The 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Arabic: كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2022, French: Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2022), also known as WAFCON 2022. They officially called it the 2022 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations because of sponsorship. It was the 14th time they had this tournament, and it happens every two years. Organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF), and it was held in Morocco from 2nd to 23rd July 2022.[1][2]
Before this tournament, Nigeria had won it three times in a row in 2014, 2016, and 2018. But this time, they got knocked out in the semi-finals by Morocco after a penalty shootout. It was the first time that neither Nigeria nor Equatorial Guinea made it to the final match. In the final, Morocco lost to South Africa, and that was the first time South Africa had ever won this tournament. They had tried five times before and never won it. With this win, South Africa became only the second country, after Nigeria, to win both the men's and women's competitions.
This was also the first time they had 12 teams in the tournament because the 2020 edition, which should have been the first one with 12 teams, got canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. The semi-final between Morocco and Nigeria had a record number of people watching, with 45,562 spectators.[4]
Qualification
Morocco got into the competition because they were the hosts. The other eleven places were decided by the games that teams played to get in.
Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
In the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, these teams from Africa participated, and two more teams may also get a chance to join them in the playoffs between different football regions.
