The Confederation of African Football has increased the winners’ prize money for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations by 100 per cent, raising it from $1m to $2m.
This is the second time CAF is raising the prize money within a year, coming just days before the 2026 WAFCON in Morocco, where 16 teams will compete in the expanded tournament for the first time in the competition’s history.
Morocco will once again host the tournament from July 25 to August 16, using two cities, Rabat and Casablanca.
Last year, CAF increased the winners’ prize of $500,000 by 100 per cent, while the total prize fund rose by 45 per cent to $3.475m.
A year later, the overall prize fund has increased by another 67 per cent, from $3.475m to $5.8m.
The runners-up will now receive $750,000, representing a 50 per cent increase, while the prize money for the third-placed team has been increased by 43 per cent.
Each of the 16 participating teams will also receive $150,000 in participation funding, an increase of $25,000 (20 per cent) from the $125,000 received in the previous edition.
“Since the current CAF leadership assumed office, the prize money of the winner has increased by 900 per cent from $200,000 to $2m and the total prize money has increased by 495 per cent from $975,000 to $5.8m,” CAF said in a statement released on its website on Wednesday.
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