Super Falcons To Take Home $1m If They Win 2022 AWCON Trophy

Super Falcons To Take Home $1m If They Win 2022 AWCON Trophy

Sampson Adedeji

A few hours to the start of the 2022 African Women Cup of Nations in Morocco, the African soccer governing body has revealed the price money for the winner, BSNsports.com.ng understands.

After skipping the 2020 edition of the competition due to the outbreak of coronavirus, the biennial tournament will commence on Saturday.

Twelve qualified teams including Nigeria's Super Falcons are already in Morocco for the continent biggest women soccer fiesta.

The football body announced that the eventual winner will go home with a whopping sum of $1 million and the trophy.

Super Falcons who won the last edition got $200,000 for their efforts in 2018 and CAF under Patrice Motsepe has decided to increase the money in order to motivate the players.

Host Morocco will face Burkina Faso in the opening game slated for Saturday.