South Africa’s Triumph, Lucky Ellis and interesting WAFCON Fun Facts

The twelfth version of the Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations has ended with South Africa topped as Champions and for the primary time.

Lead by the inspirational Coach and two-time CAF Ladies’s Coach of the Yr, Desiree Ellis, South Africa defeated host nation Morocco 2-1 on the Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah on Saturday evening.

Hildah Magaia was the star on the evening, her brace lifted one nation and broke the hearts of one other.

It was a second consecutive ultimate for Banyana Banyana following the 2018 ultimate’s defeat to Nigeria in Ghana.

What’s much more fascinating about this event are some enjoyable details we gathered, all of with the Quantity three theme.

Right here they Are:

1. Three Gamers (Ghizlane Chebbak, Rasheedat Ajibade, Hildah Magaia) completed with three objectives on the WAFCON 2022

2.On the third try as Coach Desiree Ellis received South Africa their first ever WAFCON title.

3. South Africa are the third completely different winners of the WAFCON title.

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Hildah Magaia scored 2️⃣ objectives to information the Banyana Banyana to their first ever #TotalEnergiesWAFCON title! ?#TotalEnergiesWAFCON2022 | #EmpoweringOurGame pic.twitter.com/2ofNDfbZaj

— #TotalEnergiesWAFCON2022 (@CAFwomen) July 23, 2022

4. Desiree Ellis joins Eucharia Uche and Florence Omagbemi as former NT Gamers to win the WAFCON as Coaches

The primary Banyana Banyana captain Desiree Ellis is now #WAFCON2022 champion as a coach!!!#TeamMorocco #teamSouthAfrica #banyanabanyana SAFA #TotalEnergiesWAFCON2022 pic.twitter.com/qq8pOH0o9K

— Tshepiso (@Tshepi_11_) July 23, 2022

5. Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco at the moment are the one WAFCON finalists by no means to win the event.

6. Morocco are the third host to achieve a WAFCON ultimate and lose (2000 South Africa, 2016 Cameroon).