Super Falcons makes NFF $1.2M richer

WAFCON 2024 prize money swells participating federations coffers

***CAF WAFCON group Image credit CAFonline***

By Ed Emeanua

For winning the 2024 WAFCON tournament, Nigeria became the inaugural winners of Confederation of African Football (CAF) newly unveiled Women’s African Cup of Nations championship (WAFCON) on Saturday.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is also $1, 200 000 (one million two hundred thousand US Dollars) richer for Super Falcons 3-2 winning feat over Morocco’s Atlas Lionesses in Saturday’s final of the tournament.

For defeating Morocco’s senior women’s side in the WAFCON 2024 final encounter, the Nigerian Women’s team swelled their federations coffers by $1, 000 000 (one million US Dollars). Nigeria’s Women’s national team made an extra $200.000 (two hundred UD Dollars for qualifying for the quarter final from their group play.

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) went home with a total prize money of $700.000 as runners up of the 2024 WAFCON tournament and made another $200.000 (two hundred thousand US dollars for making it to the quarter final from group play.

Third placed Ghana Black Queens took home the total of $550.000 for their WAFCON 2024 efforts. Broken down into $350.000 (three hundred and fifty thousand US Dollars) from defeating South Africa in their 3rd place encounter as well as pocketing another $200.000 (two hundred thousand US Dollars) for making it out of Group rounds to the quarter final, the Black Queens helped increase the Ghana Football Association (GFA) coffers monetarily.

For placing fourth, Bayana Bayana fetched the South African Football Association (SAFA) $300.000 (three hundred thousand US Dollars) and earned their federation another $200.000 (two hundred thousand US Dollars) for their quarter final berth from the group stages.

Before the championship, CAF increased the Prize Money of the Winner of the TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Morocco 2024 by 100% and the total Prize Money of the Competition by 45%.

When announcing the increase, President of CAF, Dr Patrice Motsepe said: “CAF is continuing with its commitment to the development and growth of Women’s Football in Africa.

According to CAF: “The 100% increase in the Prize Money of the Winner of the TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Morocco 2024 and the 45% total increase in the Prize Money of the Competition should contribute to the increase of the salaries of Women Football players, coaches and employees.

“The quality and standard of Women’s Football in Africa is consistently improving and is world class.

“We are excited about the substantial increase in the number of fans, broadcasting viewers and sponsors in the TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Morocco 2024. This Competition is going to be enormously successful.”

The participating National Teams in the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (“WAFCON”) Morocco 2024 will receive: