The Africa Women Cup of Nations [AWCON] in Morocco, the first starting around 2018 because of COVID-19, will act as the African qualifiers for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The 14th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations will include 12 teams from the landmass.
The biennial football showpiece has been extended to 12 teams by the Confederation of African Football from eight to make the championship more competitive.
AWCON 2022 will likewise act as the African capability for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup – with the best four teams qualifying all requirements for the global tournament slated for Australia and New Zealand, while two additional teams will progress to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The four semifinalists will book their spots, while two additional teams will go to the inter-confederation play-offs. The tournament, running from July 2-23, has been extended to 12 teams from eight, with Nigeria aiming for the 12th title.
A controversial qualifying system pitted two of Africa’s best teams in opposition to one another, so Ghana won’t be at the tournament subsequent to losing to Nigeria. Thusly, the Super Falcons’ fundamental challengers are South Africa, Cameroon, and Zambia, with Morocco and Tunisia the potential surprise packages.
Nigeria is the defending champions of the Africa Women Cup of Nations, having won it in 2018.
Congo had been because host Africa in 2020 until they took out in July 2019, leaving the event without a host before the event was dropped due to the Covid pandemic a year after the fact.
Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea were running to take over from Congo however an absence of support from the government swiftly saw Caf hand the hosting rights to North African country Morocco on January 15, 2021.
All the matches will be played across three venues: Stade Moulay Hassan in Rabat, Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, and Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca.
Group A: Morocco, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Uganda
Group B: Cameroon, Zambia, Tunisia, Togo
Group C: Nigeria, South Africa, Burundi, Botswana
| Round | Date |
| Group Stage | July 2, 2022 – July 10, 2022. |
| Quarter-finals | July 13, 2022 – July 14, 2022 |
| Repechage | July 17, 2022 |
| Semi-finals | July 18, 2022 |
| Third place/Final | July 22-23, 2022 |
| Date | Time | Fixture | Stadium |
| July 2, 2022 | 9:30 pm | Morocco vs Bukina Faso | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat |
| July 3, 2022 | 4:00 pm | Senegal vs Uganda | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat |
| July 5, 2022 | 6:00 pm | Burkina Faso vs Senegal | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat |
| July 5, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Uganda vs Morocco | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat |
| July 8, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Morocco vs Senegal | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat |
| July 8, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Burkina Faso vs Uganda | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca |
| Date | Time | Fixture | Stadium |
| July 3, 2022 | 6:00 pm | Cameroon vs Zambia | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca |
| July 3, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Tunisia vs Togo | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca |
| July 6, 2022 | 6:00 pm | Zambia vs Tunisia | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca |
| July 6, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Togo vs Cameroon | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca |
| July 9, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Cameroon vs Thailand | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca |
| July 9, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Zambia vs Indonesia | Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat |
| Date | Time | Fixture | Stadium |
| July 4, 2022 | 6:00 pm | Nigeria vs South Africa | Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat |
| July 4, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Burundi vs Botswana | Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat |
| July 7, 2022 | 6:00 pm | South Africa vs Burundi | Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat |
| July 7, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Botswana vs Nigeria | Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat |
| July 10, 2022 | 9:00 pm | South Africa vs Botswana | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat |
| July 10, 2022 | 9:00 pm | Nigeria vs Burund | Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat |
The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations can be watched across Africa’s significant sports news channels.
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