2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

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]

2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2022 Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2022
Official logo
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
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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]

Host selection

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.

Mascot

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]

Qualification

Main article: 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Morocco qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining eleven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds.

Qualified teams

  Qualified

  Did not qualify

  Did not enter or withdrew

  Not part of CAF

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 tournament was held in Casablanca and Rabat.

Morocco	Rabat		Casablanca
Rabat Casablanca	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium	Stade Moulay Hassan	Stade Mohammed V
	Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 45,891

Squads

Main article: 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations squads

Match officials

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.

Referees

• Suavis Iratunga
• Zomadre Kore
• Shahenda El-Maghrabi
• Letticia Viana
• Lidya Tafesse
• Maria Rivet
• Aïssata Boudy Lam
• Fatima El Ajjani
• Bouchra Karboubi
• Antsino Twanyanyukwa
• Ndidi Patience Madu
• Salima Mukansanga
• Mame Faye
• Akhona Makalima
• Vincentia Amedome
• Dorsaf Ganouati
• Shamira Nabadda

Assistant referees

• Asma Ouahab
• Nafissatou Yekini
• Carine Atezambong
• Kanjinga Mujanayi
• Yara Abdelfattah
• Mona Atallah
• Lidwine Rakotozafinoro
• Bernadettar Kwimbira
• Fanta Kone
• Queency Victoire
• Mariem Chedad
• Soukaina Hamdi
• Fatiha Jermoumi
• Mimisen Iyorhe
• Afine Houda
• Diana Chikotesha

Video assistant referees

• Lahlou Benbraham
• Ahmed El-Ghandour
• Ahmed Ibrahim
• Ahmad Heerallal
• Zakaria Brindisi
• Samir Guezzaz
• Haythem Guirat

Draw

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]

Seeds	Pot 1
Morocco (A1)  Cameroon (B1)  Nigeria (C1)	Togo  Uganda  Zambia  Burundi  Tunisia  Senegal  Botswana  Burkina Faso  South Africa

Group stage

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

CAF released the official match schedule for the tournament on 29 April 2022.^[10] The top two teams of each group, along with the best two third-placed teams, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

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]

1. Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Goals scored in all group matches;
4. Drawing of lots.

If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead:

1. Points in matches between the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in matches between the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in matches between the tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Main article: 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Uganda	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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

Morocco	1–0	Burkina Faso
Chebbak 29'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

2 July 2022 (2022-07-02)

21:30

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Senegal	2–0	Uganda
Diakhaté 39' (pen.) N. Ndiaye 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

3 July 2022 (2022-07-03)

16:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

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Burkina Faso	0–1	Senegal
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Fall 84' (pen.)

5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)

18:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

Uganda	1–3	Morocco
Komuntale 32'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Ayane 14' (pen.) El Chad 68' Chebbak 84' (pen.)

5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)

21:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

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Morocco	1–0	Senegal
Chebbak 55' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)

21:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

Burkina Faso	2–2	Uganda
Congo 35' Kabré 41'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Kunihira 8' Nabweteme 38'

8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)

21:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Patience Madu (Nigeria)

Group B

Main article: 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: CAF (archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Cameroon	0–0	Zambia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

3 July 2022 (2022-07-03)

18:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam^{[note 1]} (Mauritania)

Tunisia	4–1	Togo
Houij 1' Ellouzi 12', 60' Amouklou 71' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Gnintegma 22' (pen.)

3 July 2022 (2022-07-03)

21:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)

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Zambia	1–0	Tunisia
Chitundu 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

6 July 2022 (2022-07-06)

18:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Togo	1–1	Cameroon
Woedikou 28' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Johnson 38'

6 July 2022 (2022-07-06)

21:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Zomadre Kore (Ivory Coast)

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Cameroon	2–0	Tunisia
Abam 3' Nchout 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

9 July 2022 (2022-07-09)

21:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Lidya Tafesse (Ethiopia)

Zambia	4–1	Togo
Chanda 15', 60' I. Lungu 21' Mapepa 41'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Woedikou 35'

9 July 2022 (2022-07-09)

21:00

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Shamira Nabadda (Uganda)

Group C

Main article: 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: CAF (archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Nigeria	1–2	South Africa
Ajibade 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Seoposenwe 61' Magaia 63'

4 July 2022 (2022-07-04)

18:00

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Burundi	2–4	Botswana
Niyonkuru 52', 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Dithebe 43' Radiakanyo 47' Tholakele 55', 60'

4 July 2022 (2022-07-04)

21:00

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Mame Faye (Senegal)

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South Africa	3–1	Burundi
Kgatlana 20' Motau 32' Motlhalo 54' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Uwimana 30'

7 July 2022 (2022-07-07)

18:00

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt)

Botswana	0–2	Nigeria
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Onumonu 21' Ucheibe 48'

7 July 2022 (2022-07-07)

21:00

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

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South Africa	1–0	Botswana
Majiya 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

10 July 2022 (2022-07-10)

21:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

Nigeria	4–0	Burundi
Ajibade 25' (pen.) Efih 28' Kanu 29', 46'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

10 July 2022 (2022-07-10)

21:00

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Fatima El Ajjani (Morocco)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: CAF (archived)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage

Bracket

	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)

Quarter-finals

The winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The losers entered a repechage round.

Zambia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Chitundu 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	N. Ndiaye 61'
Penalties
Chanda Zulu I. Lungu Mweemba Nali	4–2	Fall Diop Baldé Diakhaté

13 July 2022 (2022-07-13)

18:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

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Morocco	2–1	Botswana
Mssoudy 3' Mrabet 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Dithebe 7'

13 July 2022 (2022-07-13)

21:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

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Cameroon	0–1	Nigeria
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Ajibade 56'

14 July 2022 (2022-07-14)

18:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

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South Africa	1–0	Tunisia
Seoposenwe 14'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

14 July 2022 (2022-07-14)

21:00

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Repechage

The winners advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Senegal	0–0	Tunisia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)
Penalties
Diop Diallo Sow N. Ndiaye Fall	4–2	Ellouzi Houij Ayadi Aouni

17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)

18:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

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Botswana	0–1	Cameroon
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Nchout 45+1'

17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)

21:00

Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat

Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

Semi-finals

Zambia	0–1	South Africa
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Motlhalo 90+4' (pen.)

18 July 2022 (2022-07-18)

18:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Lidya Tafesse (Ethiopia)

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Morocco	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Mssoudy 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Mrabet 62' (o.g.)
Penalties
Mrabet Chebbak Redouani El Chad Ayane	5–4	Chikwelu Onumonu Otu Plumptre Monday

18 July 2022 (2022-07-18)

21:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 45,562^[12]

Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

Third place play-off

Nigeria	0–1	Zambia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Nnadozie 29' (o.g.)

22 July 2022 (2022-07-22)

21:00

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Final

Main article: 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations final

Morocco	1–2	South Africa
Ayane 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Magaia 63', 71'

23 July 2022 (2022-07-23)

21:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

3 goals

• Ghizlane Chebbak
• Rasheedat Ajibade
• Hildah Magaia

2 goals

• Keitumetse Dithebe
• Refilwe Tholakele
• Sandrine Niyonkuru
• Ajara Nchout
• Rosella Ayane
• Sanaâ Mssoudy
• Uchenna Kanu
• Nguenar Ndiaye
• Linda Motlhalo
• Jermaine Seoposenwe
• Mafille Woedikou
• Sabrine Ellouzi
• Grace Chanda
• Avell Chitundu

1 goal

• Lesego Radiakanyo
• Adama Congo
• Adèle Kabré
• Aniella Uwimana
• Michaela Abam
• Estelle Johnson
• Nesryne El Chad
• Yasmin Mrabet
• Peace Efih
• Ifeoma Onumonu
• Christy Ucheibe
• Ndeye Awa Diakhaté
• Korka Fall
• Thembi Kgatlana
• Nthabiseng Majiya
• Amogelang Motau
• Odette Gnintegma
• Mariem Houij
• Sumaya Komuntale
• Margret Kunihira
• Sandra Nabweteme
• Ireen Lungu
• Siomara Mapepa

1 own goal

• Yasmin Mrabet (against Nigeria)
• Chiamaka Nnadozie (against Zambia)
• Amé Amouklou (against Tunisia)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:^[13]

Award	Winner
Best player	Ghizlane Chebbak
Best goalkeeper	Andile Dlamini
Top scorer	Ghizlane Chebbak Rasheedat Ajibade Hildah Magaia
Fair Play	South Africa

Best XI^[14]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Andile Dlamini	Zineb Redouani Osinachi Ohale Bambanani Mbane Margaret Belemu	Ghizlane Chebbak Refiloe Jane Grace Chanda	Fatima Tagnaout Rasheedat Ajibade Jermaine Seoposenwe

Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

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.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
Zambia	13 July 2022	0 (debut)
Morocco	13 July 2022	0 (debut)
Nigeria	14 July 2022	8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
South Africa	14 July 2022	1 (2019)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

1. Referee Aïssata Boudy Lam was replaced by fourth official Lidya Tafesse (Ethiopia) due to injury at the 64th minute.