WAFCON 2026 qualifiers: Fixtures, results and table standings

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As the 2nd circular of the 2026 WAFCON qualifiers commences successful October 2025, present are cardinal details specified arsenic fixtures, results and array standings.

The 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualification is the process by which African women’s nationalist teams vie for the 15 disposable slots to articulation big Morocco successful the last tournament.

WAFCON 2026 Format & Rounds

The qualifiers started successful February 2025 and widen done to October 2025.
The contention features 2 rounds:
1. First Round: Lower-ranked teams play home-and-away two-legged ties.
2. Second Round: The winners from the archetypal circular look teams that received a bye (higher-ranked teams). The winners of these ties suffice for the finals.
If aggregate scores are level aft 2 legs, the away goals rule applies. If inactive tied, the necktie goes to a penalty shoot-out (no other time).

CAF besides expanded WAFCON successful 2026 to 16 teams (up from erstwhile editions) to let much nations to enactment successful the finals.

Below are immoderate of the notable fixtures and outcomes successful the qualification stages.

WAFCON 2026 First Round Highlights

Tanzania progressed 4–2 connected aggregate.
Ethiopia precocious via penalties (5–4) aft a 2–2 aggregate draw.
Malawi precocious by walkover erstwhile Congo withdrew.
Algeria, Mali, Togo, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Kenya, Gambia, Benin, Cape Verde, and Senegal besides precocious done successful their tie