{"id":47241,"date":"2026-01-16T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=47241"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:01:26","slug":"algeria-and-morocco-drawn-together-in-afcon-group-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=47241","title":{"rendered":"Algeria and Morocco Drawn Together in AFCON Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers<\/strong> \u2013 The draw for the 2026 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has placed Algeria and Morocco in the same group, setting the stage for a potentially thrilling encounter.<\/p>\n<p>The draw, conducted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on the sidelines of the 2025 Men&#8217;s AFCON finals in Morocco, resulted in a challenging group for the Algerian national team. Alongside host nation Morocco, Algeria will also face Senegal and Kenya in Group A.<\/p>\n<p>The complete group stage breakdown is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Group A: Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, Kenya<\/p>\n<p>Group B: South Africa, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Tanzania<\/p>\n<p>Group C: Nigeria, Zambia, Egypt, Malawi<\/p>\n<p>Group D: Ghana, Cameroon, Mali, Cape Verde<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is scheduled to take place in Morocco, with exact dates to be announced soon. <em>Anticipation is high<\/em> among fans, as Algeria faces a significant challenge in its quest to compete for the coveted continental title in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian team will need to be at their best to navigate this tough group and progress through the competition. Securing a spot in the knockout stages will require strong performances against all three opponents, particularly against the host nation Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>DZWatch will continue to provide updates and in-depth coverage as the 2026 Women&#8217;s AFCON approaches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=40\">More Sports articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers \u2013 The draw for the 2026 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has placed Algeria and Morocco in the same group, setting the stage for a potentially thrilling encounter.<\/p>\n<p>The draw, conducted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on the sidelines of the 2025&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47243,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47241\/revisions\/47243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}