WAFCON 2026: 7 Countries Eliminated From Tournament

WAFCON 2026: 7 countries eliminated from tournament

At least seven countries have been eliminated from the ongoing CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, in Morocco. They are Zambia, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania. The teams were knocked out of the tournament following the conclusion of earlier group matches played on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The last team that will join […] WAFCON 2026: 7 countries eliminated from tournament

WAFCON Drama: Zambia Coach Outraged by Controversial CAF Rule That...

Head coach of Zambia’s women national team, Nora Häuptle, has hit out at the tie-break rule enforced by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, at the ongoi... #sportnews, #superfalcons, #caf, #zambia, #malawi, #wafcon, #flyingeze

Copper Queens make unwanted WAFCON history after group stage exit

By Kwame Bediako Zambia’s women’s national team have become the first side in Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) history to finish the group stage with six points and still fail to qualify for the quarter-finals. The Copper Queens won two of their three Group C matches but were eliminated after a three-way tie on points with Nigeria and Malawi. How the Group C drama unfolded In Group C, Zambia beat Egypt 6–0 on matchday one, then lost 1–0 to…

Explainer: How CAF's tiebreak rules knocked Zambia out of WAF

The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) produced one of the tournament's most dramatic group stage outcomes as Zambia were knocked out despite finishing with the best overall goal difference among the three teams tied on points.

Banda blitz, Chilufya strike not enough…as Zambia misses out knock-out stage on tiebreakers

Banda blitz, Chilufya strike not enough…as Zambia misses out knock-out stage on tiebreakers ZAMBIA’s national women’s football team suffered a heartbreaking group-stage exit from the tournament. Despite finishing the group stage with a solid tally of six points, the Copper Queens missed out on the quarter-finals after Malawi and Nigeria progressed from Group C due […] The post Banda blitz, Chilufya strike not enough…as Zambia misses out knock-ou…

Häuptle criticises CAF tiebreak rules after Zambia’s WAFCON exit

COPPER Queens coach Nora Häuptle has criticised the CAF head-to-head tiebreak rule that eliminated Zambia from the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations despite the team finishing the group stage on six points. Zambia was eliminated from Group B after CAF applied Article 71.2 of the WAFCON regulations to separate three teams that finished level on […] The post Häuptle criticises CAF tiebreak rules after Zambia’s WAFCON exit first appeared on Mwebantu.