Algeria defeat Senegal in WAFCON 2026 opening – Daily Trust

Algeria kicked off the women’s Africa Cup of Nations WAFCON 2026 tournament with a 2-0 win over Senegal at the Olympic stadium in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday.

The expanded 16-nation tournament started on a good note for the Desert Foxes of Algeria who scored once in each half through Marine Dafeur’s opener and Mélissa Bethi’s late clincher to seal a first WAFCON win over Senegal on their first meeting.

Algeria had the opportunity to go ahead when the referee awarded the North Africans a penalty for Senegal captain Korka Fall’s foul on Algeria’s Oud Braham, allowing Dafeur to step up and send the goalkeeper the wrong way for 1-0 to Algeria on 42 minutes.