2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations

The 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, will be the 14th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations (formerly African Women's Championship), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. The tournament will be hosted by Morocco from 2 to 23 July 2022.[1][2]

2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الأفريقية للسيدات 2022
Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine de football 2022
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates2–23 July
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)

The tournament also doubles as the African qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top four teams will qualify for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, and two more teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[3]

Nigeria are the three-time defending champions, having won the tournament in 2014, 2016 and 2018. The 2020 edition, which would have been the first to feature twelve teams, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Host selection

Morocco were announced as hosts by the CAF Executive Committee on 15 January 2021.[2]

Qualification
Main article: 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

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

Qualified teams
Team Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Date of
qualification		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA ranking
at start of event
 Morocco (hosts)3rd200015 January 2021Group stage (1998, 2000)
 Uganda2nd200028 January 2022Group stage (2000)
 Burundi1st—21 February 2022Debut
 Zambia4th201822 February 2022Quarter finals (1995)
 Senegal3rd201222 February 2022Group stage (1991, 2012)
 Togo1st—23 February 2022Debut
 Nigeria14th201823 February 2022Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Tunisia2nd200823 February 2022Group stage (2008)
 Burkina Faso1st—23 February 2022Debut
 Botswana1st—23 February 2022Debut
 Cameroon13th201823 February 2022Runners-up (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016)
 South Africa13th201823 February 2022Runners-up (1995, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018)

Venues

The tournament will be held in Casablanca and Rabat.

Casablanca
Casablanca
Rabat
 Rabat
Stade Mohammed V Stade Moulay Hassan Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 53,000

Draw

The final draw was held in Morocco on 29 April 2022 at 20:30 GMT (UTC±0).[4] 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.[5]

Seeds Pot 1

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 2 July 2022. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Morocco v Burkina Faso
Senegal v Uganda
Morocco v Uganda
Burkina Faso v Senegal
Uganda v Burkina Faso
Senegal v Morocco

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4  Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 July 2022. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Cameroon v Zambia
Tunisia v Togo
Cameroon v Togo
Zambia v Tunisia
Togo v Zambia
Tunisia v Cameroon

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4  Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 July 2022. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria v South Africa
Burundi v Botswana
Nigeria v Botswana
South Africa v Burundi
Botswana v South Africa
Burundi v Nigeria

Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 B  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C  Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 July 2022. Source: CAF

Knockout Stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 July 2022 –
 
 
 
 
18 July 2022 –
 
 
 
 
 
13 July 2022 –
 
 
 
 
 
23 July 2022 –
 
 
 
 
 
14 July 2022 –
 
 
 
 
 
18 July 2022 –
 
 
 
 
 
14 July 2022 –
 
 Third place
 
 
 
22 July 2022 –
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Quarter finals

Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

1st Av3rd C/B
1st Bv2nd A
1st Cv3rd A/B
2nd Bv2nd C

Repechage

The losers of the quarter finals will face off, and the winners of those matches will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

Loser QF1vLoser QF4
Loser QF2vLoser QF3

Semi finals
Winner QF1vWinner QF4
Winner QF2vWinner QF3

Third place
Loser SF1vLoser SF2

Final
Winner SF1vWinner SF2

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The following four teams from CAF will qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while two teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
TBDJuly 2022
TBDJuly 2022
TBDJuly 2022
TBDJuly 2022
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Women's International Match Calendar 2020–2023: Fixed dates for international "A" matches" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee – 15 January 2021". CAF. 15 January 2021.
  3. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. "TotalEnergies Women's AFCON Draw rescheduled to Friday, 29 April" (Press release). CAF. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  5. "TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations Draw procedure explained" (Press release). CAF. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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