Harambee Starlets, landed tough opponents in Group A alongside hosts Morocco, Senegal and Algeria in the group stage of the 2026 Women\u2019s African Cup of nations (WAFCON), which will used as a qualifier for next yera\u2019s FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
The draw conducted on Thursday in Rabat will see Kenya, led by coach Beldine Oemba, open their campaign on March 17th against Morocco before taking on Senegal and Algeria.<\/p>\n
South Africa will have to navigate through C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Tanzania in Group B.<\/p>\n
Defending champions Nigeria are in group C alongside Zambia, Egypt and Malawi, while Ghana, Mali, Cape Verde and Cameroon make up group D.<\/p>\n
Group A will play their matches at the Moulay Hassan stadium, while Group B will be stationed at the Al Madina stadium.<\/p>\n
Group C fixtures will be staged in Casablanca, as Group D will play at the Fes Sports Complex.<\/p>\n
The final will be played on 3rd April, with the top 4 nations qualifying for the 2027 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
Kenya is making a return to the tournament for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n
Group A (Rabat, Moulay Hassan Stadium): Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, Kenya<\/p>\n
Group B (Rabat, Al Madina Stadium): South Africa, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Tanzania<\/p>\n
Group C (Casablanca): Nigeria, Zambia, Egypt, Malawi<\/p>\n
Group D (Fes): Ghana, Cameroon, Mali, Cape Verde<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harambee Starlets, landed tough opponents in Group A alongside hosts Morocco, Senegal and Algeria in the group stage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[483,15988,2509,80,15989,15686],"class_list":{"0":"post-26037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-caf","9":"tag-fkf","10":"tag-harambee-starlets","11":"tag-kenya","12":"tag-morocco-2026","13":"tag-wafcon-2026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}