Cameroon Claims First WAFCON Title with 3-0 Victory

The Cameroon National Women's Football Team triumphed over the Malawi National Women's Football Team with a decisive 3-0 victory to claim their first Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title. The match took place on [specific date not provided in the article].

Cameroon, who were invited to the tournament despite not qualifying for WAFCON 2026, scored all three goals in the first half. Marie Ngah Manga opened the scoring with a header in the 20th minute, followed by Naomi Eto's volley in the 30th minute.

Ngah Manga added a third goal just before halftime, marking her second goal of the match and her fifth of the tournament. This victory ended a streak of three consecutive WAFCON final defeats for Cameroon and made them the first team to win the title without qualifying through the standard group qualifiers, as they were included based on FIFA women's world rankings.

Cameroon joins Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, and South Africa as the only nations to have won the WAFCON title.