CASABLANCA, Aug 9 (Reuters) - ⁠Cameroon ended Nigeria's reign as Women’s Africa Cup ⁠of Nations champions with a shock 1-0 win ‌in the quarter-finals, with teenager Myriam Nyadjou's superb long-range free kick also earning them a place at next year’s Women’s World Cup.

Cameroon ​join Algeria and Morocco as African ⁠representatives in the field ⁠for the tournament in Brazil after 19-year-old Nyadjou fired home ⁠a ‌powerful shot into the corner in the 19th minute.

WAFCON in Morocco serves as the qualifiers ⁠for the World Cup with the four ​quarter-final winners all ‌advancing directly to the 32-team finals from June ⁠24 to ​July 25, 2027.

Nigeriaqualified for all nine previous Women’s World Cup finals but now have to try and gain entry ⁠through a complicated play-off route that ​offers Africa the possibility of two more representatives.

Ten-times champions Nigeria's defeat guarantees a new WAFCON winner next week. Equatorial ⁠Guinea, who did not qualify for this year's 16-team tournament, and South Africa, who lost 2-1 to hosts Morocco on Saturday, are the only other countries to ​have previously wonthe African title.

Later on ⁠Sunday, Ghana and Malawi meet in Rabat in the ​last quarter-final. Ghana were last at ‌the Women’s World Cup in ​2007 while Malawi have never qualified.

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town, editing by Pritha Sarkar)