2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations


The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, officially known as the 2024 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes and as WAFCON 2024 for short, was the 15th edition of the biennial African women's football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football. This was the second consecutive time for Morocco hosting the tournament, having also hosted the previous edition two years before. The tournament was delayed and took place between 5 and 26 July 2025.
South Africa were the defending champions but were eliminated by record champions Nigeria in the semi-finals. Nigeria went on to beat Morocco 3–2 in the final to win the tournament for the record-extending 12th time.

Host selection

CAF retained Morocco as hosts on 10 August 2022, thus becoming the first country to host back-to-back WAFCON editions.

Qualification

Morocco qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining spots were determined by the qualification rounds, whose draw was conducted on 6 July 2023 at the Mohammed VI Complex in Rabat, Morocco and commenced in August.

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams have qualified for this edition of the tournament.
TeamMethod of
qualification		Date of
qualification		Finals
appearance		Last
appearance		Previous best
performance		WR
4th2022 60
13th2022 54
6th2018 82
11th2018 66
2nd2022 153
4th2012 109
3rd2022 89
3rd2022 81
4th2022 65
2nd2010 137
8th2018 78
13th2022 36

Venues

Rabat, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Oujda and Berkane were the five cities chosen to host the competition.

Draw

The final draw was 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.
SeedsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3
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Match officials

A total of 18 referees, 18 assistant referees and 10 VAR referees were appointed for the tournament.
;Referees
;Assistant referees
  • Asma Feriel Ouahab
  • Nafissatou Yekini
  • Fides Bangourabona
  • Carine Atezambong Fomo
  • Mireille Kanjinga
  • Yara Atef
  • Mahawa Kourouma
  • Hannah Moses
  • Fanta Kone
  • Mariem Chedad
  • Fathia Jermoumi
  • Ishsane Nouajli
  • Sakina Hamidou Alfa
  • Alice Umutesi
  • Tabara Mbodji
  • Houda Afine
  • Diana Chikotesha
  • Nancy Kasitu
;Video assistant referees

Group stage

CAF released the official match schedule for the tournament on 29 May 2025. 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 [three three points for a win|points for a win|points].
If two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings :
  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

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
AwardWinner
Best player Rasheedat Ajibade
Best goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie
Top scorer Ghizlane Chebbak
Fair Play
Best coach Justine Madugu