Africa: CAF President Dr Motsepe Says WAFCON 2022 Final Will Change Women’s Football Forever

Africa: CAF President Dr Motsepe Says WAFCON 2022 Final Will Change Women’s Football Forever

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CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe says tonight’s 2022 TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final between Morocco and South Africa will change the face of Women’s Football forever.

Hosts Morocco and South Africa will face off in the title decider at Rabat’s Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in a match that will produce a new African champion. The past 11 titles since the tournament’s inception in 1998 have gone to Nigeria (nine) and Equatorial Guinea (two).

The Atlas Lionesses are featuring in their first ever continental final, while 2018 finalists Banyana Banyana are eyeing what would be their first WAFCON crown in their fifth final.

“Morocco and South Africa have invested a lot in the development and growth of women’s football. When you look at the WAFCON 2022 final, African football will be the winner. We need more member associations to embrace the investment in football and this will ultimately lead to systematic growth,” Dr Motsepe said in a press briefing on the eve of the final at Moulay Abdellah.

“We want women’s football to be professional. Women must earn more money and the sponsors are starting to see this. Women footballers need to get comparative salaries. African football players need to earn well while playing on the continent,” he added of a tournament that has set new records in terms of the quality of football, crowd attendance and increased remuneration for the tournament’s participating teams.

“When we talk about development, we have to talk about empowering female coaches. We have to spend more money on training them and this starts in the academies and that way we can see more and more female coaches on the continent,” Dr Motsepe added.