The 12 Teams For WAFCON 2026.
Wafcon 2026 sees two debutants in Malawi and Cabo Verde the tournament will be hosted by Morocco commencing March 17 to April 3 2026. Player release is set for March 9th.
1. Morocco 🇲🇦 (Host) (5th Appearance)
2. Algeria 🇩🇿 (7th Appearance)
3. Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 (2nd Appearance)
4. Cape Verde 🇨🇻 (Debutant)
5. Ghana 🇬🇭 (12th Appearance)
6. Kenya 🇰🇪 (2nd Appearance)
7. Malawi 🇲🇼 (Debutant)
8. Nigeria 🇳🇬 (14th Appearance)
9. Senegal 🇸🇳 (4th Appearance
10. South Africa 🇿🇦 (14th Appearance)
11. Tanzania 🇹🇿 (3rd Appearance)
12. Zambia 🇿🇲 (5th Appearance)
Zambia 3-0 Namibia
Racheal Kundananji 20
Eneless Phiri 33
Prisca Chilufya 47
Agg 7-2
Zambia cruised to the WAFCON 2026 with a dominant performance, Racheal Kundananji adding to her first leg hattrick with a close range effort from a corner. Eneless Phiri struck a beautiful goal on 33 minutes and Prisca Chilufya rounded off the scoring on 47 minutes.
Ethiopia 0-1 Tanzania
Diana Lucas 15
Agg 0-3
Tanzania advanced to WAFCON 2026, with a well executed defence, and a excellent goal to seal the tie by Diana Lucas.
Malawi 2-0 Angola
Faith Chinzimu 82 83
Faith Chinzimu late brace saw Malawi advance to WAFCON 2026, Angola missed a pk on 40 minutes hitting the post
Cameroun 0-1 Algeria
Marine Dafeur 22
Algeria advance to WAFCON 2026 producing a excellent defence display foiling Cameroun, and a well taken Marine Dafeur goal.
Nigeria 1-1 Benin
Ashleigh Plumptre 12 Yasmine Djibril 61
Agg 3-1
Reigning Champions Nigeria sealed their spot in WAFCON 2026. Ashleigh Plumptre opened the scoring with a super header from a corner before Yasmine Djibril levelled the game with a sublime set peice.
Ghana 4-0 Egypt
Doris Boaduwaa 52 55 90+2
Comfort Yeboah 57
Agg 7-0
Ghana qualify for the WAFCON 2026 , Doris Boaduwaa firing a treble to seal a dominant performance.
Gambia 0-1 Kenya
Mwanahalima Adam Jereko 51
Aggregate 1-4
Kenya seal their spot in WAFCON 2026 with a 1-0 win with accontrolled performance Mwanahalima Adam Jereko striking the only goal of the game
Togo 0-1 Burkina Faso
Adama Congo 45 +4
Agg 0-3
Adama Congo sealed Burkina Faso passage to WAFCON 2026 with a goal on the stroke of half time
South Africa 1-0 RD Congo
Thembi Kgatlana 90+1
Agg 2-1
Thembi Kgatlana clinched South Africa’s place in WAFCON 2026 with a late winner, executing a cool finish after racing onto a through ball to ease the nerves in stoppage time in a tense encounter.
Mali 2-4 Cabo Verde
Oumou Koné 55 88
Larissa Melo 14
Ivânia Moreira 17
Eleia Vieira 24
Evy Pereira 73
Agg 3-4
Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 sealed a great result to qualify for the WAFCON 2026., there first appearance in the tournament. Three rapid goals in 10 minutes put them on their way before Evy Pereira struck a clinical finish to make the score 4-1. Oumou Koné scored twice for a disappointing host.
Côte D’ivoire 0-0 Senegal
Agg 0-0
Senegal Win on penalties 5-4
After 180 tense tight minutes that could not separate two well balanced teams Senegal prevailed 5-4 in a penalty shoot out to finalise the twelve teams for Morocco
As of now there is no official statement that the tournament will increase to 16 teams in the 2026 tournament despite many media outlets stating so after the last CAF meeting in Kinshasa.
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