Cameroon’s indomitable Lionesses football team finally shatter WAFCON glass ceiling

Cameroon's women beat Malawi 3-0 in Rabat to win the Women's Africa Cup of Nations for the first time, after three previous final losses without ever scoring a goal in them. Marie Ngah Manga scored twice and Naomi Najoah Eto once, and Cameroon becomes the fourth nation ever to lift the trophy behind Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, and South Africa.

Along the way the Lionesses beat Ghana in groups, eliminated defending champion Nigeria in the quarter-finals, and outlasted host Morocco on penalties in the semis. They only got into the tournament at all after it expanded from 12 to 16 teams, a detail the celebratory coverage mentions almost in passing.

Midfielder Monique Ngock, 21, was named Woman of the Competition and said she hopes the win shows girls that they can do anything, having played in a losing quarter-final at 17. Malawi's Temwa Chawinga took the Golden Boot with five goals in her country's tournament debut, a fairly good consolation for the runner-up.

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