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CAF to expand Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to 16

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The Executive Committee of the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has approved the expansion of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) from 12 to 16 teams
The changes will start with the next edition to be staged in Morocco from March 17 to April 3, 2026. As the qualification phase for the 2026 edition has already been completed, the Executive Committee has approved the selection mechanism to determine the four additional Teams.
Based on the current FIFA Women’s World Rankings, the top four teams from those eliminated in the final qualifying round have been selected to complete the list of participants. The following teams will therefore join the finals of the TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Morocco 2026: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Egypt.  They are in addition to the 12 nations already qualified for the tournament: Morocco, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Cape Verde, South Africa and Senegal.

–Reuters–