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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Morocco |
| Dates | 2–23 July |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Africa (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Morocco |
| Third place |  Zambia |
| Fourth place |  Nigeria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 63 (2.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ghizlane Chebbak Rasheedat Ajibade Hildah Magaia (3 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Ghizlane Chebbak |
| Best goalkeeper | Andile Dlamini |
| Fair play award | South Africa |
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The 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Arabic: كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2022, French: Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2022), (also referred to as WAFCON 2022) officially known as the 2022 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was the 14th edition of the biennial African international women's football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), hosted by Morocco from 2 to 23 July 2022.[1][2]
The tournament also doubled as the African qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top four teams qualified for the World Cup, and two more teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[3]
Nigeria were the three-time defending champions, having won the previous 3 editions in 2014, 2016 and 2018; but had its journey ended in the semi-finals after losing to the hosts Morocco on penalties, making it for the first time neither Nigeria or Equatorial Guinea featured in the final. The hosts went on to lose to South Africa in the final, as South Africa claimed its first ever continental trophy after five previous attempts. With this triumph, South Africa joined Nigeria as the only countries to have won both the men's and women's competition.
This was the first edition to feature 12 teams as the 2020 edition, which would have been the first, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. The Morocco vs Nigeria semi-final broke the WAFCON attendance records with 45,562 spectators.[4]
- ^ "Women's International Match Calendar 2020–2023: Fixed dates for international "A" matches" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee – 15 January 2021". CAFOnline.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "WAFCON 2022: Nigeria/Morocco clash set new Africa record attendance".