Overview
- The third-place match finished 1-1 after regulation when Nouhaila Benzina struck a VAR-awarded stoppage-time penalty off the post, sending the game to a shootout.
- Kautar Azraf put Morocco ahead in the 37th minute and Lina Boussaha equalised for Algeria in the 83rd minute to force the penalty decider.
- Algeria won the shootout 3-2 as goalkeeper Chloe N’Gazin saved two spot kicks and Ines Belloumou converted the decisive penalty.
- This third-place finish is Algeria’s best-ever result at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations while Morocco has now failed to win any of the three WAFCON tournaments it has hosted.
- Cameroon and tournament debutant Malawi will meet in the final to decide the champion and all four semifinalists have secured places at the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil.