The Women's Africa Cup of Nations is building to an electric climax in Morocco, and the host nation have made a near-perfect start to the expanded 16-team competition.

Back-to-back wins, a comfortable opening-day victory followed by a gritty defensive display, have put the Atlas Lionesses three points clear at the top of their group with qualification firmly in their own hands.

A wide-open, expanded field

With more teams competing than ever before, the WAFCON has served up a festival of attacking football. Several of the region's traditional powerhouses have been forced to scrap for every point, and the group stages were decided by the finest of margins.

Ticket to Brazil 2027

The huge incentive behind every result is the guarantee of a place at the Women's World Cup 2027 in Brazil for the four semi-finalists — a prize that adds real, life-changing weight to every knockout meeting.

For Morocco, the mission now is clear: keep control of the group, carry home advantage deep into the knockout stage, and live up to the vast expectations of a roaring home crowd.