TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2026: Everything You Need to Know – CAFOnline.com

The TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers are underway ahead of the 15th edition that will bring together the best women’s football teams in Africa.
Below are the latest results of the qualifiers.

Qualifying Phases
The first round will take place from February 19 to 26, 2025.
The second round will take place from October 20 to 28, 2025.
(Times in GMT)
14:00
South Sudan 0-5 Algeria
16:00
Niger 0 – 2 Gambia
14:00
Botswana 0-2 DR Congo
Tanzania 3-1 Equatorial Guinea
15:30
Gabon 0-6 Mali
16:00
Benin 2-1 Sierra Leone
Angola 2-1 Zimbabwe
13:00
14:00
16:30
17:00
17:00
15:00
17:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
13:00
14:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
Second Round
● M33 & M34: Angola – Zimbabwe vs. Malawi
● M35 & M36: Botswana – DR Congo vs. South Africa
● M37 & M38: Tanzania – Equatorial Guinea vs. Uganda – Ethiopia
● M39 & M40: Eswatini – Namibia vs. Zambia
● M41 & M42: Burundi – Burkina Faso vs. Djibouti – Togo
● M43 & M44: South Sudan – Algeria vs. Cameroon
● M45 & M46: Rwanda – Egypt vs. Ghana
● M47 & M48: Kenya – Tunisia vs. Gambia
● M49 & M50: Benin vs. Nigeria
● M51 & M52: Guinea – Cape Verde vs. Gabon – Mali
● M53 & M54: Senegal vs. Ivory Coast
Dates
The dates for the final phase of the competition will be soon be communicated by CAF.
Stadiums
The selected stadiums for the competition will be revealed in due course.
Format
The final phase of the competition is structured into three groups of four teams.
The top two teams from each group will qualify directly for the quarter-finals, along with the two best third-placed teams.
From this stage, the competition adopts a knockout format leading up to the final, where the winner will be crowned.

Achievements:
Year
Host
Winner
Score
Finalist
Third Place
Score
Fourth
1991
Home and Away
Nigeria
2 – 0 & 4 – 0
Cameroon
Guinea / Zambia
No third place match
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1995
Home and Away
Nigeria
4 – 1 & 7 – 1
South Africa
Angola / Ghana
No third place match
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1998
Nigeria
Nigeria
2 – 0
Ghana
DR Congo
3 – 3 (3 – 1) Penalties
Cameroon
2000
South Africa
Nigeria
2 – 0
South Africa
Ghana
6 – 3
Zimbabwe
2002
Nigeria
Nigeria
2 – 0
Ghana
Cameroon
3 – 0
South Africa
2004
South Africa
Nigeria
5 – 0
Cameroon
Ghana
0 – 0 (6 – 5) Penalties
Ethiopia
2006
Nigeria
Nigeria
1 – 0
Ghana
South Africa
2 – 2 (5 – 4) Penalties
Cameroon
2008
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
2 – 1
South Africa
Nigeria
1 – 1 (5 – 4) Penalties
Cameroon
2010
South Africa
Nigeria
4 – 2
Equatorial Guinea
South Africa
2 – 0
Cameroon
2012
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
4 – 0
South Africa
Cameroon
1 – 0
Nigeria
2014
Namibia
Nigeria
2 – 0
Cameroon
Cote d’Ivoire
1 – 0
South Africa
2016
Cameroon
Nigeria
1 – 0
Cameroon
Ghana
1 – 0
South Africa
2018
Ghana
Nigeria
0 – 0 (4 – 3) Penalties
South Africa
Cameroon
4 – 2
Mali
2020

Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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2022
Morocco
South Africa
2 – 1
Morocco
Zambia
1 – 0
Nigeria

Country Records
Rank
Country
Wins
Runners-up
Third Place
Fourth
Years of Title
1️Nigeria
10
1️-1️
0️
1️
1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018

2️ Equatorial Guinea
2️
1️
0️
0️
2008, 2012

3️ South Africa
1️
5️
2️
3️
2022

4️ Cameroon
0️
4️
3️
4️
❌

5️ Ghana
0
3️
4️
0️
❌

6️ Morocco
0️
1️
0️
0️
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7️Angola
0️
0️
1️
0️
❌

8 Cote d’Ivoire
0️
0️
1️
0️
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9. Guinea
0️
0️
1️
0️
❌

10. DR Congo
0️
0️
1️
0️
❌

11. Zambia
0️
0️
1️
0️
❌

12. Ethiopia
0️
0️
0️
1️
❌

1️3. Mali
0️
0️
0️
1️
❌

14. Zimbabwe
0️
0
0
1
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