debut, and Africa’s World Cup places will be settled in the quarter-finals

The ten-time champions lost 3–2 to a side playing its first match at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, and the holders of the other big record lost too. CAF’s own bracket shows why the decisive round comes on 8 and 9 August, not in the final.

WAFCON opens in Morocco with Algeria beating Senegal 2-0

The expanded Women’s Africa Cup of Nations began in Morocco on Sunday, with Algeria beating Senegal 2-0 in the opening match. Hosts Morocco face Kenya later the same day.

WAFCON opens in Morocco on Sunday with 16 teams and 2027 World Cup places at stake

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations begins July 26 in Rabat, expanded from 12 teams to 16. The four semi-finalists qualify for the 2027 World Cup in Brazil.

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