2026 WAFCON: Nigeria draws Zambia, debutant Malawi, Egypt in Group C 

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor,  ABUJA BUREAU

In what looks like an easy group, reigning African champions Nigeria have been drawn in Group C with rivals Zambia, North Africans Egypt, and debutant Malawi as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) today held the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2026 final draw at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat.

The draw also put hosts Morocco in Group A with Algeria, Senegal, and Kenya while Group B has former WAFCON champions South Africa, Tanzania, and two West African nations Côté D’Ivoire and Burkina Faso.

Bronze medallists in the last WAFCON also in Morocco, Ghana leads Group D comprising rivals Cameroon, Mali, and first-timers Cape Verde.

According to CAF,  Morocco’s capital city Rabat will host two match venues while Casablanca and Fès have been selected as host cities for the biggest continental women’s football tournament holding from March 17 to April 3, 2026.

Nigeria’s Super Falcons will their matches in Casablanca while the Atlas Lionesses of Morocco will be based in Rabat with Ghana and South Africa, probably playing their group games in Fès and Rabat respectively.

Meanwhile, all four semi-finalists in the  upcoming WAFCON in Morocco will qualify directly to the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Brazil.

CAF WOMEN’S AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS MOROCCO 2026 GROUPS:

*GROUP A*

Morocco

Algeria

Senegal

Kenya

*GROUP B*

South Africa

Côté D’Ivoire

Burkina Faso

Tanzania

*GROUP C*

Nigeria

Zambia

Egypt

Malawi —First Appearance

*GROUP D*

Ghana

Cameroon

Mali

Cape Verde — First Appearance.