{"id":1675,"date":"2026-08-07T11:32:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:37:18","slug":"wafcon-2026-quarter-finals-confirmed-with-conclusion-of-group-d-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/wafcon-2026-quarter-finals-confirmed-with-conclusion-of-group-d-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFCON 2026 QUARTER FINALS CONFIRMED WITH CONCLUSION OF GROUP D MATCHES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The quarter final fixtures of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON were confirmed on Thursday night with the conclusion of the third round of matches in Group D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blacks Queens of Ghana secured the last quarter final spot after battling to a 1-1 draw with the Lady Eagles of Mali in a tense encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ghanaians knew before kick-off that avoiding defeat would be enough to progress to the knockout stages and they did just that despite being forced to withstand a spirited second-half fightback from a determined Mali side at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghana found the breakthrough deep into first-half stoppage time as Comfort Yeboah delivered an inviting pass into the penalty area and Evelyn Badu made no mistake, calmly finishing for a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, just five minutes into the second half, Kadidiatou Diabate found space inside the Ghanaian penalty area and equalised breathing new life into Mali’s qualification hopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides had chances to grab the winner but neither did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the final whistle sounded, Ghana celebrated passage into the quarter finals while Mali were left disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the other group game, the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon also drew 1-1 with Cape Verde in Rabat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cameroon scored in the 28th minute through Grace Mendoua while Cape Verde equalised five minutes into the second half courtesy of Ivania Moreira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cameroon thought they had restored their advantage soon afterwards when substitute Michaela-Batya Abam swept home after a goalmouth scramble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, celebrations were cut short after a VAR review ruled the goal out for a foul in the build-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results ensured that Cameroon who had previously beaten both Ghana and Mali finished top of the group with seven points while Ghana claimed second spot on four points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mali exited the tournament on goal difference despite also finishing with four points, while tournament debutants Cape Verde ended their first campaign with one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quarter finals will begin on Saturday in Casablanca with Group B winners Cote D’ivoire taking on Group A runners-up Algeria while hosts, Morocco who won Group A take on Group B runners-up, South Africa in Rabat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defending champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria who finished second in Group C will battle Group D winners, Cameroon in Casablanca on Sunday while Group C winners, Malawi confront Ghana D runners-up, Ghana in Rabat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winners of the quarter final matches will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The quarter final fixtures of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON were confirmed on Thursday night with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-sports"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wafcon-1.png",760,456,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wafcon-1.png",760,456,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wafcon-1.png",760,456,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wafcon-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wafcon-1-300x180.png",300,180,true],"large":["https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wafcon-1.png",760,456,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wafcon-1.png",760,456,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wafcon-1.png",760,456,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"kufmtv","author_link":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/author\/kufmtv\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"News<\/a> Sports<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The quarter final fixtures of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON were confirmed on Thursday night with the […]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1677,"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions\/1677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}