2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

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2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine de football 2020
Tournament details
Dates	Cancelled (originally 23 November – 20 December 2020)
Teams	12 (planned)
← 2018 2022 →

The 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, officially known as the 2020 Total Women's Africa Cup Of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was supposed to be the 14th edition of the biennial African women's association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). This would have been the first edition to feature 12 teams at the group stages of the tournament as opposed to 8 from previous editions.^[1]^[2]

CAF decided to cancel this edition of the tournament on 30 June 2020 at an executive virtual meeting, citing "challenging conditions" caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and rather approve the creation of the CAF Women's Champions League which began in November the following year.^[3]^[4]

Nigeria were the defending champions.

Host selection

The Republic of the Congo were named as the hosts on 17 September 2018,^[5] but withdrew on 10 July the following year.^[6]

No official replacement hosts were named by CAF before cancellation, although sources mentioned Tunisia,^[7] Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea as possible or potential hosts.^[8]^[9]

Qualification

A total of 36 out of the 54 CAF nations entered their female national teams into the qualification rounds which were scheduled to be played in April and June 2020 before being initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and eventually cancelled.

References

^ "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2022. New formats for youth and women's competitions based on 12 teams were approved.
^ Ahmadu, Samuel (17 July 2019). "Caf expands African Women's Cup of Nations to 12 teams". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAFOnline.com. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2022. Due to challenging conditions, the 2020 edition of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations has been cancelled. Meanwhile, the CAF Women's Champions League will be launched in 2021.
^ Ahmadu, Samuel (30 June 2020). "Caf cancels 2020 Africa Women's Cup of Nations, launches Women's Champions League". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAFOnline.com. 29 September 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2018. Designation of host countries for upcoming competitions: Total Women's AFCON 2020 : Congo
^ Ahmadu, Samuel (10 July 2019). "Congo pull out of hosting the 2020 Africa Women's Cup of Nations". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "Namibia to face Zambia, Botswana in Women's Afcon qualifiers as Caf releases fixtures". Press Reader. Windhoek, Namibia. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2022. The Women's Afcon is set to take place in Tunisia from 28 November 2020.
^ Ahmadu, Samuel (10 January 2020). "Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea bid to host the 2020 Africa Women's Cup of Nations". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
^ "No host for AFCON 2020 Women's Championship as Congo pull out and South Africa say no thanks". Sports24Online. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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Records and statistics
Editions	1991 1995 Nigeria 1998 South Africa 2000 Nigeria 2002 South Africa 2004 Nigeria 2006 Equatorial Guinea 2008 South Africa 2010 Equatorial Guinea 2012 Namibia 2014 Cameroon 2016 Ghana 2018 ~~2020~~ Morocco 2022 Morocco 2024 Morocco 2026
Qualification	1991¹ 1995¹ 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 ~~2020~~ 2022 2024 2026
Finals	2022 2024
Squads	2000 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 ~~2020~~ 2022 2024
¹ No qualification took place in 1991 and 1995. Category

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