Nine-time African champions, Nigeria will know their opponents for the group phase of next year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations competition when the draw is conducted in Morocco on Friday.
The field of 12 finalist teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each, with the top two teams in each group, as well as the best two third-placed teams across the groups, advancing to the quarter-finals of the competition scheduled for Morocco.
Of the 12 previous tournaments held since Nigeria hosted the inaugural edition in 1998, the Super Falcons have emerged victorious nine times, with Equatorial Guinea winning twice and South Africa clinching the title in the last edition, also hosted by Morocco in July 2022.
All four top-placed teams from that last edition are also in this year’s field of 12. They are: South Africa, Morocco, Zambia, and Nigeria.
Also qualifying are Ghana, Algeria, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tunisia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Mali.
The 13th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations finals will take place from 5th to 26th July 2025.