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By Bunmi Ogunyale
Nine-time African champions, Nigeria’s Super Falcons will be gunning for a princely sum of N208million (USD 500 000) when hostilities begin at the Africa Women’s Nations Cup in Morocco.
The President of CAF Dr Patrice Motsepe announced the increase of 150% in prize money for the competition in line with the new policy at CAF to make women’s football in Africa globally competitive.
The tournament kicked off last night (Saturday) with hosts Morocco and Burkina Faso at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, in Rabat.
The overall prize money of the competition has been increased from USD 975 000 to USD 2 400 000 – an increase of almost USD 1.5 million.
The President of CAF and the CAF Executive Committee have identified women’s football as amongst the top priorities of CAF.
The winner of this year’s edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 will pocket USD 500 000 – a 150% increase of USD 300 000.
Previous winners of this competition received USD 200 000.
The prize money for runners-up has almost doubled from USD 175 000 to USD 300 000 and the semi-finalists will get USD 225 000 each which has increased from USD 125 000.
