It’s the business end of things at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). And on Sunday, it will be a renewal of rivalry for two of the continent’s women’s football powerhouses when perennial winners Nigeria do battle with neighbours Cameroon.
The quarter-final match, to be played at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, is one of the blockbuster games to headline the last eight phase of the continental showpiece. Both heavyweights are into the last eight with starkly different group campaigns. Nigeria enter Sunday’s game after a nervy end to their Group C outing, where they only qualified for the quarters on a tiebreaker rule, having scored more goals than Zambia, who had the same points — six — as the Super Falcons.
Quite uncharacteristic, Coach Justine Madugu’s team entered their final group stage game under immense pressure after a shocking 2-3 loss to debutants Malawi. They, however, bounced back, recording a narrow victory over Zambia to keep their WAFCON dreams alive. Despite a commanding 2-6 triumph over the Cleopatras of Egypt, the continental giants could only squeeze into the last in second place behind Malawi, who lost to Zambia on the same day.
That victory handed the 10-time WAFCON champions a tricky tie against rivals Cameroon, a match that will rekindle the old flames of the women’s game on the continent. Cameroon, unlike their opponent, are undefeated. The Indomitable Lionesses dispatched Mali and Ghana in their first two matches.
