{"id":69337,"date":"2025-06-30T09:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T09:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69337"},"modified":"2025-06-30T09:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T09:28:24","slug":"caf-to-unveil-new-trophy-for-wafcon-2025-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/30\/caf-to-unveil-new-trophy-for-wafcon-2025-in-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF to Unveil New Trophy for WAFCON 2025 in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF), will unveil a brand-new trophy for the 2025 edition of the Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), on Wednesday, July 2, in Morocco; this year\u2019s host nation.<\/p>\n<p>The launch aligns with CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe\u2019s commitment to the growth and development of women\u2019s football across the continent, a vision he has repeatedly emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>The unveiling will be held in two phases: a digital launch on CAF\u2019s official platforms in the afternoon, followed by an activation event in the evening in partnership with sponsors TotalEnergies.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the trophy\u2019s design and symbolic meaning will be revealed during the ceremonies, adding to the growing excitement surrounding the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>WAFCON 2025 is set to be a landmark event, featuring 12 national teams and a significant increase in prize money, rising from $975,000 to $2.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will run from July 5 to 26, 2025, with the opening match between hosts Morocco and Zambia scheduled to take place at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado The Confederation of African Football (CAF), will unveil a brand-new trophy for the 2025 edition of the Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), on Wednesday, July 2, in Morocco; this year\u2019s host nation. The launch aligns with CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe\u2019s commitment to the growth and development of women\u2019s football across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-69337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69339,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69337\/revisions\/69339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}