CAIRO :The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is to be increased from 12 to 16 teams at the next tournament in March, the Confederation of African Football has decided.

There were to be 12 teams at next year’s finals in Morocco from March 17-April 3 but CAF’s executive committee have increased the number by four.

It means that Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Mali will be added to the teams that secured qualification last week.

The four sides were among the teams beaten in the last preliminary knockout round but have now been included as the best four losers on the basis of their FIFA rankings, CAF said.

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