Cameroon/Malawi: Ngah Brace Fires Cameroon to Historic First Wafcon Crown With Dominant Malawi Victory

What the report says

Cameroon won its first TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title after a 3-0 victory over Malawi in the final at Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat, according to CAF and AllAfrica. The match, played on Sunday, brought together two teams chasing a first continental crown. Malawi had reached the final in its debut WAFCON appearance, while Cameroon was aiming to convert several previous near-misses into a championship.

Marie Ngah scored twice for the Indomitable Lionesses, with Naomi Ndjoah Eto adding the other goal. Ngah opened the scoring in the 20th minute, Ndjoah Eto doubled the lead around 10 minutes later, and Ngah struck again in first-half stoppage time to put the result beyond doubt before the break. Malawi, despite entering the final as one of the tournament’s strongest attacking sides, could not find a response against Cameroon’s organized defense.

The win marked a major breakthrough for Cameroon, which had lost three previous WAFCON finals without scoring. The report says the team also completed a knockout run without conceding a goal, having beaten Ghana, Nigeria and Morocco on the way to the title. For Malawi, the defeat ended a historic run that made it the first Southern African debutant to reach the final. The result underlined Cameroon’s emergence as only the fourth nation to win the women’s continental tournament.