2022 WAFCON: Hosts Morocco, South Africa Ready For Final Showdown, As Africa Brace For The Third-Ever Country To Lift One Of The Most Prestigious Trophy In Women’s Football – National

Africa could have a brand new continental champion as the ultimate match of the 2022 Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations(WAFCON) takes heart stage in Rabat, the capital metropolis of Morocco later tonight.

The host nation, Morocco’s Atlas Lionesses will lock horns with Banyana Banyana of South Africa within the much-publicized closing of an eventful match to this point.

Morocco defeated nine-time winners and defending champions, Nigeria’s Tremendous Falcons 5-4 on penalties after each the regulation and further time resulted in a one-all draw to guide their place on this 12 months’s closing.

Whereas South Africa booked their place within the closing in a controversial method after they have been awarded a die-minute penalty that was contested by the Zambians of their semi-final fixture, to make it to the ultimate of the biennial soccer match for the sixth time.

Details in regards to the two sides

That is the primary time Morocco has reached the ultimate of the most important soccer match within the continent whereas South Africa is the favourite to win this match on paper, the Banyana Banyana reached the ultimate 5 occasions earlier than this version, most lately in 2018, they’ve completed within the high 4 of the match ten occasions, solely Nigeria and Cameroon have accomplished a greater quantity than South Africa.

What’s at stake

The prospect of being topped the champions of Africans and changing into the third-ever nation to raise the Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations trophy. The earlier editions of the match have solely been gained by simply two nations, that are Nigeria with essentially the most titles, successful the trophy 9 occasions whereas the opposite nation is Equatorial Guinea which gained it twice in 2008 and 2012.

A whopping sum of USD 500 000 awaits the brand new champions after a 150% enhance of USD 300 000 in comparison with USD 200 000 acquired by earlier winners of this competitors.

As a part of efforts to restructure ladies’s soccer in Africa, CAF President Dr. Follow Motsepe final month elevated the general prize cash for the 2022 WAFCON from USD 975 000 to USD 2 400 000 – a rise of virtually USD 1.5 million.

Time, date, and venue

The ultimate of the 2022 Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations will likely be performed at the moment, Saturday 23 June 2022 on the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco by 9:00 pm.

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