The opening ceremony of the 10th Women’s African Cup of Nations will take place today as host Cameroon and Egypt lock horns in the first game at the Yaounde Stadium.
However, the tournament’s defending champions, Nigeria’s Super Falcons will battle their
Malian counterpart on Sunday at the Limbe Stadium. The Falcons who have won the
championship for a record seven times are placed in Group B with Ghana, Mali and Kenya. A
total of eight teams will play in the tournament.
Meanwhile, the initial dates of the championship were October 8 to 22 2016, but were
changed due to weather considerations. In the same vein, on 6 August 2015, the CAF
Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Women’s
Championship to the Africa Women Cup of Nations, similar to the men’s version.