Following months of hypothesis, the Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations has formally been postponed. It is one other signal of token inclusion for ladies in soccer.
Nicely, the worst-kept secret in soccer is lastly out. The 2026 Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) has been postponed. The official affirmation got here lower than two weeks earlier than the scheduled begin of Africa’s premier ladies’s soccer competitors.
On Thursday, 5 March, the Confederation of African Soccer (Caf) launched a imprecise assertion saying that as a substitute of the initially said dates of 17 March to three April, Wafcon will now be held from 25 July to 16 August.
“In October 2024, Caf granted the internet hosting rights for the Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations 2026 to Morocco and this match was scheduled for 17 March – 3 April 2026,” Caf stated.
“After discussions between Caf and its companions, Fifa and different stakeholders, Caf determined to reschedule the dates of Wafcon 2026 to 25 July – 16 August 2026; to make sure the success of this essential ladies’s competitors, within the gentle of sure unexpected circumstances,” the custodian of African soccer said.
“Preparations for Wafcon 2026 are underneath approach and all of the events are assured that will probably be very profitable.”
Caf’s disrespect
Contemplating that quite a lot of groups that certified for the match had been already in camp getting ready for participation within the biennial…
