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The 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Arabic: كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2022, French: Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2022), (also referred to as WAFCON 2022) officially known as the 2022 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was the 14th edition of the biennial African international women's football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), hosted by Morocco from 2 to 23 July 2022.[1][2]
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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 |
2024 → |
The tournament also doubled as the African qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top four teams qualified for the World Cup, and two more teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[3]
Nigeria were the three-time defending champions, having won the previous 3 editions in 2014, 2016 and 2018; but had its journey ended in the semi-finals after losing to the hosts Morocco on penalties, making it for the first time neither Nigeria or Equatorial Guinea featured in the final. The hosts went on to lose to South Africa in the final, as South Africa claimed its first ever continental trophy after five previous attempts. With this triumph, South Africa joined Nigeria as the only countries to have won both the men's and women's competition.
This was the first edition to feature 12 teams as the 2020 edition, which would have been the first, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. The Morocco vs Nigeria semi-final broke the WAFCON attendance records with 45,562 spectators.[4]
Morocco were announced as hosts on 15 January 2021.[2] This is the first time a North African Arab country has hosted the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
The mascot for this edition of the tournament was unveiled as "TITRIT" (a Moroccan Berber name meaning "star" or "celebrity"), a young lioness clothed with the home jersey of the host nation's national football team, with a traditional Moroccan tiara.[5]
Morocco qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining eleven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds.
Team | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Date of qualification | Previous best performance | Previous World Cup appearances |
FIFA ranking at start of event |
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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 |
The tournament was held in Casablanca and Rabat.
Morocco | Rabat | Casablanca | |
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Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium | Stade Moulay Hassan | Stade Mohammed V | |
Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 45,891 | |
A total of 16 referees, 16 assistant referees and 8 VAR referees were appointed for the tournament.[6][7]
Originally, Fatima El Ajjani (Morocco) was assigned as video assistant referee only. However, she was assigned as principal referee during the tournament after Aïssata Boudy Lam (Mauritania) sustained an injury.
The final draw was held in Rabat, Morocco on 29 April 2022 at 20:30 GMT (UTC±0).[8] The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, with the hosts Morocco, reigning champions Nigeria, and next-highest-ranked Cameroon assigned to positions A1, C1, and B1, respectively.[9]
CAF released the official match schedule for the tournament on 29 April 2022.[10][dead link] The top two teams of each group, along with the best two third-placed teams, advanced to the quarter-finals.
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):[11]
If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Morocco (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
Burkina Faso | 0–1 | Senegal |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Fall 84' (pen.) |
Morocco | 1–0 | Senegal |
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Chebbak 55' (pen.) | Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Burkina Faso | 2–2 | Uganda |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 |
Zambia | 1–0 | Tunisia |
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Togo | 1–1 | Cameroon |
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Zambia | 4–1 | Togo |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Woedikou 35' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Burundi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
Nigeria | 1–2 | South Africa |
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Burundi | 2–4 | Botswana |
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Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | B | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
2 | C | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | A | Burkina Faso | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
13 July – Rabat (Prince Moulay Abdellah) | ||||||||||
Morocco | 2 | |||||||||
18 July – Rabat (Prince Moulay Abdellah) | ||||||||||
Botswana | 1 | |||||||||
Morocco (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
14 July – Casablanca | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 1 (4) | |||||||||
Cameroon | 0 | |||||||||
23 July – Rabat (Prince Moulay Abdellah) | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||
Morocco | 1 | |||||||||
13 July – Casablanca | ||||||||||
South Africa | 2 | |||||||||
Zambia (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
18 July – Casablanca | ||||||||||
Senegal | 1 (2) | |||||||||
Zambia | 0 | |||||||||
14 July – Rabat (Moulay Hassan) | ||||||||||
South Africa | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
South Africa | 1 | |||||||||
22 July – Casablanca | ||||||||||
Tunisia | 0 | |||||||||
Nigeria | 0 | |||||||||
Zambia | 1 | |||||||||
Repechage | ||||||||||
17 July – Rabat (Moulay Hassan) | ||||||||||
Botswana | 0 | |||||||||
Cameroon | 1 | |||||||||
17 July – Casablanca | ||||||||||
Senegal (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Tunisia | 0 (2) | |||||||||
The winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The losers entered a repechage round.
The winners advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
Botswana | 0–1 | Cameroon |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
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Morocco | 1–2 | South Africa |
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Ayane 80' | Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Magaia 63', 71' |
There were 63 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[13]
Award | Winner |
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Best player | Ghizlane Chebbak |
Best goalkeeper | Andile Dlamini |
Top scorer | Ghizlane Chebbak Rasheedat Ajibade Hildah Magaia |
Fair Play | South Africa |
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Andile Dlamini |
The following teams will represent Africa directly at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while two more teams will have opportunities to join them through the inter-confederation playoffs.
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