ouhaila Benzina had the win at her feet. In the ninety-fifth minute of the third-place match at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, on Saturday, August 15, in Rabat, her penalty struck the post.
Morocco and Algeria parted at one apiece: Kautar Azraf had opened the scoring in the thirty-seventh minute, Lina Boussaha equalized in the eighty-third. From the spot, Algeria won three to two.
The podium therefore escapes the host nation, fourth in its own tournament after losing its semi-final to Cameroon. Algeria climbs onto the continental podium for the first time in its history.
Two shootouts were enough to deny the host country a final and then a podium. The rest, this team had already won.
Photo: Marouane Hamousse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Confédération africaine de football (CAF) — match report, Morocco-Algeria third-place play-off, 15 August 2026.
