Morocco will host the Girls’s Africa Cup of Countries (Wafcon) for the 3rd week in a row in 2026, with the qualifying trail introduced on Thursday.

Thirty-eight nations have entered preliminaries for the match, 4 fewer than the quantity that started the method for the 2024 version.

Facets will play games two rounds of house and away ties to make a decision which 11 groups will fix the host crowd at Wafcon 2026.

The six highest-ranked nations – Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Cameroon and Ivory Coast – have every gained a bye to the second one spherical.

The primary qualifying spherical will tug park in February 2025, with the second one spherical in October later hour.

The dates of the match are but to be introduced by way of the Confederation of African Soccer.

Botswana and DR Congo have certified for the 2024 finals however may just each be lacking from the 2026 version upcoming being passed a tough draw.

They are going to face every alternative within the first spherical of preliminaries, and the winners will later meet reigning continental champions South Africa.

The behind schedule 2024 Wafcon finals are scheduled to be held in Morocco from 5-26 July later hour, having been driven again on account of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games. The timing of the 12-team match was once handiest introduced in June.

The North African kingdom additionally staged the 2022 finals.