CAF Announces Draw Procedure For 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations

CAF Announces Draw Procedure For 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations

Precious Oham

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the details of the draw procedure for the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Morocco 2024, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The draw will be conducted on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Salé, starting at 20h00 local time (19h00 GMT).

The prestigious tournament will bring together Africa’s top 12 teams, and they will be divided into three groups of four.

According to the regulations, the 12 qualified teams will be seeded into four levels based on their FIFA rankings.

This seeding ensures a balanced initial distribution of teams for the tournament.

Level 1: Morocco (host), Nigeria, South Africa Level 2: Zambia, Ghana, Tunisia Level 3: Mali, Senegal, Algeria Level 4: DR Congo, Tanzania, Botswana

Morocco, as the host nation, will automatically occupy position A1, while defending champions South Africa will take position C1. The third team in Level 1 will be placed in position B1.

The draw will follow a rigorous methodology to ensure balanced and fair groupings.

Three separate pots will be used to allocate teams from Levels 2, 3, and 4 into Groups A, B, and C: Pot C (Level 4): The first ball drawn will go to Group A, position A4.

The second ball will go to Group B, position B4. The third ball will go to Group C, position C4. Pot B (Level 3): The first ball drawn will go to Group A, position A3. The second ball will go to Group B, position B3. The third ball will go to Group C, position C3. Pot A (Level 2): The first ball drawn will go to Group A, position A2. The second ball will go to Group B, position B2.

The third ball will go to Group C, position C2. The 13th edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations will take place from July 5 to July 26, 2025, in Morocco.

South Africa are the defending champions and they secured their first continental title in Morocco two years ago.