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2024 WAFCON: Favourites, players to watch and predictions

2024 WAFCON: Favourites, players to watch and predictions

Hosts Morocco seek to overcome 2022 heartbreak and lift the trophy on home soil for the first time

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South Africa won the last WAFCON in 2022. Credit: Getty Images

That’s not a typo in the title – the 15th edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) is indeed kicking off a year later than scheduled. Morocco will host the tournament for the second of three consecutive times, starting 5 July.

Twelve teams have qualified and been drawn into three groups, from which the top two and the two best third-placed teams will progress to the quarter-finals. The coveted prize will be won in the final in Rabat on 26 July.

Here’s all you need to know about the teams, players and stories to follow at this year’s WAFCON:

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