AFCON Women: Winners List, 2026 Final, Table and What Comes Next

AFCON Women has a new name on the trophy. Cameroon beat debutants Malawi 3-0 in Rabat on 16 August 2026 to win their first Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, after three lost finals. For Nigeria, the story was very different: the 10-time champions went out in the quarter-finals and missed the World Cup for the first time.

This guide gives you the 2026 champions and final positions first, then the full winners list, the groups and results, Nigeria vs Morocco women matches, the 2025 final and what comes next. Every score is checked against CAF, BBC Sport, AP, FIFA and Wikipedia match records.

TL;DR

• 2026 champions: Cameroon, 3-0 against Malawi in the final, 16 August 2026, Rabat.
• Who won AFCON Women 2025: Nigeria, 3-2 against Morocco on 26 July 2025 (the delayed 2024 edition).
• Most titles: Nigeria 10, Equatorial Guinea 2, South Africa 1, Cameroon 1.
• World Cup 2027: Cameroon, Malawi, Algeria and Morocco qualified; Nigeria did not.
• Next: Ghana and South Africa play a World Cup play-off from 28 November in Rabat.

Who won AFCON Women 2026?

Cameroon won AFCON Women 2026, beating Malawi 3-0 in the final at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat on 16 August 2026. Marie Ngah Manga scored twice and Naomi Eto once, all before half-time, as CAF’s match report records.

Quick summary: Cameroon won their first Women’s AFCON title with a dominant 3-0 win over debutants Malawi in Rabat. Algeria claimed a historic bronze by beating hosts Morocco on penalties, while defending champions Nigeria went out in the quarter-finals.

Cameroon became only the fourth nation to win the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, joining Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa. It ended a run of three lost finals, all against Nigeria, in 2004, 2014 and 2016, as AP noted. They nearly were not there at all: Algeria knocked them out of qualifying 3-1 on aggregate, and they got in only when CAF expanded the finals from 12 to 16 teams and filled the extra places by world ranking, as BBC Sport reported.

What were the AFCON Women 2026 final positions?

Cameroon finished first, Malawi second, Algeria third and Morocco fourth, and all four qualified automatically for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil.

Bihina was the hidden hero. She kept a clean sheet against Nigeria, then saved a late extra-time penalty and three more in the shootout against Morocco. For the full tournament diary, Photonfire’s AFCON Women 2026 recap covers every round in detail.

What is the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations winners list?

Nigeria have won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 10 times, Equatorial Guinea twice, and South Africa and Cameroon once each. Only four nations have ever lifted the trophy since the tournament became a full finals event in 1998.

Nigeria also won the two earlier home-and-away qualifying competitions in 1991 and 1995, which some records list separately. Either way, the pattern is clear: the Super Falcons dominated for two decades, but the last three finals have produced two new champions.

Who won AFCON Women 2025?

Nigeria won AFCON Women 2025, beating hosts Morocco 3-2 in the final at the Rabat Olympic Stadium on 26 July 2025. The tournament was the 2024 edition, delayed to July 2025, so you will see it called both names.

Morocco led 2-0 at half-time through Ghizlane Chebbak and Sanaâ Mssoudy. Esther Okoronkwo scored a penalty, Folashade Ijamilusi equalised, and substitute Jennifer Echegini won it late. It was Nigeria’s record 10th title and their fourth in five tournaments, and it made the AFCON Women 2025 final one of the great comebacks in African women’s football.

What is the history of Nigeria vs Morocco women matches?

Nigeria and Morocco have met in two major WAFCON knockout games, and each side has won one. Both were in Rabat, and both were very close.

In the 2022 semi-final, Morocco won a shootout in front of more than 45,000 fans and went on to lose the final to South Africa. Nigeria got their revenge in the 2025 final. The two teams were in different groups in 2026 and did not meet. When people search for the Nigeria national football team vs Morocco national football team matches, these two games are the ones that define the rivalry.

What were the AFCON Women 2026 groups and table?

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four, and the top two in each went into the quarter-finals. Here is the final AFCON Women 2026 table for each group, with points.

Group C was the group of death. Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia all finished on six points. Malawi stunned Nigeria 3-2 in their opening game, Nigeria beat Zambia 1-0, and Zambia beat Malawi 2-1, so head-to-head records decided the order and Zambia went out. Barbra Banda scored four goals in Zambia’s 6-0 win over Egypt.

What were the AFCON Women 2026 knockout results?

The knockout stage produced a string of upsets, with Cameroon and Malawi knocking out Nigeria and Ghana on the same day. These are all the AFCON Women results from the quarter-finals on.

Myriam Nyadjou’s long-range free kick beat Nigeria in Casablanca. It was the first time the Super Falcons had failed to reach a WAFCON semi-final. They then lost 2-1 to South Africa in the play-in, which ended their run of qualifying for every Women’s World Cup since 1991.

What comes next after AFCON Women 2026?

The next big African women’s fixtures are the World Cup play-offs: Ghana and South Africa play in a six-team preliminary phase in Rabat from 28 November to 5 December 2026. The top two go on to a final play-off phase in February 2027, as Olympics.com explains.

• Ghana: Ecuador, Uzbekistan, Papua New Guinea.
• South Africa: Chinese Taipei, Ecuador, Uzbekistan.
• World Cup 2027: Brazil, 24 June to 25 July 2027, with four African teams already in.
• Olympic qualifiers: the African qualifiers for LA 2028 are the competitive women’s fixtures Nigeria still have. Round three is set for 23 February to 6 March 2027.
• Next WAFCON: the next edition is listed for 2028. CAF has not yet confirmed a host, dates or a qualifying draw.

So if you are searching for AFCON Women’s qualifiers fixtures today, there are none yet. We will add the 2028 draw here when CAF publishes it. For day-to-day kick-offs in the meantime, use our football scores and fixtures page, and check our football injury updates before you back a team. You can read the full tournament record on Wikipedia’s 2026 WAFCON page.

How should you bet on AFCON Women matches?

Women’s football is a smaller betting market, so prices can lag behind team news and form, and that can create value. The 2026 finals showed that rankings mean little: the lowest-ranked team reached the final and the favourites went out early.

Look for an operator that prices women’s internationals in depth. Our 8xbet vs SportyBet comparison explains why 8xbet suits Nigerian bettors, with wide international markets and strong in-play coverage for live games. For weekly picks, see our correct football predictions, and for more African sport read our Egypt league prediction and Nigeria basketball team guides.

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Last updated: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 12:30pm WAT. More African football coverage on the Champsquads homepage.

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