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Host country | Ghana |
Dates | 9–24 September 2017 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ghana (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Nigeria |
Third place | Niger |
Fourth place | Benin |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 44 (1.83 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Stephen Sarfo Victorien Adebayor (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Isaac Twum |
Best goalkeeper | Ikechukwu Ezenwa |
The 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations (also referred to as Ghana 2017) was an association football tournament that took place in September 2017 in Ghana.
Sixteen teams from West Africa participated. The tournament was the first featuring national teams to be arranged by Fox Sports as part of a twelve year partnership between the broadcaster and the West Africa national football associations union. [1] [2]
Originally, one of the two host cities was set to be Sekondi-Takoradi however the local organising committee changed it to Elmina due to "structural defects at the Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium and the danger it could pose to fans during the tournament". [3]
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The draw was held on 27 July at Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra. [4] Teams were ranked using the June 2017 FIFA Rankings. Ghana were given the highest ranking due to being competition hosts. [5]
Nation | Ranking |
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Ghana | 49 |
Senegal | 27 |
Nigeria | 38 |
Burkina Faso | 41 |
Ivory Coast | 47 |
Mali | 66 |
Guinea | 72 |
Benin | 81 |
Cape Verde | 84 |
Guinea-Bissau | 103 |
Mauritania | 104 |
Togo | 112 |
Sierra Leone | 113 |
Niger | 130 |
Liberia | 151 |
Gambia | 164 |
The four highest ranked national teams from WAFU Zones A and B were seeded meaning they could not be drawn against each other.
Ghana | 1–0 | Gambia |
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Guinea | 2–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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Mali | 3–1 | Mauritania |
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Nigeria | 2–0 | Sierra Leone |
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Burkina Faso | 1–2 | Niger |
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Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Togo |
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4–3 |
Benin | 2–0 | Cape Verde |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ghana (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Mali | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Guinea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
Mali | 0–0 | Nigeria |
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Guinea | 1–1 | Mali |
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Ghana | 0–2 | Nigeria |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Benin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | Niger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
Senegal | 1–2 | Niger |
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Ivory Coast | 0–1 | Benin |
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Niger | 0–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Senegal | 0–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Niger | 2–1 | Benin |
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The team of the tournament was announced on 27 September 2017. [8]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Substitutions |
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Ikechukwu Ezenwa | Thomas Abbey Conde Aminata Ablaye Diene Osas Okoro | Adebayor Zakari Adje Afeez Aremu Charbel Gomez Isaac Twum | Winful Cobbinah Stephen Sarfo | Hortalien Ble Zadi (GK) Chima Akas Abdoulaye Camara Boubacar Haini Adeleye Olamikelan Souleymane Sakou Daouda Yussif |
The prize was awarded in form of US dollars: [9]
Position | Prize money (US Dollars) |
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Winner | 100,000 |
Runner-up | 50,000 |
Third place | 25,000 |
Fourth place | 10,000 |
Four losing semi-finalists | 10,000 |
Four second round finishers | 5,000 |
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The LOC replaced Takoradi because of structural defects at the stadium and the danger it could pose to fans during the tournament. #WAFU2017