Temwa Chawinga in Wafcon golden boot race

Malawi Women's National Football Team striker Temwa Chawinga is among the favourites to win the 2026 TotalEnergies Caf Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) golden boot award. With the Wafcon in the fi nal stages, Temwa is a joint second leading goal scorer with four goals from four matches alongside Ines Konan of Ivory Coast. Both Temwa and Konan are one goal behind Zambian striker Barbara Banda, whose side was eliminated from the group stage. Temwa has a chance to overtake Banda if she scores against Algeria's Fennecs in the semi-finals at Olympic Stadium in Morocco tonight as the Copper Queens were eliminated from the group stage on head-to-head rule after they tied on six points with both Malawi and Nigeria. Temwa scored a brace as the Scorchers beat Nigeria 3-2 in their opening match before scoring a goal each in the 3-1 win over Egypt and 2-1 win over Ghana in the group stage and quarterfinals, respectively. On the other hand, Banda scored four goals in the 6-0 win over Egypt before scoring another goal in the 2-1 win over Malawi. Coming on the heels of the three strikers is Cameroonian Marie Ngah, who has three goals. She has a chance to overtake them if she scores against hosts Morocco tonight. Temwa was not readily available for her comment Tuesday. The Malawian has a rich history of winning golden boot awards. She won the 2023 Cosafa golden boot award with nine goals as the Scorchers lifted their first-ever Cosafa Cup. She won back-to-back golden boot awards in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2024 and 2025, scoring 20 goals and 15, respectively. Temwa and Banda always fight for golden boot accolades wherever they go. Currently, Temwa and Banda are separated by three goals in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) golden boot race. Banda leads the NWSL chart with 12 goals from 15 matches whereas Temwa is third with nine goals from 11 matches—an average of a goal every match.

WIRE — Malawi Women's National Football Team striker Temwa Chawinga is among the favourites to win the 2026 TotalEnergies Caf Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) golden boot award. With the Wafcon in the fi nal stages, Temwa is a joint second leading goal scorer with four goals from four matches alongside Ines Konan of Ivory Coast. Both Temwa and Konan are one goal behind Zambian striker Barbara Banda, whose side was eliminated from the group stage. Temwa has a chance to overtake Banda if she scores against Algeria's Fennecs in the semi-finals at Olympic Stadium in Morocco tonight as the Copper Queens were eliminated from the group stage on head-to-head rule after they tied on six points with both Malawi and Nigeria. Temwa scored a brace as the Scorchers beat Nigeria 3-2 in their opening match before scoring a goal each in the 3-1 win over Egypt and 2-1 win over Ghana in the group stage and quarterfinals, respectively. On the other hand, Banda scored four goals in the 6-0 win over Egypt before scoring another goal in the 2-1 win over Malawi. Coming on the heels of the three strikers is Cameroonian Marie Ngah, who has three goals. She has a chance to overtake them if she scores against hosts Morocco tonight. Temwa was not readily available for her comment Tuesday. The Malawian has a rich history of winning golden boot awards. She won the 2023 Cosafa golden boot award with nine goals as the Scorchers lifted their first-ever Cosafa Cup. She won back-to-back golden boot awards in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2024 and 2025, scoring 20 goals and 15, respectively. Temwa and Banda always fight for golden boot accolades wherever they go. Currently, Temwa and Banda are separated by three goals in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) golden boot race. Banda leads the NWSL chart with 12 goals from 15 matches whereas Temwa is third with nine goals from 11 matches—an average of a goal every match.

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