2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations final

2 3 | | July 26, 2025 | | Rabat Olympic Stadium, Rabat. | | Esther Okoronkwo | | Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia) | | 21,000 | | Cloudy night22 °C (72 °F)96% humidity |

The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations final was an association football match that took place at Rabat Olympic Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, on 26 July 2025, to determine the winners of 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. It was the 13th final of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) contested between Morocco, in their second Wafcon final, and Nigeria, in their tenth Wafcon final. This was their first final at any major tournament.

Nigeria won the match in regulation time with a score of 3–2. With this victory, the team won its tenth Women's Africa Cup of Nations title, while Morocco took second place.

Morocco led 2-0 at the break through goals from Ghizlane Chebbak and Sanaa Mssoudy. But Nigeria after the break, pulled a goal back from the penalty spot in the 64th minute through Esther Okoronkwo. Subsequent goals from Folashade Ijamilusi to equalise in the 71st minute, and substitute Jennifer Echegini winner with two minutes of the game remaining, completed Nigeria's comeback.

2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the biennial African women's football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football for national teams, held between 5 July and 26 July 2025 in five cities, all in Morocco. Qualifying rounds were held between September and concluded 26 December 2023, with 42 out of the 54 African nations vying for the 11 available group stage spots through matches played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule was applied to leveled aggregate scores after the stipulated regulation time after the second leg, with no extra time and straight to penalty shoot-outs to determine the winner. In the finals 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams playing each other once within the group. The top two teams of each group, along with the two-best third-placed teams, advanced to the knockout stage.

The tournament was delayed and took place Northern Hemisphere's Summer 2025, while retaining the name WAFCON 2024 and using the same host and venues.

The match marked Morocco's second consecutive appearance in a Women's Afcon final, having lost the 2022 final. This would be two consecutive finals on home soil for Morocco, and would be the first Wafcon final for manager Jorge Vilda after recently winning the 2023 Women's World Cup with Spain.

Nigeria played in a record-extending 10th Women's Africa Cup of Nations title final, their recent since the 2018 final. With a record nine titles from 12 editions, they have won all previous 9 finals they played in.

This would be the fourth meeting between the two teams at the WAFCON; the two sides had met in semifinals of the previous edition with Morocco winning  5–4 on penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw. Nigeria leads the all-time series against Morocco, with a 2–1–0 record.

Only counting African Women's Championship era (1998 onwards).

Olympic Stadium, in Rabat, Morocco hosted the final.

The final was held at the 21,000-capacity multi-purpose Rabat Olympic Stadium in the capital city of Rabat.

The stadium was built in a record time of nine months (approximately 36 weeks). The allocated budget was nearly 496 million dirhams, plus an additional 32.1 million dirhams for laying the turf and installing the stands. The project required intensive organization, with work proceeding day and night to ensure the stadium was ready before the inauguration of the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, the fourth stage of the 2025 Diamond League.

Both Nigeria and Morocco made just one change each to their semi final line up. Nigeria had the first real attack in the 4th minute with a corner kick, Folashade Ijamilusi with the cross as Michelle Alozie fired wide. Najat Badri hit from just outside the box was off target in the 8th minute. Ashleigh Plumptre fluffed the chance to clear the ball, and it fell just outside the area to Ghizlane Chebbak, whose rising shot gave goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie no chance as Nigeria conceded for the first time in open play at the tournament in the 12th minute. The Moroccan lead doubled in the 24th minute as the ball flew across the Nigerian goalmouth to Sanaa Mssoudy, with excellent footwork on the left side of the penalty area before drilling a low, left-footed shot into the far corner. The first half belonged entirely to Morocco, going into the break with a comfortable two-goal cushion. Nigeria, despite enjoying 56.9% possession, managed just two shots with only one weak effort on target.

In the second half as Nigeria were handed a lifeline in the 63rd minute when they were awarded a penalty. The decision came after Ijamilusi hooked the ball back, striking the arm of Moroccan defender Nouhaila Benzina. Okoronkwo converted the penalty down the middle, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way. In the 71st minute, Okoronkwo on a solo run through the Moroccan defense, slipped a well-timed pass through to Ijamilusi, who finished neatly with her left foot into the bottom corner to level the match. Ijamilusi was replaced for Nigeria by Asisat Oshoala, a minute later the referee initially awarded Morocco a penalty for handball following a corner, when Imane Saoud helped a cross onto the hand of Nigeria's Blessing Demehin, who was barely two yards away. Chebbak had the ball on the spot when Namibian referee Antsino Twanyanyukwa was called to the VAR screen and overturned her decision almost four minutes later.

With extra time looming, a set-piece routine saw Okoronkwo swing in a free-kick that fell kindly to substitute Jennifer Echegini, who guided the ball in on the half-volley in the 88th minute. Morocco pushed for an equaliser in the final stages, forcing a few nervy moments, but Nigeria held their shape and saw out the result.

Alice Umutesi (Rwanda) Tabara Mbodji (Senegal) Fourth official:

Josephine Wanjiku (Kenya) Reserve assistant referee: Video assistant referee:

Salima Mukansanga Guirat (Rwanda) Assistant video assistant referees:

Letticia Viana (Eswatini) Diana Chikotesha (Zambia) | Match rules

90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary

Penalty shoot-out if scores still level

Maximum of fifteen named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time |

CAF president Patrice Motsepe and FIFA President Gianni Infantino were present on the pitch stage during the awards ceremony to hand out the medals and present the trophy to the Nigerian captain Ajibade.

Nigeria forward Esther Okoronkwo was named the player of the match for the final. Teammate Rasheedat Ajibade was named the player of the tournament by CAF's technical observers.Moroccan forward Chebbak became the tournament's top scorer with five goals. Okoronkwo, Jraidi, Ajibade and Chebbak were among the players named to the Team of the Tournament; composed largely of those who played in the final, the team also included goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and defender Michelle Alozie.

Nigeria won their tenth Women's African cup of Nations title in the 13 editions of the competition, maintaining their 100 percent win rate at WAFCON finals 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2024. Nigeria's win also marks the first time a national team won a WAFCON final after trailing by 2 goals. Nigeria's victory meant that they have now beaten a third host nation in a Wafcon final following successes over South Africa and Cameroon in 2000 and 2016 respectively. As winners, Nigeria was awarded a prize of U$1 million.

With this triumph, Nigeria became the first women's national team (across all continents) to reach 10 continental titles.

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